Year 10 - French
Ma ville, mon pays : prepositions and emphatic pronouns lui, elle, eux, elles
My neighbourhood: Là où j'habite
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Unit Summary
This unit develops knowledge of the imperfect tense by focusing on the irregular verbs avoir, être and faire. The prepositions sans, pour and avant are also revisited, along with the use of emphatic pronouns (such as moi, toi, lui) after prepositions.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe your area in detail and describe people's roles within it using prepositions and emphatic pronouns.
Key Notes
- [ui] sounds like 'huit' and [eu] sounds like 'deux'.
- Emphatic pronouns can be used for emphasis of the subject, e.g. 'Moi, j'adore le chocolat !'.
- Other emphatic pronouns are 'lui' ('him'), 'elle' ('her'), 'eux' ('them') and 'elles' ('them').
- Emphatic pronouns are used with 'à' to express possession, e.g. 'Il est à toi, ce cahier ?'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- preposition: a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
- emphatic pronoun: used to emphasise a person, or when the pronoun stands alone, or after certain prepositions
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- 'Elle' only means 'she' and 'elles' only means 'they', when naming a group of girls or women.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
[ui] sounds like 'huit' and [eu] sounds like 'deux'. Emphatic pronouns can be used for emphasis of the subject, e.g. 'Moi, j'adore le chocolat !'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'preposition'
a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: 'Elle' only means 'she' and 'elles' only means 'they', when naming a group of girls or women. Correction: When used as emphatic pronouns, 'elle' means 'her' and 'elles' means 'them'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Chez moi, chez toi : prepositions and emphatic pronouns 'moi', 'toi' ... Study Guide
- Découvrir d'autres pays : prepositions and emphatic pronouns 'nous' and 'vous' Study Guide
- Découvrir de grandes villes : prepositions and emphatic pronouns nous and vous Study Guide
- La transformation des villes : imperfect of être, avoir and faire Study Guide
- La vie en ville : extended writing and speaking, photo description Study Guide
- La vie quotidienne ici et ailleurs : extended speaking and writing Study Guide
- Ma ville avant : imperfect of 'être', 'avoir' and 'faire' Study Guide
- Où habiter : extended writing Study Guide
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