Year 8 - French
Who likes doing what? 'jouer' with 'à' and 'de'
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 say what you play using the prepositions 'à' and 'de'.
Key Notes
- [s] sounds like maison. Use the hard 's' sound when it appears between two vowels and the soft 's' elsewhere.
- 'De' changes before the definite article to 'du', 'de la', 'de l'' and 'des' before plural nouns.
- 'Jouer', the verb to play is followed by the preposition 'à' before sports/games and 'de' before musical instruments.
Vocabulary To Learn
- [s]: pronounced as in 'maison'
- preposition: a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- 'Des' always means 'some'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
[s] sounds like maison. Use the hard 's' sound when it appears between two vowels and the soft 's' elsewhere. 'De' changes before the definite article to 'du', 'de la', 'de l'' and 'des' before plural nouns.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[s]'
pronounced as in 'maison'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: 'Des' always means 'some'. Correction: 'Des' is the word for 'some' but is also a form of the preposition 'de' before plural nouns.
More Lessons In This Unit
- A typical day: partitive, liaison, perfect tense questions Study Guide
- 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
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