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- Year 11
- Edexcel
Une visite à Bruxelles: negation, adjective agreement, role-play (Edexcel)
I can recognise and use a range of negative structures and adjectives in the context of exploring a new city.
- Year 11
- Edexcel
Une visite à Bruxelles: negation, adjective agreement, role-play (Edexcel)
I can recognise and use a range of negative structures and adjectives in the context of exploring a new city.
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Key learning points
- Use ne ... pas for what doesn't happen, ne ... jamais for never, ne ... rien for nothing and ne ... personne for nobody.
- Use ne ... plus for no longer, ne ... ni ... ni for neither, nor, ne ... pas encore for not yet and ne ... que for only.
- To make an adjective feminine we add -e, -x → -se, -el → -elle, -en → -enne, -f → -ve, -er → -ère, or no change.
- To form plural adjectives we add an -s, unless the adjective ends in -x or -s. -al and -eau change to -aux and -eaux.
Keywords
Negation - two elements, e.g. 'ne … pas', around the main verb expressing negative meaning
Adjective agreement - when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number
Common misconception
The only way an adjective is made feminine is by adding the letter 'e' to a masculine adjective.
Although many feminine adjectives are formed by adding 'e' to a masculine adjective, there are other feminine endings and rules governing these, e.g. -se, -elle, -enne, -ve, -ère.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.'On a visité une __________ église'. Choose the correct adjective.
Q2.Match the French and English.
suburbs, outskirts
freedom
market
mosque
stay
bike
Q3.Match the French and English.
lawyer
desk, office
place
country
wealth
stadium
Q4.Order the words to say: 'a crazy customer and a crazy boss'.
Q5.Write in English: 'elle travaillera dans une usine'.
Q6.Write in French: 'two enormous demonstrations'.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Which is the correct translation for 'mieux'?
Q2.What is the plural form of 'le journal'?
Q3.Match the masculine adjective to the rule for its feminine form.
no change
change to -se
change to -elle
change to -enne
change to -ve
change to -ère
Q4.Match the French and English.
not
never
nothing
nobody
no longer
only