Packing a bag: singular 'avoir | French | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

True for false? The SSCs [ou] and [au] sound similar but they are not the same.

'True' ✓
What does the question word 'quoi' mean in English?

who

what ✓

where

when

why
Match the English to the French.

I

⇔

je/j' ✓

you

⇔

tu ✓

he

⇔

il ✓

she

⇔

elle ✓
Choose the correct sentence ending. The singular forms of a verb are ...

for more than one person's action or state.

for one person's action or state. ✓

for everyone's action or state.
Match the French subject pronouns to the correct singular form of 'avoir'.

je/j'

⇔

ai ✓

tu

⇔

as ✓

il/elle

⇔

a ✓
Read the sentence in French and match the presents below to the correct people. J'ai un livre pour Jeanne, une peluche pour Amandine, un stylo pour Michel, un ballon pour Nadine et un jeu pour Marc.

book

⇔

Jeanne ✓

cuddly toy

⇔

Amandine ✓

pen

⇔

Michel ✓

ball

⇔

Nadine ✓

game

⇔

Marc ✓

Exit quiz

True or False? The sounds/SSCs [au] and [ou] have the same sound.

True
False ✓
The following words/phrases all contain the sound/SSC ______? Aussi, gauche, faux, jaune, automne.

'au' ✓
True or false. We don't always have to just use the nouns we are taught in class in our writing or speaking, we can look up different nouns in a dictionary.

'true' ✓
Read the following sentence and complete the two halves of the English translation below. 'J'ai un livre, tu as un cadeau, il a une peluche et elle a un ballon'.

I have

⇔

a book. ✓

You have

⇔

a present. ✓

He has

⇔

a cuddly toy. ✓

She has

⇔

a ball. ✓
'Il a quoi ?' means 'what does ______ have?' in English.

'he' ✓
Which of the following are suitable answers to the question 'Elle a quoi ?'.

J'ai un cahier

Elle a une peluche. ✓

Elle est petite

Il a une bouteille.

Elle a un animal. ✓

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Key learning points

The sound-symbol correspondence [au] sounds similar to [ou] but they are different so it is important to practise them.
The verb 'avoir' means to have. It's singular forms are j'ai, I have, 'tu as', you have and 'il, elle a', he, she has.
We can use 'quoi' with forms of 'avoir' to ask questions about what I and others have.
It is fun to use reference resources to build up a treasure trove of vocabulary to use when writing in French.

Common misconception

I can only use the words I have learnt in lessons when speaking and writing in French.

Reference resources like bilingual dictionaries give you the freedom to look up new words that are important to you, and include them in your work. You can build up a treasure trove of vocabulary this way.

Keywords

[au] - pronounced as in 'gauche', meaning 'left'
[ou] - pronounced as in 'nous', meaning 'we'
Quoi - meaning 'what' in French