People's lives: prepositions 'à', 'en', 'chez', 'de'
Learning outcomes
I can recognise a variety of -er verbs with different prepositions to understand descriptions of people's lives.
I can recognise and pronounce [on].
People's lives: prepositions 'à', 'en', 'chez', 'de'
Learning outcomes
I can recognise a variety of -er verbs with different prepositions to understand descriptions of people's lives.
I can recognise and pronounce [on].
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Key learning points
- The SSC [on] sounds like the 'on' in 'non', meaning 'no' in French.
- To express going 'to' a place in French, we use 'à' for a town/city, 'en' for feminine countries and 'chez' for homes.
- These prepositions can also mean 'in' or 'at' when used with the verbs 'arriver', to arrive, and 'habiter' to live.
- Preposition 'de' means ‘of’ and also replaces the English ‘s for possession, e.g. Lea’s cousin is ‘le cousin de Léa’.
- When completing an extended listening task, taking notes and/or using a support grid can help understanding.
Keywords
[on] - the sound-symbol correspondence which sounds like the 'on' in 'non', which means 'no' in English.
De - preposition meaning 'of, from' in English.
Common misconception
We translate 'de' into English with 'of'.
Sometimes we don't actually need to translate the 'de' in a French sentence into English. For example, there is no possessive apostrophe in French so to express 'Sophie's sister' we have to say 'the sister of Sophie' - 'la sœur de Sophie'.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
je vais
tu vas
il, elle va
nous allons
vous allez
ils, elles vont
a town or city
a feminine country e.g. France
someone's home or office
how?
when?
where?
who?
what?
aujourd'hui
chaque jour
le week-end
rarement
souvent
un jour
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to change, changing
to win, winning
to arrive, arriving
to live, living
to create, creating
how?
what?
who?
where?
why?
when?
Freddie's cousin
Fleur's brother
Freddie's sister
Fleur's sister
des vêtements jaunes.
la politique.
mon pays.
change chaque jour.