Brussels: perfect tense intonation questions
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the perfect tense to form intonation questions with 'ce, cet, cette and ces'
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The [r] is a common sound in French and is tricky to pronounce, so keep practising your tongue-twisters!
- 'Ce, cet, cette and ces' are demonstrative adjectives, used to specify which noun you are referring to.
- 'Ce' means 'this' for masculine nouns, 'cet' if they start with a vowel or 'h'. 'Cette' goes before feminine nouns.
- 'Ces' goes with all plural nouns and means 'these'.
- We can add a demonstrative adjective to an intonation question to make it more specific.
Keywords
[r] - sound-symbol correspondence like the [r] in 'rue'
Ce, cet, cette, ces - demonstrative adjectives indicating 'this' and 'these'
Demonstrative adjective - a word to specificy a particular noun, indicating 'this', 'that', 'these' or 'those'
Intonation questions - questions that are formed by raising the tone of voice at the end of a statement
Common misconception
I can express 'this' for all masculine nouns with 'ce'.
There is another way of expressing 'this' in French for masculine nouns, which is 'cet', this is for masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or an 'h'.
Teacher tip
Various typical cultural places and food from Belgium are mentioned in this lesson like waffles, chocolate, the Palais Royal, Saints-Michel-et-Gudule cathedral and the Atomium. You may wish to explore these in more depth with your students.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the countries in English and French.
England
Belgium
Algeria
France
The United States
Scotland
Q2.Which nouns are masculine?
Q3.Match the English to the French.
date
tradition
soon
to prefer, preferring
to celebrate, celebrating
German
Q4.What does intonation mean?
Q5.Pick out the sentences in the perfect tense.
Q6.Match the 2 halves of the French translation of the following: You worked at school. I walked home. I ate lunch. You celebrated your birthday.
... chez moi.
... le déjeuner.
... ton anniversaire.
... à l'école
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French with the English.
event
airplane
letter
different (m)
next (m)
tomorrow
Q2.'Ce, cet, cette and ces' are adjectives which mean 'this' and 'these'.
Q3.Is it 'ce, cet, cette or ces'?
Ce
Cet
Cette
Ces
Q4.Complete the sentence. est la capitale de la Belgique.
Q5.Finish the sentence with an appropriate noun.
... appartement.
... voyage.
... fête.
... vacances.
Q6.Fill the gap in the intonation questions with the correct demonstrative adjective.
ce
ces
cet
cette
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