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Who likes doing what? 'jouer' with 'à' and 'de'

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I can say what I play using the prepositions 'à' and 'de'.

I can confidently pronounce [s] and distinguish between the hard and soft 's' sounds.

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Who likes doing what? 'jouer' with 'à' and 'de'

Learning outcomes

I can say what I play using the prepositions 'à' and 'de'.

I can confidently pronounce [s] and distinguish between the hard and soft 's' sounds.

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Key learning points

  1. [s] sounds like maison. Use the hard 's' sound when it appears between two vowels and the soft 's' elsewhere.
  2. 'De' changes before the definite article to 'du', 'de la', 'de l'' and 'des' before plural nouns.
  3. 'Jouer', the verb to play is followed by the preposition 'à' before sports/games and 'de' before musical instruments.

Keywords

  • [s] - pronounced as in 'maison'

  • Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word

Common misconception

'Des' always means 'some'.

'Des' is the word for 'some' but is also a form of the preposition 'de' before plural nouns.


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Activity D2 leads nicely to an independent speaking activity, where students ask a partner about what sports/games/instruments they play. Then they could write about it in the 1st and 3rd persons singular. Students might want to use reference material to look up more sports/instruments.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Tick any examples of the perfect tense.
je dis
Correct answer: j'ai fait
on peut
je dois
Correct answer: j'ai visité
Q2.
What is the verb 'to play, playing' in French?
donner
gagner
Correct answer: jouer
marcher
montrer
Q3.
Match the French and English prepositions.
Correct Answer:près,near
tick

near

Correct Answer:loin,far
tick

far

Correct Answer:à droite,to the right
tick

to the right

Correct Answer:à gauche,to the left
tick

to the left

Correct Answer:sur,on
tick

on

Correct Answer:dehors,outside
tick

outside

Q4.
Match the verbs in French and English.
Correct Answer:devenir,to become
tick

to become

Correct Answer:devoir,to have to
tick

to have to

Correct Answer:partir,to leave
tick

to leave

Correct Answer:rester,to stay
tick

to stay

Correct Answer:revenir,to come back
tick

to come back

Correct Answer:venir,to come
tick

to come

Q5.
Which word follows the prepositions 'near' and 'far' and takes different forms depending on the gender of the noun that follows?
Correct Answer: de
Q6.
Put the sentence 'Last summer, I visited London' in the correct order in French.
1 - l'été
2 - dernier
3 - j'ai
4 - fait
5 - une visite
6 - de
7 - Londres

6 Questions

Q1.
Tick any words with the hard [s] sound
Correct answer: magasin
poisson
ils sont
fils
Correct answer: visiter
Q2.
Match the English and French words.
Correct Answer:cœur,heart
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heart

Correct Answer:pendant,during
tick

during

Correct Answer:pour,for, in order to
tick

for, in order to

Correct Answer:musée,museum
tick

museum

Correct Answer:saison,season
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season

Correct Answer:dernier, dernière,last
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last

Q3.
What's the French word for winter?
été
automne
printemps
Correct answer: hiver
saison
Q4.
Translate the sentence 'il y a un homme près des banques'.
there is a woman near some banks
there is a man near some shops
there is a man near (to) the banks
Correct answer: there is a woman near (to) the banks
Q5.
Put the sentence 'I'm playing the guitar but he's playing football' into French.
1 - je joue
2 - de
3 - la
4 - guitare
5 - mais il joue
6 - au
7 - football
Q6.
What does 'du' mean in the sentence 'Tu joues du piano pendant ton temps libre ?'
some
of
Correct answer: a contraction of the preposition 'de' and the definite article

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