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Year 9 - French

A theft: emphatic pronouns 'moi' and 'toi' after prepositions

Past and present events: perfect tense, negation, questions

Unit Summary

Pupils deepen their knowledge of the perfect tense, question forms and negation. '-er verbs taking être in the perfect and the negative 'ne...jamais' are introduced . Pupils apply changes in register (tu vs vous, on vs nous), use emphatic pronouns 'moi' and 'toi' and the relative pronoun 'qui'.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use emphatic pronouns when describing a crime that has happened.

Key Notes

  • [oi] is pronounced as in 'voir'.
  • Prepositions tell us how a noun is related to another noun, often in terms of place or time.
  • 'Moi' and 'toi' are emphatic pronouns. We use them after prepositions.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • [oi]: pronounced as in 'voir'
  • emphatic pronoun: pronoun used to emphasize a noun or another pronoun in a sentence, e.g. moi

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Use subject pronouns after prepositions to link nouns/pronouns.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

[oi] is pronounced as in 'voir'. Prepositions tell us how a noun is related to another noun, often in terms of place or time.

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

pronounced as in 'voir'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: Use subject pronouns after prepositions to link nouns/pronouns. Correction: Use the emphatic pronouns 'moi' and 'toi' instead of subject pronouns to link and emphasise nouns/pronouns.

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