'On part pour la France' : -ir verbs like 'choisir' and 'partir'; adjectives
Learning outcomes
I can use -ir verbs and adjectives to describe a visit to a landmark in France.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [i], [s/ss] and [r].
'On part pour la France' : -ir verbs like 'choisir' and 'partir'; adjectives
Learning outcomes
I can use -ir verbs and adjectives to describe a visit to a landmark in France.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [i], [s/ss] and [r].
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Key learning points
- Adjectives often change their spelling for feminine and plural forms. Those ending in -e do not change in the feminine.
- Adjectives beau, nouveau and vieux have feminine forms: belle, nouvelle and vieille. Beau and nouveau add -x in plural.
- Many -ir verbs in the present follow the pattern of choisir: remove -ir and add -is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez, -issent.
- Many -ir verbs follow the pattern of 'partir': remove -(t)ir and add: -s, -s, -t, -ons, -ez, -ent.
- The sounds [i] like 'midi', [s/ss] like 'saucisse' and [r] like 'rue' are common in verbs like 'choisir' and 'partir'.
Keywords
Adjective - a word that describes and usually agrees in number and gender with a noun or pronoun
Choisir - an example of a common group of -ir verbs, meaning ‘to choose’
Partir - an example of a common group of -ir verbs, meaning ‘to leave’
Common misconception
All -ir verbs follow the same pattern in the present tense, like -er verbs.
-ir verbs can be grouped into verbs like 'choisir', verbs like 'partir', verbs like 'venir' and verbs like 'ouvrir'. By learning the stem formation and endings for these four verbs, students should be able to use wide range of -ir verbs.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
(town) square
shop
castle
building
lake
church
feminine plural
masculine singular
feminine singular
masculine plural
to choose
to finish
to feed
to leave
to go out
to sleep
Exit quiz
6 Questions
famous
enormous
free
pretty, attractive
new
beautiful
-is
-is
-it
-issons
-issez
-issent