Découvrir de grandes villes : prepositions and emphatic pronouns nous and vous
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can draw comparisons between different English- and French-speaking cities.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Nous and vous are the emphatic pronouns for us and you (plural/formal).
- Emphatic pronouns often follow prepositions, e.g. pour nous, avant vous.
- When a nasal vowel such as [an] is followed by a vowel, it is no longer a nasal sound but an oral vowel, e.g. ami.
- Extended listening and reading texts can be exploited to enrich our vocabulary and use of complex structures.
Keywords
Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
Emphatic pronoun - used to emphasize a person, or when the pronoun stands alone, or after certain prepositions
Common misconception
'Nous' always means 'we' in French.
'Nous' means 'we' when used as a subject pronoun. 'Nous' means 'us' when used as an emphatic pronoun.
Teacher tip
Cambridge, Lyon and Montréal feature in this lesson but you may wish to substitute these for cities you are more familiar with.
Equipment
Mini whiteboards and pens, if available, would be useful.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which words are verbs in their infinitive form?
Q2.Which word correctly completes this sentence, 'tout' or 'tous'? ' sont arrivés à l’heure.'
Q3.Which is one way to translate imperfect tense verbs?
Q4.Match the subjects with the imperfect tense verb endings.
Q5.Put these words into meaningful order.
Q6.Write the missing part of this sentence: ' mon amie'. (I used to be taller than my friend.)
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the French and English vocabulary.
Q2.Match the emphatic pronouns.
Q3.'Nous' can mean we and .
Q4.What is the meaning of 'nous' in this sentence? 'Le français est plus difficile pour nous que pour vous.'
Q5.Which emphatic pronoun completes this sentence? 'Nous allons en villes sans .' (We are going to town without them)
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