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People's lives: prepositions 'à', 'en', 'chez', 'de'

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I can recognise a variety of -er verbs with different prepositions to understand descriptions of people's lives.

I can recognise and pronounce [on].

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People's lives: prepositions 'à', 'en', 'chez', 'de'

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I can recognise a variety of -er verbs with different prepositions to understand descriptions of people's lives.

I can recognise and pronounce [on].

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Key learning points

  1. The SSC [on] sounds like the 'on' in 'non', meaning 'no' in French.
  2. To express going 'to' a place in French, we use 'à' for a town/city, 'en' for feminine countries and 'chez' for homes.
  3. These prepositions can also mean 'in' or 'at' when used with the verbs 'arriver', to arrive, and 'habiter' to live.
  4. Preposition 'de' means ‘of’ and also replaces the English ‘s for possession, e.g. Lea’s cousin is ‘le cousin de Léa’.
  5. When completing an extended listening task, taking notes and/or using a support grid can help understanding.

Keywords

  • [on] - the sound-symbol correspondence which sounds like the 'on' in 'non', which means 'no' in English.

  • De - preposition meaning 'of, from' in English.

Common misconception

We translate 'de' into English with 'of'.

Sometimes we don't actually need to translate the 'de' in a French sentence into English. For example, there is no possessive apostrophe in French so to express 'Sophie's sister' we have to say 'the sister of Sophie' - 'la sœur de Sophie'.

The country Algeria features in this lesson, so there is scope to develop a cultural angle here.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the English with the French.
Correct Answer:I go, am going,je vais
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je vais

Correct Answer:you go, are going,tu vas
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tu vas

Correct Answer:he, she goes, is going,il, elle va
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il, elle va

Correct Answer:we go, are going,nous allons
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nous allons

Correct Answer:you (plural) go, are going,vous allez
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vous allez

Correct Answer:they go, are going,ils, elles vont
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ils, elles vont

Q2.
Which of the following are verbs in their infinitive form?
Correct answer: travailler
vont
étudie
Correct answer: écouter
Correct answer: jouer
Q3.
Match the correct preposition for 'to, at' used with the following places.
Correct Answer:à,a town or city
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a town or city

Correct Answer:en,a feminine country e.g. France
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a feminine country e.g. France

Correct Answer:chez,someone's home or office
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someone's home or office

Q4.
Match the French question words to the English.
Correct Answer:comment ?,how?
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how?

Correct Answer:quand ?,when?
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when?

Correct Answer:où ?,where?
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where?

Correct Answer:qui ?,who?
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who?

Correct Answer:quoi ?,what?
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what?

Q5.
Which of the following -er verbs are in their 'je' form?
Correct answer: aller - vais
Correct answer: rester - reste
travailler - travailles
Correct answer: penser - pense
aimer - aimes
Q6.
Match the English to the French.
Correct Answer:today,aujourd'hui
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aujourd'hui

Correct Answer:every day,chaque jour
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chaque jour

Correct Answer:at the weekend,le week-end
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le week-end

Correct Answer:rarely,rarement
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rarement

Correct Answer:often,souvent
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souvent

Correct Answer:one day,un jour
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un jour

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following words have the nasal sound [on] in them?
Correct answer: monde
Correct answer: menton
marrant
enfant
Correct answer: onze
Q2.
Match the French -er verbs to the English.
Correct Answer:changer,to change, changing
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to change, changing

Correct Answer:gagner,to win, winning
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to win, winning

Correct Answer:arriver,to arrive, arriving
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to arrive, arriving

Correct Answer:habiter,to live, living
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to live, living

Correct Answer:créer,to create, creating
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to create, creating

Q3.
Match the French question words to the English.
Correct Answer:comment ?,how?
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how?

Correct Answer:quoi ?,what?
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what?

Correct Answer:qui ?,who?
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who?

Correct Answer:où ?,where?
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where?

Correct Answer:pourquoi ?,why?
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why?

Correct Answer:quand ?,when?
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when?

Q4.
Complete the sentence. To say 'of' in French, we use the preposition .
Correct Answer: de
Q5.
Match the siblings or cousins to the correct people. Chloé est la sœur de Fleur. Inès est la sœur de Freddie. Julien est le frère de Fleur. Sarah est la cousine de Freddie.
Correct Answer:Sarah,Freddie's cousin
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Freddie's cousin

Correct Answer:Julien,Fleur's brother
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Fleur's brother

Correct Answer:Inès,Freddie's sister
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Freddie's sister

Correct Answer:Chloé,Fleur's sister
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Fleur's sister

Q6.
Match up the correct halves of sentences to translate the following into French: The world changes everyday. I love politics. I like my country. I wear yellow clothes.
Correct Answer:Je porte,des vêtements jaunes.
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des vêtements jaunes.

Correct Answer:J'adore,la politique.
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la politique.

Correct Answer:J'aime,mon pays.
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mon pays.

Correct Answer:Le monde,change chaque jour.
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change chaque jour.

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