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Une visite à Bruxelles : negation, adjective agreement, 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 recognise and use a range of negative structures and adjectives in the context of exploring a new city.

Key Notes

  • Use ne ... pas for what doesn't happen, ne ... jamais for never, ne ... rien for nothing and ne ... personne for nobody.
  • Use ne ... plus for no longer, ne ... ni ... ni for neither, nor, ne ... pas encore for not yet and ne ... que for only.
  • To make an adjective feminine we add -e; -x → -se, -el → -elle, -en → -enne, -f → -ve, -er → -ère, or no change.
  • To form plural adjectives we add an -s, unless the adjective ends in -x or -s. -al and -eau change to -aux and -eaux.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • negation: two elements, e.g. 'ne … pas', around the main verb expressing negative meaning
  • adjective agreement: when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • The only way an adjective is made feminine is by adding the letter 'e' to a masculine adjective.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Use ne ... pas for what doesn't happen, ne ... jamais for never, ne ... rien for nothing and ne ... personne for nobody. Use ne ... plus for no longer, ne ... ni ... ni for neither, nor, ne ... pas encore for not yet and ne ... que for only.

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 only way an adjective is made feminine is by adding the letter 'e' to a masculine adjective. Correction: Although many feminine adjectives are formed by adding 'e' to a masculine adjective, there are other feminine endings and rules governing these, e.g. -se, -elle, -enne, -ve, -ère.

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