Year 10 - French
Les pour et les contre d'un travail : extended writing and speaking
People and lifestyle: Ma carrière
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Unit Summary
This unit consolidates modal verbs in the present tense and introduces the conditional with vouloir in the context of career plans. There is also an extensive focus on word pattern rules, introducing new rules for the formation of adverbs from adjectives and adding in- or im- to mean 'opposite of'.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of jobs, adapting words to different parts of speech and to create opposite meaning.
Key Notes
- Pre-rehearsal, focusing on range of language and accuracy of pronunciation, improves performance in speaking tasks.
- Being able to apply word patterns, such as creating antonyms or adverbs from adjectives, expands our vocabulary.
- Listening to texts and identifying sound-spelling links is crucial to good pronunciation of trickier sounds e.g. im/in.
Vocabulary To Learn
- adverb: word that describes a verb or an adjective
- antonym: a word that has the opposite meaning to another word
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- To create antonyms in French, always add the prefix in- to the start of an adjective or adverb e.g. 'utile' becomes 'inutile'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Pre-rehearsal, focusing on range of language and accuracy of pronunciation, improves performance in speaking tasks. Being able to apply word patterns, such as creating antonyms or adverbs from adjectives, expands our vocabulary.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'adverb'
word that describes a verb or an adjective. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: To create antonyms in French, always add the prefix in- to the start of an adjective or adverb e.g. 'utile' becomes 'inutile'. Correction: Some antonyms are formed by adding the prefix im-. This is when the original word begins with p, b or m: possible become impossible; buvable (drinkable) becomes imbuvable (undrinkable); 'mature' becomes 'immature'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Comment se mettre au travail ? Word patterns Study Guide
- Les orientations professionnelles : present modals, conditional with 'vouloir' Study Guide
- On cherche un boulot : adjectives into adverbs Study Guide
- Un travail bien fait : modal verbs in present tense Study Guide
- Une orientation qui m'attire : extended writing and speaking Study Guide
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