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Year 8 - French

Special occasions: 'notre' and 'nos'

Celebrations and festivals: numbers, dates, 'on' in present tense

Unit Summary

Pupils revisit -er verbs and question words with 'est-ce que in contrast to intonation and inversion questions. They learn numbers 13-31, use the pronoun 'on' meaning 'people, you, one'. Possessive adjectives now include son,sa,ses and notre,nos. The SSCs em,am, aim,im and om are practised.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to say more about how we celebrate special occasions using 'notre, nos' to mean 'our'.

Key Notes

  • To express the date in French we add 'le' before the number and then add the month.
  • To ask someone when their birthday is you say 'C'est quand ton anniversaire ?'.
  • To say 'our' in French, we use the possessive adjectives 'notre' or 'nos'.
  • The words for 'our' only agree with the number of the noun, it is 'notre' for masculine and feminine singular nouns.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • possessive adjective: a word that goes before a noun to show ownership or belonging
  • notre, nos: possessive adjectives for 'our'

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • I use 'notre' to mean 'our' in French just with masculine nouns.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

To express the date in French we add 'le' before the number and then add the month. To ask someone when their birthday is you say 'C'est quand ton anniversaire ?'.

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: I use 'notre' to mean 'our' in French just with masculine nouns. Correction: The possessive adjective 'notre' is used before masculine and feminine singular nouns to mean 'our' in French. We use 'nos' when the 'possessed' noun is plural.

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