Starter quiz
- Read the word 'maman'. Do you hear an oral sound, a nasal sound, or both?
- oral sound
- nasal sound
- oral sound and nasal sound ✓
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- Choose the words with a nasal sound.
- grand ✓
- malade
- anglais ✓
- content ✓
- sac
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- Match the French adjectives below to the correct English translations.
- sick, ill⇔malade ✓
- pleased⇔content ✓
- intelligent⇔intelligent ✓
- amusing, fun⇔amusant ✓
- méchant⇔mean ✓
- calm⇔calme ✓
- Choose the odd one out.
- amusant
- méchant
- grande ✓
- petit
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- Change the following adjective into the feminine form: 'petit'.
- 'petite' ✓
- Choose the adjectives that do not change in their masculine and feminine forms.
- calme ✓
- contente
- triste ✓
- petite
- malade ✓
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Exit quiz
- Say the words pictured below out loud. Which words have a nasal sound?
- Match up the correct verb parts.
- je⇔suis ✓
- tu⇔es ✓
- elle⇔est ✓
- How do you say 'he is' in French?
- 'il est' ✓
- Who is being described in the following sentence? 'Il est malade.'
- Pierre (a boy) ✓
- Clémentine (a girl)
- we don't know
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- To ask a closed 'yes' or 'no' question is French, change the ______ at the end of the sentence.
- 'intonation' ✓
Look at the image pictured below and answer the following question with a yes or no in French: 'Elle est contente ?'- 'non' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The sound-correspondence [an/en] can be practised with similar but contrasting sounds.
- ‘Je suis’, ‘tu es’ and ‘elle, il est’ are all parts of the verb ‘être’ (to be, being).
- Statements become yes/no questions by raising your tone of voice at the end.
Common misconception
Changing intonation doesn't affect meaning.
If you raise your voice at the end, you can turn a statement into a question.
Keywords
[an/en] - pronounced as in 'enfant'
Il est / elle est - from the verb 'être', meaning ‘he is / she is’
Intonation - the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
Adjective agreement - a change in adjective ending; for example, adding -e to describe a girl or woman
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