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Jobs: feminine adjectives

Jobs: 'avoir' and 'être', feminine nouns

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils revisit 'être', 'avoir', intonation and inversion questions. The question structure 'est-ce que' is introduced. Feminine adjective agreement and feminine noun formation rules are extended. Liaison with 'h' and stress syllabification are introduced, and s-liaison revisited.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use adjectives, person nouns and the verbs avoir and être to talk about jobs.

Key Notes

  • When a word ending in a normally silent consonant is followed by a mute 'h', the consonant is heard due to liaison.
  • Understanding and responding to a text is a good way to deepen vocabulary knowledge of previously taught words.
  • To make a regular adjective feminine, add an -e. If the masculine form already ends in –e, it does not change.
  • Change adjectives ending -x to -se in the feminine form.
  • Some adjectives are irregular, you need to learn both forms e.g 'beau' and 'belle'.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • [h] liaison: pronouncing a usually silent final consonant because a word starting with a silent 'h' follows
  • adjective agreement: when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Add an -e to all adjectives to make them agree with feminine nouns.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

When a word ending in a normally silent consonant is followed by a mute 'h', the consonant is heard due to liaison. Understanding and responding to a text is a good way to deepen vocabulary knowledge of previously taught words.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[h] liaison'

pronouncing a usually silent final consonant because a word starting with a silent 'h' follows. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: Add an -e to all adjectives to make them agree with feminine nouns. Correction: The majority of adjectives need an -e adding in the feminine form but there are other patterns and exceptions to the rules. A common pattern is that adjectives ending -x change to -se in the feminine form.

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