Clean up: -re verbs, adjectives
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use adjectives and a range of -re verbs in French in the context of cleaning up and looking after the environment.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Regular practice of sound-symbol correspondences is important to ensure good pronunciation.
- The ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number. This is called adjective agreement.
- There are various ways to make an adjective plural, including adding an -s, an -x or changing -al to -aux.
- Adjectives usually come after the noun, except those that refer to beauty, rank, age, goodness or size (B-R-A-G-S).
- In French, -re verbs can be divided into groups according to their conjugation patterns.
Keywords
Adjective - word that gives information about a noun
B-R-A-G-S - short for beauty, rank, age, goodness and size, indicating adjectives that go before the noun in French
Conjugation - when a verb is changed to match a subject and tense
Common misconception
To make an adjective plural in French we add an -s like in English.
In French there are various ways to make an adjective plural, including adding an -s, an -x or changing -al to -aux.
Teacher tip
This lesson involves different categories of adjectives and -re verbs so sorting activities would work well for starter or plenary exercises.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French and English.
like, as
against
if, whether
for, in order to
under
on
Q2.Match the French and English.
to help, helping
to tick, ticking
to kill, killing
to send, sending
to write, writing
to learn, learning
Q3.Match the French and English.
war
world
reason
time
wage
trip, journey
Q4.Order the words to say: 'the girls have a problem and the son has an idea'.
Q5.Write in English: 'l'équipe était dans la rue'.
Q6.Write in French: 'I tell the truth'.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the sounds with the French words.
device
bottle
size
family
leaf
frog
Q2.Which adjectives appear before the noun?
Q3.'Je lis les '. Choose the correct missing words.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I live in an old building'.
Q5.Write in French: 'I read and you take'.
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