Starter quiz
- What does the verb 'écouter' mean?
- to listen, listening ✓
- to read, reading
- to speak, speaking
- to write, writing
- to understand, understanding
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- Match the articles with their description.
- le⇔the (masculine singular nouns) ✓
- la⇔the (feminine singular nouns) ✓
- les⇔the (plural nouns) ✓
- l'⇔the (singular nouns beginning with a vowel or silent 'h') ✓
- What is 'there isn't' in French?
- je ne suis pas
- je n'ai pas
- ce n'est pas
- il n'y a pas ✓
- il n'est pas
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- Order the French numbers from smallest to biggest.
- 1⇔un
- 2⇔trois
- 3⇔quatre
- 4⇔sept
- 5⇔huit
- 6⇔dix
- 7⇔douze
- The masculine indefinite article is 'un'. What is the feminine definite article?
- 'une' ✓
- Which words contain silent final consonants?
- deux ✓
- enfant ✓
- garçon
- toujours ✓
- timide
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Exit quiz
- 'Dans la maison il y a une chemise'. Which sound-symbol correspondences (SSCs) appear in this sentence?
- [a]
- [é/er/ez]
- [i] ✓
- [silent final -e] ✓
- [silent final consonant] ✓
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- Match the French and English.
- l'homme⇔the man ✓
- la porte⇔the door ✓
- l'ordinateur⇔the computer ✓
- la voiture⇔the car ✓
- le livre⇔the book ✓
- le chien⇔the dog ✓
- 'Il y a ______ portables'. Which article is correct?
- un
- une
- des ✓
- de
- d'
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- Order the words to say: 'There is no computer'.
- 1⇔il
- 2⇔n'
- 3⇔y
- 4⇔a
- 5⇔pas
- 6⇔d'
- 7⇔ordinateur
- Which phrase uses liaison?
- huit fruits
- des chiens
- deux portes
- trois ordinateurs ✓
- six vélos
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- Match the definite article to the noun.
- les⇔vélos ✓
- le⇔portable ✓
- la⇔chemise ✓
- l'⇔homme ✓
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Key learning points
- Sound-symbol correspondences help us with spelling and pronunciation of new and familiar vocabulary.
- All nouns have a grammatical gender in French, masculine or feminine.
- The indefinite article is 'un' for masculine singular nouns, 'une' for feminine singular nouns and 'des' for plurals.
- The French definite articles are 'le, 'la', 'l''and 'les'.
- Use 'il y a' + indefinite article/number say what there is and 'il n' y a pas' + de/d' to say what there isn't.
Common misconception
Use the same articles after 'il y a' and 'il n'y a pas'.
Use the indefinite article, depending on gender and number after 'il y a' but after 'il n' y a pas', always use de regardless of gender/number and d' for any nouns starting with a vowel.
Keywords
Sound-symbol correspondence - relationship between letters and their sounds
Noun - word for a person, place or thing
Gender - grammatical categorisation of all nouns as masculine or feminine
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