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A theft: verbs with 'à' and 'de' before the noun

I can use a range of verbs with 'à' and 'de' to talk about crime and safety.

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Year 9

A theft: verbs with 'à' and 'de' before the noun

I can use a range of verbs with 'à' and 'de' to talk about crime and safety.

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Key learning points

  1. Some verbs take à or de before a noun; it's important to learn each verb together with its required preposition.
  2. The forms of 'à' and 'de' change before masculine and plural nouns to 'au', 'aux', 'du' and 'des'.
  3. Learn the genders of all nouns so that you know which form of 'à' or 'de' to use.

Keywords

  • Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word

Common misconception

Learning genders is not as important as learning the noun itself.

Leaning the genders of words is essential because it affects other parts of the sentence such as which form of 'à/de' to use before a noun.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the prepositions.

Correct Answer:avec,with

with

Correct Answer:sans,without

without

Correct Answer:pour,for

for

Correct Answer:selon,according to

according to

Correct Answer:contre,against

against

Q2.
Match each word with its opposite.

Correct Answer:pour,contre

contre

Correct Answer:sur,sous

sous

Correct Answer:avant,après

après

Correct Answer:sans,avec

avec

Correct Answer:près,loin

loin

Q3.
How do you say, 'Its for me'?

Correct Answer: C'est pour moi.

Q4.
Put the words in order to say what happened to your bag.

1 - Paul
2 - a
3 - volé
4 - mon
5 - sac

Q5.
How do you say 'chez toi' in English?

at my house
Correct answer: at your house
at his house
at her house

Q6.
What is the French word for a person who commits a crime?

un délit
un crime
Correct answer: un délinquant
un policier

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which of the phrases could be used to translate 'selon moi'?

according to you
Correct answer: in my opinion
in his opinion
according to him
Correct answer: according to me

Q2.
Which of these verbs would use 'à' before a noun?

Correct answer: téléphoner
faire
Correct answer: voler
avoir besoin
Correct answer: emprunter

Q3.
Put the words in order to translate, 'the dog gets closer to the girl'.

1 - le
2 - chien
3 - s'
4 - approche
5 - de
6 - la
7 - fille

Q4.
Que penses-tu __________ films d'amour?

du
de la
Correct answer: des
de l'

Q5.
What is 'un voleur'?

Correct Answer: a thief, thief

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