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  • Year 11
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Une visite à Cannes : noun formation, extended reading (Edexcel)

I can read aloud and answer reading comprehension questions on the topic of holidays.

Lesson 14 of 9
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  • Year 11
  • Edexcel

Une visite à Cannes : noun formation, extended reading (Edexcel)

I can read aloud and answer reading comprehension questions on the topic of holidays.

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Key learning points

  1. There are 4 ways to turn a masculine noun into a feminine noun: add an e, change article, -n to -nne, -eur to -rice.
  2. If a masculine noun ends in -e, there's no change for feminine; if it ends in -s or -x, there's no change for plural.
  3. We usually make nouns plural by adding -s. Nouns ending in -eu, -(e)au, or -al make their plurals with -x.

Keywords

  • Noun - word for a person, place or thing

Common misconception

All masculine nouns are made feminine by adding 'e' and plural by adding 's'.

A masculine noun can be made feminine by changing the article, adding 'e', changing 'eur' to 'ice' or 'n' to 'nne'. Nouns can be made plural by adding 's' or 'aux'. Nouns ending in 's' or 'x' don't have a plural form.


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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is the English for 'un millier'?

Correct Answer: a thousand, thousand

Q2.
Match the vocabulary!

Correct Answer:voilà,there is, here is

there is, here is

Correct Answer:voici,here is, this is

here is, this is

Correct Answer:malgré,despite

despite

Correct Answer:déjà,already

already

Correct Answer:large,wide

wide

Correct Answer:le signe,sign

sign

Q3.
What is the translation of 'aujourd'hui'?

yesterday
tomorrow
Correct answer: today
the day after tomorrow

Q4.
Put the words in order to say what you want to do in October.

1 - je
2 - veux
3 - retourner
4 - en
5 - Europe
6 - en
7 - octobre

Q5.
What is the French for 'traffic'.

Correct Answer: circulation, la circulation

Q6.
Which of the following is not a building in a town?

cinéma
bibliothèque
magasin
Correct answer: avion
librarie

Assessment exit quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
Make this noun feminine. Un acteur.

Correct Answer: une actrice, actrice

Q2.
Match the following vocabulary.

Correct Answer:mourir,to die

to die

Correct Answer:natation,swimming

swimming

Correct Answer:nourriture,food

food

Correct Answer:pain,bread

bread

Correct Answer:regarder,to watch

to watch

Correct Answer:sauf,except for

except for

Q3.
How do you say, the animals?

les animals
Correct answer: les animaux
l'animals
l'animaux

Q4.
Which of the following is not a distractor?

Tense - the activity or opinion is right, the time frame is wrong.
Subject - the detail is right, but it refers to someone else.
Negative - the activity is right, but it is not or never done.
Correct answer: Misspelling - a word is spelt incorrectly.
Small details - the information is almost correct, but for one detail.

Q5.
When is the swimming pool open? La piscine est ouverte tous les jours sauf les jours feriés.

Correct answer: every day except bank holidays
every day
every day except Sundays
bank holidays only
weekends

Q6.
What is this question asking? Quel est ton avis sur les hôtels ?

Do you prefer hotels or apartments?
What is your opinion on holidays?
Where do you go on holiday?
Correct answer: What is your opinion on hotels?
Do you stay in hotels when you go on holiday?