Starter quiz
- Which words are verbs?
- suis ✓
- ce
- jour
- lire ✓
- être ✓
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- The question 'tu as une règle ?' needs to be said with raised intonation.
- Yes ✓
- No
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- Complete the sequence: six, huit, dix, ...
- 'douze' ✓
- Match the French and English meanings.
- un crayon⇔a pencil ✓
- une gomme⇔a rubber ✓
- un livre⇔a book ✓
- Match the French and English meanings.
- bonjour⇔hello ✓
- tous les jours⇔every day ✓
- un jour⇔a day ✓
- What does this sentence mean? 'Tu as un crayon, une gomme, un livre et une règle'.
- I have a pencil, a rubber, a book and a ruler.
- You have a rubber, a pencil, a book and a ruler.
- You have a rubber, a book, a ruler and a pencil.
- I have a pencil, a ruler, a book and a rubber.
- You have a pencil, a rubber, a book and a ruler. ✓
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Exit quiz
- True or False? 'Chanter' means both 'to sing' and 'singing'.
- False
- True ✓
- 'Utiliser' means 'to use'. What can it also mean?
- 'using' ✓
- Match the French and English verbs.
- écouter⇔to listen, listening ✓
- parler⇔to speak, speaking ✓
- avoir⇔to have, having ✓
- répéter⇔to repeat, repeating ✓
- écrire⇔to write, writing ✓
- utiliser⇔to use, using ✓
- True or False? The infinitive 'étudier' has two syllables with the same sound.
- True ✓
- False
- Which words are infinitives?
- est ✓
- être ✓
- dimanche
- parler ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondence [é] and [er] sounds like the 'é' and 'er' in 'répéter', to repeat, repeating.
- The infinitive form of a verb gives its general meaning, e.g. to listen, listening.
- French infinitives often end in -er, e.g., écouter.
- When the infinitive starts the sentence, it is translated -ing, e.g., listening.
Common misconception
[er] in French sounds the same as in English; as in the word 'colder', for example.
[é] and [er] have the same sound in French.
Keywords
[é] [er] - pronounced [é/er] as in 'répéter'.
Infinitive - form of the verb giving its general meaning
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