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What isn't happening: 'ne … pas' negation

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I can use negation with 'ne… pas' to describe what isn’t happening in everyday life.

I can recall the sound-spelling correspondence [oi].

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What isn't happening: 'ne … pas' negation

Learning outcomes

I can use negation with 'ne… pas' to describe what isn’t happening in everyday life.

I can recall the sound-spelling correspondence [oi].

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Key learning points

  1. [oi] sounds like 'voir'
  2. The verb 'dormir' means 'to sleep'. Singular forms 'dors' and 'dort' sound the same due to silent final consonants.
  3. To say what doesn't happen, we use ne...pas around the verb; this is one form of negation.

Keywords

  • [oi] - pronounced as in voir

  • Negation - two elements e.g. ne … pas around the main verb expressing negative meaning

  • Ne ... pas - French negative structure that translates as 'not' or 'don't' e.g. Je ne parle pas - I don't talk, I am not talking

Common misconception

Using 'ne' before the verb makes verbs negative like don't in English.

In French, there are two parts to negation, 'ne' before the verb and 'pas' after.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the opposites.
Correct Answer:prendre,donner
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donner

Correct Answer:facile,difficile
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difficile

Correct Answer:faux,vrai
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vrai

Correct Answer:sympa,méchant
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méchant

Correct Answer:bonjour,au revoir
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au revoir

Correct Answer:fils,fille
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fille

Q2.
Tick any of the nouns which are places.
Correct answer: le collège
le jour
Correct answer: le parc
l'année
Correct answer: l'université
Q3.
Match the English and the French.
Correct Answer:quand,when
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when

Correct Answer:comment,how
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how

Correct Answer:pourquoi,why
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why

Correct Answer:,where
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where

Correct Answer:quoi,what
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what

Correct Answer:qui,who
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who

Q4.
What is 'to learn' in French?
Correct answer: apprendre
comprendre
dire
montrer
penser
Q5.
Put the French subject pronouns and verbs in the following order, 'I go, you go, he goes, going'
1 - je
2 - vais
3 - tu
4 - vas
5 - il
6 - va
7 - aller
Q6.
Fill in the missing word in the sentence 'I am telling the truth'. 'Je la vérité'.
Correct Answer: dis

6 Questions

Q1.
Tick any words with the [oi] sound.
ou
quand
Correct answer: pourquoi
Correct answer: parfois
souvent
Q2.
What is the preposition 'under' in French?
à
dans
en
Correct answer: sous
sur
Q3.
Match the parts of the French verb 'to sleep'.
Correct Answer:dormir,to sleep, sleeping
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to sleep, sleeping

Correct Answer:je dors,I sleep/am sleeping
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I sleep/am sleeping

Correct Answer:tu dors,you sleep/are sleeping
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you sleep/are sleeping

Correct Answer:il dort,he sleeps/is sleeping
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he sleeps/is sleeping

Correct Answer:elle dort,she sleeps/is sleeping
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she sleeps/is sleeping

Q4.
How do you say the post office in French?
Correct Answer: la poste
Q5.
To say what there isn't in French, you need two words, ne goes before the verb and goes after the verb. Fill in the missing word.
Correct Answer: pas
Q6.
Order the sentence in French 'I don't like doing the cooking'.
1 - je
2 - n'
3 - aime
4 - pas
5 - faire
6 - la
7 - cuisine

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