Forces et faiblesses au collège: comparative and superlative adverbs
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use comparative and superlative adverbs to describe people's strengths in the context of school.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- To make comparisons in French we use plus... que, moins... que and aussi... que with adjectives and adverbs.
- Some comparative adverb forms are irregular: 'bien' becomes 'mieux' (better)
- 'Mal' becomes 'moins bien' / 'plus mal' (worse)
- [i] sounds like 'midi' and [eu] sounds like 'deux'.
Keywords
Adverb - word that desribes a verb or an adjective
Mieux - the comparative form of the adverb ‘bien’ meaning ‘better'
Common misconception
The words 'meilleur' and 'mieux' can be used interchangeably as they both translate the English word 'better'.
'Meilleur' is an adjective and can only be used to describe nouns. 'Mieux' is an adverb and can only be used to describe verbs.
Teacher tip
For the final writing task, encourage students to develop their response by also writing about a friend (real or imaginary) to show that they can use third person verb forms.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which is the correct translation into French? Physics is more complicated than chemistry.
Q2.Match the vocabulary together.
Q3.In this sentence, what is the meaning of 'pire'? 'L'espagnol est pire que l'anglais.'
Q4.Match together the broken sentences.
Q5.Translate: History is the most boring subject.
Q6.Tick the superlative form of 'bon'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick the comparative sentences.
Q2.Which words in French contain either [i] or [eu]?
Q3.What is the comparative adverb form of 'bien'?
Q4.What is the comparative adverb form of 'mal'?
Q5.Match the vocabulary together.
Q6.Which words can be described with 'mieux'?
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