Year 10 - French
Mes préférences au collège : extended writing and speaking
Studying and my future: Au collège
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Unit Summary
This unit secures understanding of both regular and irregular comparative adjectives and adverbs, and then introduces pupils to regular and irregular superlative adjectives and adverbs. Pupils learn to use these in the context of expressing preferences and strengths at school.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use a range of adjectives in the comparative and superlative to enhance your descriptions of school life and preferences.
Key Notes
- Comparative and superlative adjectives can be used to enhance opinions and descriptions.
- It is important to consider word order when translating texts containing superlatives.
- Carefully planning, rehearsing and immediately repeating a speaking task helps to improve performance.
- Creating a checklist for range of language and another for accuracy can enhance the quality of extended writing.
Vocabulary To Learn
- comparative: a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
- superlative: a form of adjective or adverb used to express the highest degree of a quality, e.g., the tallest, the most interesting
- word order: the sequencing of words in a sentence in accordance with grammatical rules
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Superlative sentences have the same word order in English and French.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Comparative and superlative adjectives can be used to enhance opinions and descriptions. It is important to consider word order when translating texts containing superlatives.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'comparative'
a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Superlative sentences have the same word order in English and French. Correction: Take care when writing or translating superlative sentences as the French word order differs quite significantly from English, e.g., 'the most interesting lesson' > 'the lesson the most interesting'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- C'est ma passion: comparative and superlative adjectives Study Guide
- Forces et faiblesses au collège: comparative and superlative adverbs Study Guide
- L'école chez nous: extended writing and speaking Study Guide
- Les matières les plus utiles: comparative and superlative adjectives Study Guide
- Mieux et le mieux : comparative and superlative adverbs Study Guide
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