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Year 11 - French

Des francophones célèbres : word pattern rules, role-play (AQA)

Communication and the world around us: Révisions: Personnes et lieux

Unit Summary

This unit consolidates revision of vocabulary and grammar with a focus on negation, imperatives, present participles, adjective agreement and adjective and adverb positioning. In addition it revisits all word pattern rules met throughout the course.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to identify and use word pattern rules and complete a role-play relating to a famous French-speaking person.

Key Notes

  • Ordinal numbers are created by (removing -e and) adding -ième to a number: 'deuxième', 'onzième'.
  • in- or im- can be added to adjectives, adverbs or nouns to give the opposite meaning. English equivalent is un- or in-.
  • -ion or -ation can be added to the verb stem to form a noun where the English equivalent is -ion or -ation.
  • Agent nouns can be created by adding -eur or -ateur to the verb stem, e.g. 'consommer' - 'consommateur'.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • ordinal number: a number defining the position of something in a series, such as 'first', 'second', or 'third'
  • role-play: a task with a situation and prompts to ask and answer questions, simulating a conversation

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • It is better to give long answers in the role-play task than short responses.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Ordinal numbers are created by (removing -e and) adding -ième to a number: 'deuxième', 'onzième'. in- or im- can be added to adjectives, adverbs or nouns to give the opposite meaning. English equivalent is un- or in-.

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

a number defining the position of something in a series, such as 'first', 'second', or 'third'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: It is better to give long answers in the role-play task than short responses. Correction: The role-play task is a short exercise requiring relevant answers to each bullet point that contain a verb. Longer answers are not appropriate to this task.

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