A school exchange: more practice with plural -IR verbs
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the 3rd person singular and plural of -IR verbs like 'sortir' and 'venir' to talk about and understand what other people do on a trip.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The SSC [euil/euill] sounds like the long [eu/œu] + 'yih', like in the word 'feuille', which means 'leaf'.
- The preposition 'sans' can be followed by a noun or a verb in its infinitive form.
- The -IR verbs 'sortir', 'venir' , 'partir', 'devenir' and 'revenir' follow the same pattern of verb endings.
- In the 3rd person plural form these -IR verbs end in -ent.
- The verb 'sortir' keeps the 't' to become 'sortent' and 'venir' doubles its 'n' to become 'viennent'.
Keywords
[euil/euill] - sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) like the 'euill' in 'feuille', which means 'leaf'
3rd person plural - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'they'
Common misconception
The 3rd person plural 'they' form of the verb 'sortir' is 'sorent' and of the verb 'venir' is 'vienent'.
The verb 'sortir' keeps its 't' to become 'sortent' and the verb 'venir' doubles its 'n' to become 'viennent'.
Teacher tip
This lesson introduces the sound-symbol correspondence [euil/euill] which is tricky to pronounce, so it's a good idea to allow for sufficient time for practice. It helps to think of it as a compound sound made up of long [eu/œu] as in 'cœur' plus 'yih'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which form of 'please' would you use if you were talking to a teacher in France?
Q2.Put the months in the correct order.
Q3.What do the words 'notre' and 'nos' mean?
Q4.What is the French word for 'without'?
Q5.Which of the following means 'they are coming'?
Q6.Translate the following sentence into English. 'C'est mon anniversaire.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is 'un échange scolaire?
Q2.Translate this sentence. 'Nous partons demain.'
Q3.Match the French to the English. The verb is 'partir - to leave.'
pars
pars
part
partons
partez
partent
Q4.Put the following sentence into the correct order so it means, 'I am coming to France without my passport'.
Q5.Match the French to the English to help you recall this vocabulary.
near (to)
next (to)
everywhere
general
alone
without
Q6.Paul et Amir [{}] en ville. Fill in the missing word.
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