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Une visite à Cannes : noun formation, extended reading (Edexcel)

Communication and the world around us: Révisions: la vie en francophonie

Unit Summary

This unit begins formal revision, with known grammar and vocabulary reactivated throughout. Pupils apply knowledge of regular and irregular verbs in the present, perfect and imperfect tenses, reflexive verbs, feminine and plural noun formations as well as revisiting articles and pronouns.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to read aloud and answer reading comprehension questions on the topic of holidays.

Key Notes

  • There are 4 ways to turn a masculine noun into a feminine noun: add an e, change article, -n to -nne, -eur to -rice.
  • If a masculine noun ends in -e, there's no change for feminine; if it ends in -s or -x, there's no change for plural.
  • We usually make nouns plural by adding -s. Nouns ending in -eu, -(e)au, or -al make their plurals with -x.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • noun: word for a person, place or thing

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • All masculine nouns are made feminine by adding 'e' and plural by adding 's'.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

There are 4 ways to turn a masculine noun into a feminine noun: add an e, change article, -n to -nne, -eur to -rice. If a masculine noun ends in -e, there's no change for feminine; if it ends in -s or -x, there's no change for plural.

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

word for a person, place or thing. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: All masculine nouns are made feminine by adding 'e' and plural by adding 's'. Correction: A masculine noun can be made feminine by changing the article, adding 'e', changing 'eur' to 'ice' or 'n' to 'nne'. Nouns can be made plural by adding 's' or 'aux'. Nouns ending in 's' or 'x' don't have a plural form.

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