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Year 8

A school exchange: plural verbs like sortir and venir, 'sans' + infinitive

Learning outcomes

I can use my knowledge of the plural forms of -IR verbs like 'sortir' and 'venir' to understand information about a school exchange.

I can recognise and correctly pronounce [eil/eill] and [ouil/ouill].

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Year 8

A school exchange: plural verbs like sortir and venir, 'sans' + infinitive

Learning outcomes

I can use my knowledge of the plural forms of -IR verbs like 'sortir' and 'venir' to understand information about a school exchange.

I can recognise and correctly pronounce [eil/eill] and [ouil/ouill].

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Key learning points

  1. The SSC [eil/eill] sounds like [è] + 'yih' and [ouil/ouill] like [ou] + 'yih'.
  2. The verb 'sortir' can mean either 'to go out' or 'to take out' depending on the context of the sentence.
  3. To say without something use 'sans' before a noun. To say without doing something use 'sans' before an infinitive verb.
  4. -IR verbs like 'sortir' and 'venir' end in -ons in the 'nous' form and 'ez' in the 'vous' form.
  5. The pattern is the same for the verbs 'dormir', 'partir', 'devenir' and 'revenir'.

Keywords

  • [eil/eill] - sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) like the 'eille' in 'bouteille' which means 'bottle'

  • [ouil/ouill] - sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) like the 'ouill' in 'brouillard' which means 'fog'

  • Sans - French preposition meaning 'without'

Common misconception

Like in English, 'sans' is followed by the '-ing' form of a verb in French.

In French, sans is followed by the infinitive form of a verb. For example: Elle part sans dire un mot. She leaves without saying a word.


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The SSCs [eil/eill] and [ouil/ouill] are featured in the phonics learning cycle of this lesson and are particularly tricky to pronounce, so it's good to give the students a lot of opportunity to practise these new sounds.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the words below.
Correct Answer:Dormir,To sleep

To sleep

Correct Answer:Maman,Mum

Mum

Correct Answer:Organiser,To organise

To organise

Correct Answer:Papa,Dad

Dad

Correct Answer:A droite,On the right

On the right

Correct Answer:A gauche,On the left

On the left

Q2.
Match the noun with the correct partitive article.
Correct Answer:viande (f),de la

de la

Correct Answer:eau (f),de l'

de l'

Correct Answer:poisson (m),du

du

Correct Answer:bonbons (pl),des

des

Q3.
How would you say this sentence in English? 'Le zoo est ouvert chaque jour.'
Correct Answer: The zoo is open every day., The zoo is open each day.
Q4.
Put the words in the correct order so the sentence means, 'she didn't eat pizza'.
1 - Elle
2 - n'
3 - a
4 - pas
5 - mangé
6 - de
7 - pizza
Q5.
What can you place at the beginning of a sentence as a questioning device for a closed question?
comment
Correct answer: est-ce que
quand
Q6.
Which words has the same sound for 'll' as 'mille'?
vanille
famille
fille
Correct answer: ville
cheville

6 Questions

Q1.
What is the correct English for 'venir'?
Correct Answer: To come, coming, to come, coming, coming, to come
Q2.
Match the words below.
Correct Answer:Dormir,To sleep, sleeping

To sleep, sleeping

Correct Answer:Maman,Mum

Mum

Correct Answer:Sans,Without

Without

Correct Answer:Papa,Dad

Dad

Correct Answer:Revenir,To come back, coming back

To come back, coming back

Correct Answer:Sortir,To go out, going out

To go out, going out

Q3.
Match the parts of the verb 'sortir'.
Correct Answer:je,sors

sors

Correct Answer:il/elle,sort

sort

Correct Answer:nous,sortons

sortons

Correct Answer:vous,sortez

sortez

Correct Answer:ils/elles,sortent

sortent

Q4.
Which verbs are in the 'vous' form?
Correct answer: buvez
Correct answer: revenez
mangeons
sortons
Correct answer: sortez
Q5.
Put the words in the correct order to make the sentence, I can't work without my computer.
1 - Je
2 - ne
3 - peux
4 - pas
5 - travailler
6 - sans
7 - mon ordinateur
Q6.
Which of these sentences should have the word 'sans' in the gap?
Correct answer: Elle mange ..... parler
Elle mange ...... parle en meme temps.
Elle regarde la télé ..... fait les devoirs.
Elle parle ..... chante bien.

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