Starter quiz
- Which is the definition of a 'pronoun'?
- a word that gives more information about a noun
- a word that replaces a noun in a sentence ✓
- a noun that names a person
- a positive noun
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- What is the object in the following sentence? 'The man walks the dog.'
- 'the dog' ✓
- What is the rule for object pronoun placement in French?
- The object pronoun goes at the start of the sentence.
- The object pronoun goes at the end of the sentence.
- The object pronoun goes after the verb.
- The object pronoun goes before the verb. ✓
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- Sort the words below into the correct order to make a sentence in French.
- 1⇔tu
- 2⇔me
- 3⇔trouves
- 4⇔dans
- 5⇔l'
- 6⇔appartement
- Which of these verbs require an indirect object pronoun?
- expliquer - to explain ✓
- montrer - to show ✓
- abandonner - to abandon
- emprunter - to borrow ✓
- rencontrer - to meet
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- True or false? The correct translation of 'You abandon me in London.' is 'Tu m'abandonnes à Londres.'.
- True ✓
- False
Exit quiz
- Match the French words below to the correct English translations.
- enchanté⇔pleased (to meet you) ✓
- de rien⇔you're welcome ✓
- soirée⇔evening, party ✓
- plaisir⇔pleasure ✓
- bon appétit⇔enjoy your meal ✓
- désirer⇔to want, desire ✓
- What type of words are 'le' and 'la' in the following sentence? 'Je trouve le chien à la maison.'
- direct object pronouns
- indirect object pronouns
- definite articles ✓
- indefinite articles
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- When do the direct object pronouns 'le' and 'la' shorten to 'l''?
- when their meaning is 'it' in English
- when the next word starts with a vowel ✓
- when the direct object pronoun is gender neutral
- when we don't know the gender of the noun the direct object pronoun is replacing
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- Match the words below (when said in French) to the correct SSCs.
- boy⇔soft [c/ç] ✓
- present, gift⇔hard [c] ✓
- thing⇔[ch] ✓
- the noun from which 'direct' stems⇔[tion] ✓
- Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into French: 'My cat, I'm abandoning it at your house.'
- 1⇔mon
- 2⇔chat
- 3⇔je
- 4⇔l'
- 5⇔abandonne
- 6⇔chez
- 7⇔toi
- Translate the following sentence into French using the verb 'rencontrer': 'You are meeting her at the cinema.'
- 'Tu la rencontres au cinéma.' ✓
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Key learning points
- To replace a noun that is the object, use direct object pronouns le/la/l' before the verb to mean 'him', 'her' or 'it'.
- It is important to pay attention to the gender of a noun when replacing it with a direct object pronoun.
- [c] is soft before e, i and y or if it has a cedilla [ç]: merci, ça va. Before all other letters [c] is a hard sound.
- [ch] sounds like 'sh' in the word 'shoe', e.g. chien, charmant. [t] before -ion makes a soft [c] sound, e.g. attention.
Common misconception
The words 'le', 'la' and 'l'' can only mean 'the' in French.
The meaning of 'le', 'la', and 'l'' depends on where they are in the sentence. When before a noun, they mean 'the', but when before a verb, they mean 'him', 'her' or 'it'.
Keywords
Singular - refers to one person or thing
Direct object pronoun - replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb, e.g., 'me', 'you', 'it', 'them'
Le (l') - him, it
La (l') - her, it
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