Year 8 - French
When, where and how? Singular verbs like 'sortir', 'venir', adverb placement
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 singular -ir verbs like sortir and venir in the present tense with adverbs to describe everyday activities.
Key Notes
- [a] sounds like 'animal'.
- [ail/aill] sounds like 'taille'.
- Verbs like 'sortir' and 'dormir' have the same ending pattern (-s, -s, -t) as does 'venir' with a stem change.
- How/how often adverbs usually come after the verb they describe and where/when adverbs usually come at the start/end.
- An exception is the adverb 'parfois' which comes at the start of a sentence. Word order can differ in French/English.
Vocabulary To Learn
- [a]: pronounced as in 'animal'
- [ail/aill]: pronounced as in 'taille'
- adverb: word that describes a verb or an adjective
- adverbial phrase: a group of words acting as an adverb
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Word order with adverbs is the same in French and English.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
[a] sounds like 'animal'. [ail/aill] sounds like 'taille'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[a]'
pronounced as in 'animal'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Word order with adverbs is the same in French and English. Correction: Word order with adverbs is sometimes the same and sometimes different in French and English. Think about whether the adverb is a how/how often or a where/when adverb to know where to place it in French.
More Lessons In This Unit
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- 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
- Where is that? prepositions with 'de' Study Guide
- Who likes doing what? 'jouer' with 'à' and 'de' Study Guide
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