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What you are like: 'tu es'

Learning outcomes

I can use 'je suis' and 'tu es' with adjectives to understand a variety of short sentences describing people's traits e.g.' 'anglais' and states, e.g. 'content'.

I can recognise that the SSCs [an/en] make the same sound.

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Year 3

What you are like: 'tu es'

Learning outcomes

I can use 'je suis' and 'tu es' with adjectives to understand a variety of short sentences describing people's traits e.g.' 'anglais' and states, e.g. 'content'.

I can recognise that the SSCs [an/en] make the same sound.

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Key learning points

  1. The sound-symbol correspondences [an/en] sound the same, as in the word 'enfant', child.
  2. Silent final consonant -d is not pronounced, as in the adjective 'grand'.
  3. 'Tu es' means 'you are' and is part of the verb 'être' to be, being.

Keywords

  • [an/en] - pronounced as in 'enfant'

  • Être - verb meaning 'to be, being'

  • Tu es - meaning 'you are' for one person

  • Adjective - word that gives information about a noun

Common misconception

The SSCs [an/en] make different sounds.

The SSCs [an/en] make the same sound.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Put the nouns in alphabetical order.
1 - banane
2 - cheval
3 - midi
4 - moto
5 - univers
Q2.
Who is saying 'Ça va mal'?
Yves
Correct answer: Pierre
Adèle
Q3.
Match the French and the English.
Correct Answer:Ça va bien.,It's going well. / I am well.
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It's going well. / I am well.

Correct Answer:Ça va.,It's going okay.
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It's going okay.

Correct Answer:Ça va mal.,It's going badly. / I am not well.
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It's going badly. / I am not well.

Q4.
True or false: You must always leave a space before a ? or a ! in French.
Correct Answer: True, right
Q5.
Match the name with the rhyming sentence.
Correct Answer:Pascal,Ça va mal.
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Ça va mal.

Correct Answer:Jocelyn,Ça va bien.
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Ça va bien.

Correct Answer:Noah,Ça va.
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Ça va.

Q6.
How do you change a statement into a question using intonation?
Correct answer: Raise your voice at the end of the sentence.
Raise your voice at the start of the sentence.
Shout the sentence.
Lower your voice at the end of the sentence.

6 Questions

Q1.
How frequently should you practise vocabulary learning?
never
once a month
Correct answer: regularly
Q2.
True or false: the SSCs [en] and [an] sound the same.
Correct Answer: True, right
Q3.
Tick the words which have the [en]/[an] sound.
Correct answer: grand
petit
Correct answer: content
triste
Correct answer: anglais
Q4.
Match the French and the English.
Correct Answer:content,pleased
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pleased

Correct Answer:triste,sad
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sad

Correct Answer:anglais,English
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English

Correct Answer:français,French
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French

Correct Answer:grand,tall
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tall

Correct Answer:petit,short
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short

Q5.
What is the translation of 'you are'.
Je suis
Tu es
Il est
Elle est
Q6.
Write in French: You are pleased.
Correct Answer: Tu es content., Tu es content

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