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Year 9 - French

Free time: relative pronoun 'qui'

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 describe your free time using a range of verbs in the present tense and the relative pronoun 'qui'.

Key Notes

  • It is important to revisit vocabulary as it boosts our long-term retention of words.
  • The relative pronoun 'qui' introduces a relative clause to give more information about a noun.
  • Translate 'qui' as who/that for describing people and which/that when describing animals/things.
  • The endings for verbs like 'écrire' are 's', 's' and 't', 'vons', 'vez' and 'vent'.
  • Some verbs are followed by 'à' before a noun and the form changes depending on the gender/number of the noun.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • qui: a relative pronoun meaning who, that or which a that introduces a relative clause
  • écrire: to write, writing

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • 'Qui' is always used as a question word.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

It is important to revisit vocabulary as it boosts our long-term retention of words. The relative pronoun 'qui' introduces a relative clause to give more information about a noun.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'qui'

a relative pronoun meaning who, that or which a that introduces a relative clause. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: 'Qui' is always used as a question word. Correction: 'Qui' is a question word meaning 'who' but is also used as a relative pronoun to introduce a relative clause, for example 'L'homme qui est grand est mon papa', meaning 'the man who is tall is my dad'.

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