C'est ma passion: comparative and superlative adjectives
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use regular and irregular comparative and superlative adjectives to express my preferences about school subjects.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Some comparative adjective forms are irregular: 'bon' becomes 'meilleur' (better) and 'mauvais' becomes 'pire' (worse).
- Some superlative forms are irregular: le/la/les + meilleur(e) (s)= the best; le/la/les + pire(s)= the worst
- [oi] sounds like 'voir', [au] sounds like 'gauche', [u] sounds like 'tu'.
Keywords
Irregular - describes a word that does not follow a regular pattern
Comparative - a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
Superlative - a form of adjective or adverb used to express the highest degree of a quality e.g. the tallest, the most interesting
Common misconception
In French the idea of 'best' and 'worst' is translated as 'plus bon' or 'plus mauvais'.
Just as in English, the French for 'best' and 'worst' are irregular adjectives and need to be learned carefully to avoid misunderstanding.
Teacher tip
For Task B activities, as extension students might wish to practise framing the comparative sentence in a different way e.g. instead of 'more useful than' they could try 'less useful than' and swap around the lessons being compared.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which image is correct for 'l'EPS'?
Q2.Put these French numbers in numerical order starting with the lowest.
Q3.Match the French and English vocabulary together.
the planet
pollution
warming
struggle, fight, conflict
climate
earth, world, soil, land
Q4.Which words can be used in the comparative?
Q5.Translate the sentence: ICT is more interesting than geography.
Q6.What type of statement is the following? Le français est la matière la plus utile.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Complete the statement: The adjectives 'bon' and 'mauvais' have forms in the comparative and superlative.
Q2.What is the comparative and superlative form of 'bon'?
Q3.Complete the sentence: Je ne m'intéresse pas à la technologie. C'est ...
Q4.Which of these words, when translated into French, contains the [oi] sound?
Q5.Match the sentence halves together.
... français.
... physique.
... histoire.
... maths.
Q6.Match the infinitives together.
to increase, raise
to avoid, avoiding
to threaten, threatening
to pollute, polluting
to reduce, reducing
to keep, preserve
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