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Family activities: translating French present tense into English

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I can translate French present tense sentences into English.

I can distinguish between the [e], [è] and [é] sounds.

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Family activities: translating French present tense into English

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I can translate French present tense sentences into English.

I can distinguish between the [e], [è] and [é] sounds.

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Key learning points

  1. Accents can change the pronunciation of a letter in French. The SSCs [e], [è] and [é] make different sounds.
  2. 'Manger' (to eat) and 'passer' (to spend) are two regular -er verbs.
  3. In French, there is only one way to talk about things in the present tense: je regarde.
  4. In English, there are two ways to refer to the present: I watch and I am watching.
  5. Regular -er verbs have the following endings in the singular form: (je) -e, (tu) -es, (il) -e and (elle) -e.

Keywords

  • [e] - pronounced as in 'cheval'

  • [é] - pronounced as in 'répéter'

  • [è] - pronounced as in 'frère'

  • -er verb - a verb which has an infinitive form ending in -er

  • Present tense - describing an action that is currently happening, or an event that happens regularly

Common misconception

Accents are interchangable and do not change the pronunication of a letter. For example, [é] and [è] make the same sound.

Accents are not interchangable, they can change the pronunication of a letter. For example, [é] and [è] make different sounds.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the French to the English.
Correct Answer:chanter,to sing, singing
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to sing, singing

Correct Answer:donner,to give, giving
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to give, giving

Correct Answer:porter,to wear, wearing
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to wear, wearing

Correct Answer:parler,to speak, speaking
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to speak, speaking

Correct Answer:regarder,to watch, watching
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to watch, watching

Correct Answer:écouter,to listen, listening
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to listen, listening

Q2.
Which French word(s) have the [é] sound.
Correct answer: école
tête
frère
Correct answer: été
père
Q3.
Which is the correct translation for 'he is preparing lunch'.
Il mange le déjeuner.
Elle écoute une chanson.
Il parle français.
Correct answer: Il prépare le déjeuner.
Tu prépares le fruit.
Q4.
Translate into the following sentence into English: 'Tu portes un chapeau'.
Correct Answer: You are wearing a hat., You wear a hat.
Q5.
Translate into French 'he is speaking English'
Correct Answer: Il parle anglais.
Q6.
Match the French to the English.
Correct Answer:Tu passes le weekend avec ton frère,You spend the weekend with your brother
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You spend the weekend with your brother

Correct Answer:Je passe le weekend avec mon frère,I spend the weekend with my brother
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I spend the weekend with my brother

Correct Answer:Il passe le weekend avec son frère,He spends the weekend with his brother
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He spends the weekend with his brother

Correct Answer:Elle passe le weekend avec son frère,She spends the weekend with her brother
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She spends the weekend with her brother

Correct Answer:Passer le weekend avec son frère,To spend the weekend with one's brother
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To spend the weekend with one's brother

6 Questions

Q1.
Which word(s) makes the [è] sound.
répéter
écrire
Correct answer: problème
second
Correct answer: mère
Q2.
Match the French to the English.
Correct Answer:le weekend,weekend
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weekend

Correct Answer:le déjeuner,lunch
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lunch

Correct Answer:le cadeau,present
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present

Correct Answer:le chapeau,hat
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hat

Correct Answer:l'uniforme,uniform
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uniform

Correct Answer:la chanson,song
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song

Q3.
Which sentence means 'I am eating fruit'.
Je prépare le fruit.
Tu manges le fruit.
Elle mange le fruit.
Tu manges le déjeuner.
Correct answer: Je mange le fruit.
Q4.
Which of the following translate this sentence: 'Tu chantes à la radio' ?
You sing a song.
Correct answer: You sing on the radio.
You listen to music.
I sing on the radio.
Correct answer: You are singing on the radio.
Q5.
Complete this sentence 'Il un uniforme à l'école.'
Correct Answer: porte
Q6.
Translate into French 'she gives a present to her mother'.
Correct Answer: Elle donne un cadeau à sa mère

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