Jobs: singular 'avoir' or 'être', questions with est-ce que | French

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Tick the correct definition of 'intonation'.
- pronouncing a usually silent final consonant followed by a vowel
- the rise and fall of the voice in speaking ✓
- switching the subject and verb to ask a question
- a word with the same meaning and spelling in French and English
Match the modal verbs in French and English.
- je dois
  
  ⇔
  
  I have to/must ✓
- tu dois
  
  ⇔
  
  you have to/must ✓
- il doit
  
  ⇔
  
  he has to/must ✓
- je veux
  
  ⇔
  
  I want ✓
- tu veux
  
  ⇔
  
  you want ✓
- il veut
  
  ⇔
  
  he wants ✓
Put the numbers in numerical order starting from smallest to biggest.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  deux
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  quatre
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  cinq
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  sept
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  neuf
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  onze
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  douze
Fill in the missing possessive adjective in the sentence 'Are you doing your homework?' 'Tu fais ______ devoirs ?'
- 'tes' ✓
What is the verb 'to work' in French?
- partager
- penser
- sortir
- travailler ✓
- venir
Order the French sentence 'Here is my TV and my computer in my bedroom'.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Voici
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  ma
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  télé et
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  mon
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  ordinateur
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  dans
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  ma chambre

When would you be more likely to use an 'est-ce que' question?
- when writing a letter
- when chatting to a friend ✓
- when sending an email
- when speaking to a group of people
Match up the parts of 'avoir' and 'être' in French and English.
- je suis
  
  ⇔
  
  I am ✓
- tu es
  
  ⇔
  
  you are ✓
- il / elle est
  
  ⇔
  
  he/she is ✓
- j'ai
  
  ⇔
  
  I have ✓
- tu as
  
  ⇔
  
  you have ✓
- il / elle a
  
  ⇔
  
  he/she has ✓
In French, sound all syllables equally with a slight emphasis on the ______ syllable.
- 'last' ✓
Order the sentence 'he is a secretary and she is a lawyer' in French.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  il
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  est
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  secrétaire
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  et
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  elle
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  est
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  avocate
Add the missing word to the sentence 'Does she want to be a headteacher?' 'Veut-______ être directrice ?'
- 'elle' ✓
Order the French sentence 'Is he an intelligent man?'
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  est-ce
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  qu'
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  il
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  est
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  un
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  homme
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  intelligent

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French is not a stress-timed language. Sound all vowels. Say syllables equally with a slight emphasis on the last one.
'Avoir' means 'to have, having', 'j'ai' means 'I have', 'tu as' means 'you have'.
'Être' means 'to be, being', 'je suis' means 'I am', 'il est' means 'he is' and 'elle est' means 'she is'.
When using 'être' to describe professions, no article (un/une) is needed before the job noun in French.
Ask questions in French with intonation, inversion and 'est-ce que'. Inversion is more formal than 'est-ce que'.

There is no need to use intonation when using inversion and 'est-ce que'.

Even when we form questions with inversion or 'est-ce que', it is still important to use intonation to signal that it is a question.

Stress - pronouncing one syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Intonation - rise and fall of the voice in speaking
Inversion - when the subject pronoun and the verb switch place to form a question