Year 11 - French
Qu'en penses-tu ? Possessive adjectives, direct & indirect object pronouns
Popular culture/Communication and the world around us: la culture francophone
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Unit Summary
This cultural unit consolidates present tense regular verb patterns, adjectives and adverbs, possessive adjectives and a range of pronouns. In addition it further develops the imperative, including the nous form for 'let's + verb', and teaches the two uses of present participles.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand and give opinions on artwork and you can recognise a range of different pronouns and possessives.
Key Notes
- Use possessive adjectives with nouns to say who things belong to.
- When there is an '-s' or '-n' at the end of a possessive, and a vowel follows, liaison occurs.
- Direct object pronouns are: 'me', 'te', 'le', 'la', 'l'', 'nous', 'vous', 'les'. They go before the verb.
- Indirect object pronouns are: 'me', 'te', 'lui', 'nous', 'vous', 'leur'. They go before the verb.
Vocabulary To Learn
- possessive adjective: a word that goes before a noun to show ownership or belonging
- direct object pronoun: replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb, e.g., 'me', 'you', 'it', 'them'
- indirect object pronoun: replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to, when the action is 'to me', 'for you', 'to them'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- 'Nous' always means 'we'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Use possessive adjectives with nouns to say who things belong to. When there is an '-s' or '-n' at the end of a possessive, and a vowel follows, liaison occurs.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'possessive adjective'
a word that goes before a noun to show ownership or belonging. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: 'Nous' always means 'we'. Correction: 'Nous' means 'we' when used as a subject pronoun, but it means 'us' when used as a direct object pronoun and '(to) us' when used as an indirect object pronoun.
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- La diversité culturelle : regular present tense Study Guide
- Le conseil de la vie scolaire : extended speaking Study Guide
- Montréal, une ville francophone : the imperative Study Guide
- Pourquoi voter ? Creating nouns by adding -teur or -ateur to the verb stem Study Guide
- Un portrait coloré : extended speaking Study Guide
- Un portrait francophone : possessive adjectives, emphatic pronouns Study Guide
- Une démocratie : creating nouns by adding -ion or -ation to the verb stem Study Guide
- Une équipe accomplie : present participle adjectives, comparatives, superlatives Study Guide
- Une équipe francophone : adjective agreement, making comparisons Study Guide
- Une sportive qui m'intéresse : extended writing Study Guide
- Une visite en ville : role-play Study Guide
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