Le chef : voir, boire, croire and faire in present, the imperative
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use a range of irregular present tense verbs to describe people's roles at work and I can recognise the imperative.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The verbs voir (to see), boire (to drink), croire (to believe) and faire (to do, make) are irregular in the present.
- The imperative is used to give instructions, commands or advice to one or more people.
- The imperative exists in the second person singular (tu), first person plural (nous) and second person plural (vous).
- [ai] sounds like 'vrai', [oi] sounds like 'voir' and [oy] sounds like envoyer.
Keywords
Imperative - a mood used to tell somebody to do something or give instructions or commands
Irregular verb - a verb that does not follow the regular rules
Common misconception
The same imperative form of a verb is used for both 'tu' and 'vous'.
There are separate imperative forms for 'tu' and 'vous' which must be used in exactly the same way as in conversation i.e. formal or information situations and singular and plural subjects.
Teacher tip
The full forms of 'voir', 'boire' and 'croire' are given in the lesson. Teachers may wish to edit the explanation slides to focus only on the singular forms with their students if desired. Teachers may also wish to explain that 'chef' is more common than 'patron' in modern usage.
Equipment
Mini whiteboard and pens are useful for the quick check activities if possible.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the verb to its English translation
to drink
to see
to believe
to do, to make
Q2.Choose the verbs which are irregular in the present tense.
Q3.Match the French and the English.
to introduce someone (to)
attitude
Sir, Mister, gentleman
full name, surname, name
kiss/kiss(es)
careful, cautious
Q4.Which relative pronoun is used to introduce subject-relative clauses (e.g. describing the subject in the main clause)?
Q5.Translate the sentence into French: The car industry is the industry that interests me the most because it's important.
Q6.What is the missing word in this sentence? Voilà le bureau j'ai travaillé l'année dernière.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the function of the imperative mood?
Q2.The imperative exists in the following forms: tu, nous and .
Q3.Match the conjugation of 'faire' to the English translation.
je fais
tu fais
il/elle fait
nous faisons
vous faites
ils/elles font
Q4.Which words contain the Sound Symbol Correspondence (SSC) [ai] being pronounced as [è]?
Q5.Which SSC is found in the verb 'boire' when it has a stem change for the 'nous' and 'vous' forms?
Q6.Match the French to the English.
boss, leader, head (m)
employee
boss (f)
strike
to respect, respecting
colleague
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