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J'ai vu un film : negation with 'ne...pas de', 'ne...ni...ni...' and 'ne...que'

Popular culture: les médias

Unit Summary

This unit expands topic-specific vocabulary on a range of media topics, including TV and cinema, computer technology and social networks. It further develops pupil knowledge of negation, revisiting previously met negative structures and introducing ne...ni...ni... with all tenses.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use a range of new and revised negative structures in the past tense to discuss TV and cinema.

Key Notes

  • 'Ne ... que' means 'only'. 'Que' follows the verb and precedes the noun, e.g. 'il ne regarde que des films'.
  • For 'neither ... nor', 'ne' precedes the verb and each 'ni' precedes one of the negated qualities/nouns.
  • [-aill-/-ail] sounds like 'taille', [-ill-/-ille] sounds like 'fille'.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • negation: two elements e.g. 'ne ... pas' around the main verb expressing negative meaning
  • ne ... que: a structure meaning 'only' which is formed like a negative

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • The indefinite and partitive articles are used with the structure 'ne ... ni ... ni', e.g. 'Tu n'as ni des pommes ni du fromage'.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

'Ne ... que' means 'only'. 'Que' follows the verb and precedes the noun, e.g. 'il ne regarde que des films'. For 'neither ... nor', 'ne' precedes the verb and each 'ni' precedes one of the negated qualities/nouns.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'negation'

two elements e.g. 'ne ... pas' around the main verb expressing negative meaning. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: The indefinite and partitive articles are used with the structure 'ne ... ni ... ni', e.g. 'Tu n'as ni des pommes ni du fromage'. Correction: When using 'ne ... ni ... ni', the nouns do not require an indefinite or partitive article, e.g. 'Tu n'as ni pommes ni fromage'.

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