People's lives: prepositions 'à', 'en', 'chez', 'de'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can recognise a variety of -er verbs with different prepositions to understand descriptions of people's lives.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
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'.
Teacher tip
The country Algeria features in this lesson, so there is scope to develop a cultural angle here.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the English with the French.
je vais
tu vas
il, elle va
nous allons
vous allez
ils, elles vont
Q2.Which of the following are verbs in their infinitive form?
Q3.Match the correct preposition for 'to, at' used with the following places.
a town or city
a feminine country e.g. France
someone's home or office
Q4.Match the French question words to the English.
how?
when?
where?
who?
what?
Q5.Which of the following -er verbs are in their 'je' form?
Q6.Match the English to the French.
aujourd'hui
chaque jour
le week-end
rarement
souvent
un jour
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following words have the nasal sound [on] in them?
Q2.Match the French -er verbs to the English.
to change, changing
to win, winning
to arrive, arriving
to live, living
to create, creating
Q3.Match the French question words to the English.
how?
what?
who?
where?
why?
when?
Q4.Complete the sentence. To say 'of' in French, we use the preposition .
Q5.Match the siblings or cousins to the correct people.
Chloé est la sœur de Fleur.
Inès est la sœur de Freddie.
Julien est le frère de Fleur.
Sarah est la cousine de Freddie.
Freddie's cousin
Fleur's brother
Freddie's sister
Fleur's sister
Q6.Match up the correct halves of sentences to translate the following into French:
The world changes everyday.
I love politics.
I like my country.
I wear yellow clothes.
des vêtements jaunes.
la politique.
mon pays.
change chaque jour.
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