Read about friends: feminisation of person nouns
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I know how to make person nouns feminine and can read and understand a text about a friend.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- -e at the end of a word is usually silent in French.
- 'C'est' means it/this is but applied to people it means he/she is.
- An -e is often added to a person noun in the feminine form e.g une amie.
- Cognates are words where most of the letters are the same in two languages.
- We can use cognates and our knowledge of grammar to understand French texts.
Keywords
SFe - silent final -e
Person noun - a noun used for a person e.g. un professeur
Cognate - words with the same meaning and same or similar spelling in English and French
Common misconception
'C'est' only translates to 'it is/that is'.
When talking about objects, 'c'est' translates to 'it is/that is' but when applied to people it can also mean 'he/she is'.
Teacher tip
Make the final reading task more interactive by placing students in pairs to analyse the text together.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Identify the words with SFC (Silent Final Consonant).
Q2.Match the French adjectives to the English.
English
expensive
French
big
mean
small
Q3.Match the high frequency verbs.
I am
you are
he is
I have
you have
he has
Q4.Because of grammatical gender rules in French nouns, the two words for 'a/an' are and 'une'.
Q5.What is the rule for making most adjectives feminine?
Q6.Write the English for the French pronouns 'je', 'tu', 'il' and 'elle'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French phrase to the English meaning.
female friend
female singer
female teacher
male teacher
male friend
male singer
Q2.Which phonics rule is present in the words 'timide', 'monde', 'femme' and 'une'?
Q3.What does the adjective 'vrai' mean in English?
Q4.Match the sentence halves.
suis amusante.
intéressante.
content.
es malade?
Q5.'He, she is' (il est, elle est) can also be translated as ...
Q6.'Timide' requires an extra 'e' in the feminine form. True or false?
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