Year 8 - French
A typical day: partitive, liaison, perfect tense questions
Everyday activities: preposition 'de', partitive, frequent -IR and -RE verbs
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Unit Summary
Pupils embed irregular -ir and -re verbs. They distinguish between jouer à, jouer de and faire de, and practise 'de' as a partitive article (du, de la, des, de l'). They use de, d in negatives, expressions of quantity and learn adverb positioning. SSCs -s-, th, -ill-, -ille, -aill-, -ail are taught.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to ask and answer 'est-ce que' questions in the perfect tense to describe daily life.
Key Notes
- You can pronounce a usually silent final consonant if it is followed by a vowel; this is liaison.
- Use the partitive article with uncountable nouns/ non-specific amounts; change to 'de' after quantities/negatives.
- Use 'est-ce que' at the beginning of a sentence to signal questioning.
- To make perfect tense sentences negative, put 'ne … pas' around the form of 'avoir'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- liaison: pronouncing a usually silent final consonant because a word starting with a vowel follows
- partitive article: refers to parts of things; often means 'some' in English
- est-ce que: questioning device
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Ne ... pas goes around the main verb (the past participle) in perfect tense sentences.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
You can pronounce a usually silent final consonant if it is followed by a vowel; this is liaison. Use the partitive article with uncountable nouns/ non-specific amounts; change to 'de' after quantities/negatives.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'liaison'
pronouncing a usually silent final consonant because a word starting with a vowel follows. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Ne ... pas goes around the main verb (the past participle) in perfect tense sentences. Correction: Just like in other double verb sentences, ne...pas goes around the first verb; in the perfect tense, that's the conjugated form of 'avoir'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- A typical day: perfect tense, 'jouer', 'faire', jobs Study Guide
- Food and drink: 'boire' singular, write about own eating routines Study Guide
- Food and drink: definite and partitive articles Study Guide
- Food shopping: partitive articles 'du, de la, de l', des' Study Guide
- Shopping and other activities: 'faire' and 'de', questions with 'quels, quelles' Study Guide
- What is it like? Singular verbs like 'dire' and 'prendre', adjectives Study Guide
- When, where and how? Singular verbs like 'sortir', 'venir', adverb placement Study Guide
- Where is that? prepositions with 'de' Study Guide
- Who likes doing what? 'jouer' with 'à' and 'de' Study Guide
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