School life: singular verbs like 'choisir', questions with 'qui' | French

Starter quiz

What is 'la pétanque'?
- A form of handball.
- A popular French game, similar to cricket.
- A form of tennis.
- A popular French game, similar to bowls. ✓
When would you use 's'il vous plait' to say please?
- talking to your teacher ✓
- talking to your mum
- talking to a group of friends ✓
- talking to one friend
- talking to your little sister
Match the French verbs to their English translations.
- devenir
  
  ⇔
  
  to become, becoming ✓
- revenir
  
  ⇔
  
  to come back, coming back ✓
- venir
  
  ⇔
  
  to come, coming ✓
- sortir
  
  ⇔
  
  to go out, going out, to put out, putting out ✓
- partir
  
  ⇔
  
  to leave, leaving ✓
- aller
  
  ⇔
  
  to go, going ✓
You are chatting about what you and your friends have for lunch. How would you say, 'we eat a sandwich'?
- 'On mange un sandwich.' ✓
How do we say, 'they go out'?
- Ils sortent ✓
- Ils sorent
- Elles sorent
- Elles sortent ✓
Sort the words into the correct order to mean 'We're eating traditional beef stew tomorrow'
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Nous
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  mangeons
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  le
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  pot
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  au
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  feu
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  demain

Exit quiz

What type of verb is 'remplir'?
- re verb
- er verb
- ir verb ✓
'un collège' is a ...
- university
- secondary school ✓
- sixth form college
- primary school
- college
What is the French word for a 6th form college?
- 'lycée' ✓
Complete the sentence. The French [y], as in 'physique', sounds the same as the ...
- [i] in midi ✓
- [e] in mercredi
- [é] in lycée
Match the stem of the verb to the correct ending.
- Je chois
  
  ⇔
  
  is ✓
- Il/elle chois
  
  ⇔
  
  it ✓
- Nous chois
  
  ⇔
  
  issons ✓
- Vous chois
  
  ⇔
  
  issez ✓
- Ils/elles chois
  
  ⇔
  
  issent ✓
Sort the words into the correct order to mean 'I pass the exam with a very good grade'.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Je
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  réussis
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  l’examen
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  avec
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  une
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  très bonne
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  note.

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Key learning points

The SSC [y] sounds different to the English [y] and is pronounced as in ‘physique’ and 'style'.
Verbs like choisir (to choose, choosing) form another type of -IR verb. These include 'réussir' and 'définir'.
To say 'I' with a verb like choisir, remove the -IR from the infinitive and add -is: je choisis.
To say 'she, he', remove the -IR and add -it: il, elle choisit.
These two verb forms sound the same because the -s and -t are silent final consonants (SFCs).

Common misconception

The [y] sound is the same in French as it does in English.

The English [y] has two different sounds, as in 'myth', a short 'i' sound, and 'cycling' where it sounds like the word 'eye'. The French [y] sounds like the SSC [i] as in 'midi'.

Keywords

[y] - sound-symbol correspondence pronounced as in 'physique'; it sounds the same as the [i] in midi
Choisir - French -ir verb meaning to choose, choosing