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Une série addictive : negation with 'ne ... pas de' and 'ne ... ni ... ni ...'

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 understand and use negative structures to enhance description of a TV series.

Key Notes

  • Indefinite articles (un, une, des) and partitive articles (du, de la, de l', des) change to 'de' after a negative.
  • [i] sounds like midi.
  • The negative structure 'ne ... ni ... ni ...' means 'neither ... nor'.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • negation: two elements, e.g. 'ne … pas' around the main verb expressing negative meaning
  • indefinite article: the words 'un', 'une' and 'des' meaning 'a/an', 'some'
  • partitive article: the words 'du', 'de la', 'de l'' and 'des' meaning 'some'

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Indefinite and partitive articles are used after negative structures.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Indefinite articles (un, une, des) and partitive articles (du, de la, de l', des) change to 'de' after a negative. [i] sounds like midi.

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: Indefinite and partitive articles are used after negative structures. Correction: After a negative structure has been used, indefinite and partitive articles replaced by 'de', e.g. 'je n'ai pas de pain'.

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