Year 7 - French
Describe a person or thing: être 1st and 3rd persons singular
Greeting: singular 'être' and regular adjectives
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils use the singular forms of 'être' in order to meet and greet friends and to ask and answer questions. Regular high frequency adjectives in masculine and feminine forms are used to describe friends. The Silent Final Consonant is introduced along with the SSCs a, i and eu.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to say what 'you am' and 'she, he is' using some new and familiar adjectives.
Key Notes
- [i] sounds like midi.
- être means 'to be, being', je suis means 'I am', il est means 'he is' and elle est means 'she is'.
- Je means 'I', il means 'he' and elle means 'she'. They are pronouns.
- Cognates are words which share most of the same letters in two languages (e.g. English and French).
Vocabulary To Learn
- [i]: as pronounced in midi
- cognate: words with the same meaning and same or similar spelling in English and French
- conjunction: a word that links two ideas like 'and' or 'but'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- 'Elle' meaning she is pronounced with an [i] sound at the start.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
[i] sounds like midi. être means 'to be, being', je suis means 'I am', il est means 'he is' and elle est means 'she is'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[i]'
as pronounced in midi. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: 'Elle' meaning she is pronounced with an [i] sound at the start. Correction: 'Elle' is pronounced with a hard e sound like in egg.
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