Des industries françaises : relative clauses | French

Starter quiz

When 'qui' is in the middle of a sentence, which translations are possible? E.g J'ai un chat qui est noir.

who?

who ✓

where

which ✓

that ✓
Tick the examples of intonation questions.

Travailles-tu ici ?

Vous faites beaucoup de travail en ce moment ? ✓

Combien de personnes travaillent dans l'usine ?

Est-ce qu'il y a une bonne direction ici ?

Tu as des collègues sympas ? ✓
Reorder the vocabulary to translate : They are paying me a very good salary here.

1

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on

2

⇔

me

3

⇔

paie

4

⇔

un très

5

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bon

6

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salaire

7

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ici
Match the French and English vocabulary together.

pollution

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pollution ✓

augmenter

⇔

to increase, raise ✓

être en train de

⇔

to be in the middle of ✓

gaz

⇔

gas ✓

planète

⇔

planet ✓

menacer

⇔

to threaten, threatening ✓
Which nouns are places of work?

usine ✓

objectif

bureau ✓

magasin ✓

terre
Complete the sentence: The relative pronoun 'qui' adds information about the ______ in the main clause.

'noun' ✓

Exit quiz

Tick the words which can function as relative pronouns.

que ✓

aussi

quand ✓

qui ✓

où ✓
What is the translation of the relative pronoun 'où'?

'where' ✓
Tick the examples of object-relative clauses.

Le bureau qui est à gauche est très moderne.

Les collègues qui travaillent ici ne sont pas sympas.

La carrière que je voudrais est intéressante. ✓

Le travail que je fais est très difficile. ✓

C'est ma soeur qui habite ici.
Choose 'qui' or 'que/qu'' to complete the sentence: les projets ______ vous avez sont très compliqués. (The plans that, which you have are very complicated).

'que' ✓
Which Sound Symbol Correspondence (SSC) is common to the French translations of: window, I, horse?

'[e]' ✓
Choose the word in French containing the SSCs [qu], [en/an] or [e]. Some may contain more than one.

who ✓

when ✓

where

that ✓

how ?

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Key learning points

When the relative pronoun relates to the object of the sentence, we use 'que' instead of 'qui'.
Où and quand can also be used in relative clauses to detail where or when something happens.
[qu] sounds like 'question' or 'quatre', [en/an] sound like 'enfant' and [e] sounds like 'je'.
Dont is another relative pronoun; it means 'of which' or 'whose'.

Common misconception

Que can be used in a subject-relative clause e.g. le prof que s'appelle M. Jones est sympa.

Que introduces an object-relative clause where a new subject and verb is used e.g. la voiture que je voudrais est très chère. Que shortens to qu' in front of a vowel.

Keywords

Relative pronoun - a pronoun that introduces a relative clause e.g. qui, que
Object-relative clause - adds information about the object in the main clause