Une nouvelle vie en France : liaison, questions, jouer à/de, negation
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use ne…pas and ne…jamais for negation, jouer à/de to describe playing sports and instruments, and ask questions about new experiences.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- When the next word begins with a vowel, -s and -t are pronounced, rather than being silent final consonants.
- Add a 't' in an inversion question when the verb ends in a vowel and the pronoun begins in a vowel: A-t-il une voiture?
- To say what doesn't happen, we use ne...pas around the verb. To say what never happens, use ne...jamais.
- Use jouer à to talk about playing sports and jouer de to talk about playing instruments.
- À combines with le/les to form au/aux and de combines with le/les to form du/des.
Keywords
Liaison - pronouncing a usually silent final consonant because a vowel follows
Inversion - when the subject pronoun and the verb switch place to form a question
Ne...pas - negative structure, meaning ‘not’
Ne...jamais - negative structure, meaning ‘never’
Jouer à/de - verb meaning 'to play'
Common misconception
The verb jouer is always followed by the preposition à.
Use jouer à for sports but use jouer de for instruments.
Teacher tip
Task C could be made into a competition in class, where pairs or teams try to include as many of the grammatical elements and as much new vocabulary as possible.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.In which of the following sentences is the 's' silent?
Q2.Which verb in French means 'to play'?
Q3.True or false: there are three possible ways to make a question in French.
Q4.Match the verbs to the English translations.
to lose, losing
to know, be familiar with
to risk, risking
to forget, forgetting
to defend, defending
to swap, exchange
Q5.Which of the following are negative statements?
Q6.Match the French to the English translations.
to, up to, until
because of , due to
in other words, that is to say
somebody, someone
above all, especially
goodbye
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.In which of the following questions do we hear the 's'?
Q2.Which letter do we add to inversion questions when the verb ends in an vowel and the pronoun starts in a vowel?
Q3.Which preposition follows 'jouer' to talk about playing instruments?
Q4.Complete the sentence: Je joue du piano et je joue...
Q5.Match the French to the English explanations.
a negative statement, meaning 'not'
a negative statement, meaning 'never'
an inversion question
an intonation question
a positive statement
Q6.Make this sentence negative by adding ne...pas: Il va interrompre.
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