Year 10 - French
Conflits et solutions en famille : extended writing and speaking
My personal world: Ma famille
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits definite, indefinite and partitive articles, possessive adjectives, as well as adjective agreement and positioning rules. Pupils will learn one further adjective agreement rule. Lessons also further practise liaison and silent final letters.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand and describe family events and issues using a checklist for range of language and accuracy.
Key Notes
- The perfect tense, the imperfect tense and the present tense can be usefully combined to describe family events.
- Creating a checklist for range of language to use can enhance the quality of extended writing.
- Creating a checklist for accuracy can enhance the quality of extended writing.
Vocabulary To Learn
- present tense: describes habitual events in the present (I do) or events happening right now (I am doing)
- perfect tense: describes actions that have been completed in the past
- imperfect tense: describes habitual actions, as well as emotions or scene-setting in the past
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The verbs 'refuser', 'demander', 'essayer', 'laisser' and 'éviter' are followed directly by an infinitive, e.g. 'éviter faire' ('to avoid doing'), 'refuser faire' ('to refuse to do').
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
The perfect tense, the imperfect tense and the present tense can be usefully combined to describe family events. Creating a checklist for range of language to use can enhance the quality of extended writing.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'present tense'
describes habitual events in the present (I do) or events happening right now (I am doing). Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: The verbs 'refuser', 'demander', 'essayer', 'laisser' and 'éviter' are followed directly by an infinitive, e.g. 'éviter faire' ('to avoid doing'), 'refuser faire' ('to refuse to do'). Correction: These verbs are followed by 'de' plus an infinitive, e.g. 'éviter de faire' ('to avoid doing'), 'refuser de faire' ('to refuse to do').
More Lessons In This Unit
- C'est de famille ! Gender and number agreement with nouns Study Guide
- L'arrivée d'un réfugié chez nous : articles and possessive adjectives Study Guide
- La valeur de la famille : feminine adjective agreement Study Guide
- Un bon déjeuner familial : adjectives used as nouns and position of adjectives Study Guide
- Un membre de la famille que j'admire : extended writing and speaking Study Guide
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