Year 10

Talk about food at home vs at special occasions (Part 3/3)

Year 10

Talk about food at home vs at special occasions (Part 3/3)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will use the first and third person to talk about what I and others eat at home and at special occasions.
  2. Purpose of language use: Talk about food at home vs at special occasions
  3. Grammar: Irregular verbs in the present tense (first person singular) BOIRE, PRENDR. Pronoun en

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13 Questions

Q1.
Which is the correct infinitive verb for 'to snack'?

boire
Correct answer: grignoter
le goûter
manger

Q2.
What is the correct French translation for 'I eat chocolate'?

Je mange de la chocolat
Correct answer: Je mange du chocolat
Je mange la chocolat
Je mange le chocolat

Q3.
When we replace 'je mange du chocolat' with the pronoun 'en', it looks like this:

j'en
Correct answer: j'en mange
je en mange
je en mange chocolat

Q4.
How would you say, in French, I drink some (of it)?

j'en boire
Correct answer: j'en bois
j'en de bois
je en bois

Q5.
The pronoun 'en' replaces:

the article and the verb
Correct answer: the partitive and the noun
the subject and the noun
the verb and the noun

The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in French in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

Q7.
surtout

Correct answer: especially, above all
on top of that
when all's said and done

Q8.
propre

belonging to
Correct answer: clean, appropriate
dirty, improper

Q9.
plutôt

earlier
planet
Correct answer: rather

Q10.
souvent

occasionally
Correct answer: often
sometimes

Q11.
assez

Correct answer: enough, quite
lots of
with

Q12.
d'abord

all aboard
Correct answer: first of all
on top of

Q13.
loin

close
Correct answer: far
near

13 Questions

Q1.
Which is the correct translation for 'I like to eat lots of sweets':

J'adore grignoter beaucoup de bonbons
J'adore manger beaucoup des bonbons
J'aime grignoter beaucoup de bonbons
Correct answer: J'aime manger beaucoup de bonbons

Q2.
At Hanukkah, I must drink enough water:

Correct answer: A Hanoukka, je dois boire assez d'eau
A Hanoukka, je dois boire assez de l'eau
A Hanoukka, je dois prendre assez d'eau
A Hanoukka, je peux boire assez d'eau

Q3.
What is the third person singular pronoun for 'you/we'?

ils/elles
nous
Correct answer: on
vous

Q4.
What is the correct translation for 'on prend'?

I take
They take
We eat
Correct answer: We take

Q5.
Usually, I eat lots of fruit =

D'habitude, je grignote beaucoup de fruits
Correct answer: D'habitude, je mange beaucoup de fruits
Normalement, je mange beaucoup des fruits
Normalement, je mange trop de fruits

The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in French in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

Q7.
tard

early
Correct answer: late
on time

Q8.
cependant

furthermore
Correct answer: however
in addition

Q9.
prochain

close
earlier
Correct answer: next

Q10.
soir

Correct answer: evening
lounge
sister

Q11.
parfois

never
rarely
Correct answer: sometimes

Q12.
plupart

before that
Correct answer: majority
next door

Q13.
matin

evening
Correct answer: morning
motherly