Year 11 - French
Une visite en ville : role-play
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 ask and answer questions in a role-play scenario in a Francophone city, incorporating the imperative.
Key Notes
- Using the imperative in conversation enables the speaker to give instructions and advice, or to make suggestions.
- In a role-play it's important to work out whether you will be addressed as 'vous' (formal) or 'tu' (informal).
- You need to use the correct 'please': 's'il vous plait' in a formal setting, and 's'il te plait' for a friend.
Vocabulary To Learn
- imperative: a mood used to tell somebody to do something or give instructions or commands
- role-play: a task with a situation and prompts to ask and answer questions, simulating a conversation
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When making suggestions, 'let's' needs to be said in French as a separate idea.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Using the imperative in conversation enables the speaker to give instructions and advice, or to make suggestions. In a role-play it's important to work out whether you will be addressed as 'vous' (formal) or 'tu' (informal).
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'imperative'
a mood used to tell somebody to do something or give instructions or commands. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: When making suggestions, 'let's' needs to be said in French as a separate idea. Correction: In French, use the imperative in the 'nous' form to create the phrase 'let's + verb', e.g. 'allons ...' means 'let's go ...'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Allons-y ! The imperative Study Guide
- Au Maroc : read and respond to texts Study Guide
- Au Maroc : regular present tense verbs, present participle with 'en' Study Guide
- 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
- Qu'en penses-tu ? Possessive adjectives, direct & indirect object pronouns 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
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