Year 5

Saying what there is and is not in the town

In this lesson we will learn to use the negative form of il y a, use the conjunction 'mais' and include some plural nouns.

Year 5

Saying what there is and is not in the town

In this lesson we will learn to use the negative form of il y a, use the conjunction 'mais' and include some plural nouns.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. saying what there is and is not in the town
  2. il y a / il n'y a pas de
  3. indefinite articles (un/une/des)
  4. conjunctions (et, aussi, mais)
  5. plural forms

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5 Questions

Q1.
How do you say 'there is / there are' in French?
Bonjour
Correct answer: il y a
je suis grand
Q2.
Which of the following words are the conjunctions 'and ' and 'also' in French?
bonjour & au revoir
Correct answer: et & aussi
rose & rouge
Q3.
How do you say 'il y a une gare et un magasin' in English?
There is a bus station and a house.
There is a train station and a cinema.
Correct answer: There is a train station and a shop.
Q4.
How do you say 'there is a house and a church'?
Il y a une école et une maison.
Il y a une magasin et une église.
Correct answer: Il y a une maison et une église.
Q5.
Which sentence says 'Aussi il y a un cinéma.'?
Correct answer: Also there is a cinema.
Also there is a park.
And there is a cinema.

5 Questions

Q1.
What is 'In my town there are seven shops' in French?
Correct answer: Dans ma ville il y a sept magasins.
Dans ma ville il y a sept maisons.
Dans ma ville il y a trois magasins.
Q2.
How do you say 'there is / are no' in French?
Correct answer: il n'y a pas de
il y a
il y n'a pas
Q3.
What does 'Dans ma ville il n'y a pas de cinéma.' mean in English?
In my town I would like a cinema.
In my town there is a cinema.
Correct answer: In my town there is no cinema.
Q4.
Which sentence describes the images below?
An image in a quiz
Dans ma ville il y a un cinéma et un supermarché aussi il y a une gare.
Correct answer: Dans ma ville il y a un cinéma et un supermarché mais il n'y a pas de gare.
Dans ma ville il y a un cinéma et un supermarché mais il n'y a pas une gare.
Q5.
Which sentence describes the images below?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: Dans ma ville il y a deux maisons mais il n'y a pas d'école.
Dans ma ville il y a deux maisons mais il n'y a pas une école.
Dans ma ville il y a une école mais il n'y a pas de maison.