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- Year 8
Every week and this weekend: more practice with plural verbs like 'choisir'
Learning outcomes
I can use the plural forms of verbs like 'choisir' to discuss what I and other people do this weekend and every weekend.
I know how liaison and elision works with [h].
- Year 8
Every week and this weekend: more practice with plural verbs like 'choisir'
Learning outcomes
I can use the plural forms of verbs like 'choisir' to discuss what I and other people do this weekend and every weekend.
I know how liaison and elision works with [h].
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Key learning points
- If a word ends with an SFC, the consonant is pronounced before a word beginning with [h], this is called liaison.
- Words like 'le', 'je', 'ne' and 'que' replace their final letter with an apostrophe before a word beginning with [h].
- This is called elision, which we have seen before, e.g. 'j'ai' and 'c'est'.
- The 'nous' form of verbs like 'choisir' ends in -issons, the 'vous' form ends in -issez.
- The 'ils, elles' form of verbs like 'choisir' ends in -issent.
Keywords
[h] - sound symbol correspondence (SSC) like the [h] in 'heure' which means 'hour'
Liaison - pronouncing a usually silent final consonant (SFC) because a word starting with a vowel follows
Elision - when a vowel sound is dropped and two words combined with an apostrophe to make speech smoother e.g. j'aime.
Common misconception
All I need to know about [h] in French is that it is silent.
The rules of liaison and elision apply to the French silent [h]. Before a word starting with [h], if a word ends with an SFC, the consonant is pronounced (liaison) and words like 'le' and 'que' replace their final letter with an apostrophe (elision).
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the 'ir' verbs.
to chose, choosing
to finish, finishing
to feed, feeding
to fill, filling
to pass, passing
to define, defining
Q2.Which letter is silent in all these words? malheureusement / hostilité / hôte
Q3.Which form of the word for 'you' do we use when talking to someone older than ourselves, who is not family?
Q4.Put the words in order to say when you play football.
Q5.'Le mardi je vais normalement en ville, mais ce mardi je reste à la maison'. Put the words in order to translate this sentence,
Q6.Vous les activités pour la classe. Fill the gap with the correct form of 'choisir'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Find the odd one out.
Q2.Give the correct ending; ils chois
Q3.Which of the following verbs describe what 'we' are doing?
Q4.Match the verb to the correct pronoun.
finis
finit
finissons
finissez
finissent