Year 8 - French
What is it like? Singular verbs like 'dire' and 'prendre', adjectives
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 use verbs like 'prendre' and adjectives to describe everyday activities.
Key Notes
- [ail/aill] sounds like 'taille'.
- 'Dire' has the same ending pattern as sortir/venir, but verbs like 'prendre' are different in the 3rd person singular.
- Adjectives usually follow nouns they describe, but BAGS (beauty/age/goodness/size) adjectives come before the noun.
- Adjectives agree with the nouns they describe. Irregular adjectives include 'beau/belle' and 'vieux/vieille'.
- Regular adjectives need -e in the feminine/-s in the plural forms. Don't add another -e to adjectives already ending -e.
Vocabulary To Learn
- [ail/aill]: pronounced as in 'taille'
- adjective: word that gives information about a noun
- adjectival agreement: when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All adjectives come after the noun they describe in French.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
[ail/aill] sounds like 'taille'. 'Dire' has the same ending pattern as sortir/venir, but verbs like 'prendre' are different in the 3rd person singular.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[ail/aill]'
pronounced as in 'taille'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: All adjectives come after the noun they describe in French. Correction: Most adjectives follow the noun they describe, but not adjectives of beauty, age, goodness and size, which come before like English adjectives.
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- 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
- 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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