Year 7 - French
Describe a person or thing: regular gender adjective agreement
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 form feminine adjectives by adding an 'e'.
Key Notes
- When an adjective describes a woman or girl, its spelling and sound can change. This is called the feminine form.
- The most common change is to add an 'e' to the adjective to make the feminine form.
- Adding 'e' to an adjective can change the pronunciation. An 'e' following a consonant means we do hear the consonant.
- Useful adjectives are anglais (English), français (French), grand (tall), petit (short). We add 'e' for feminine forms.
- [a] sounds like 'animal'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- [a]: as pronounced in animal
- adjective: a word that gives information about a noun
- masculine form: the form of an adjective that describes a male or masculine noun
- feminine form: the form of an adjective that describes a female or feminine noun
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Adjectives in French have only one form that can be used to describe any noun, like English.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
When an adjective describes a woman or girl, its spelling and sound can change. This is called the feminine form. The most common change is to add an 'e' to the adjective to make the feminine form.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[a]'
as pronounced in animal. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Adjectives in French have only one form that can be used to describe any noun, like English. Correction: In French, adjectives may change their spelling and/or sound when describing a woman, girl or feminine noun. This is called the feminine form.
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