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Christmas around the world: adjectives, comparatives

Winter celebrations: present tense, adjectives, comparatives, partitive

Unit Summary

In this unit, based mainly on the present tense, pupils refresh their knowledge of adjective positioning, comparatives, and the use of de as partitive article and after expressions of quantity.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use adjectives, including comparatives, to engage with a French song and discuss Christmas in different parts of the world.

Key Notes

  • Most French adjectives come after the noun they describe.
  • Use BRAGS (beauty, rank, age, goodness, size) to remember pre-nominal adjectives.
  • With more than one adjective, add 'et' after the noun. Nouns can also be surrounded by adjectives.
  • To make comparisons in French, use the structures 'plus/aussi/moins' + 'que' with adjectives and adverbs.
  • Some comparative forms are irregular, such as 'meilleur', 'mieux', and 'pire'.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • pre-nominal adjective: adjective that appears before the noun it modifies
  • comparative: form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • All adjectives go after the noun in French.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Most French adjectives come after the noun they describe. Use BRAGS (beauty, rank, age, goodness, size) to remember pre-nominal adjectives.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'pre-nominal adjective'

adjective that appears before the noun it modifies. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: All adjectives go after the noun in French. Correction: Most adjectives go after the noun they describe but there are a group of adjectives (BRAGS adjectives) that go before the noun. We call these pre-nominal adjectives.

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