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A school exchange: more practice with plural -IR verbs

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I can use the 3rd person singular and plural of -IR verbs like 'sortir' and 'venir' to talk about and understand what other people do on a trip.

I can recognise and correctly pronounce [euil/euill].

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A school exchange: more practice with plural -IR verbs

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I can use the 3rd person singular and plural of -IR verbs like 'sortir' and 'venir' to talk about and understand what other people do on a trip.

I can recognise and correctly pronounce [euil/euill].

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Key learning points

  1. The SSC [euil/euill] sounds like the long [eu/œu] + 'yih', like in the word 'feuille' which means leaf.
  2. The preposition 'sans' can be followed by a noun or a verb in its infinitive form.
  3. The -IR verbs 'sortir', 'venir' , 'partir', 'devenir' and 'revenir' follow the same pattern of verb endings.
  4. In the 3rd person plural form these -IR verbs end in -ent.
  5. The verb 'sortir' keeps the 't' to become 'sortent' and 'venir' doubles its 'n' to become 'viennent'.

Keywords

  • [euil/euill] - sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) like the 'euill' in 'feuille' which means 'leaf'

  • 3rd person plural - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'they'

Common misconception

The 3rd person plural 'they' form of the verb 'sortir' is 'sorent' and of the verb 'venir' is 'vienent'.

The verb 'sortir' keeps its 't' to become 'sortent and the verb 'venir' doubles its 'n' to become 'viennent'.


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This lesson introduces the sound-symbol correspondence [euil/euill] which is tricky to pronounce, so it's a good idea to allow for sufficient time for practice. It helps to think of it as a compound sound made up of long [eu/œu] as in 'cœur' plus 'yih'.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which form of 'please' would you use if you were talking to a teacher in France?
Correct answer: s'il vous plait
s'il te plait
s'il me plait
Q2.
Put the months in the correct order.
1 - juillet
2 - aout
3 - septembre
4 - octobre
5 - novembre
6 - décembre
Q3.
What do the words 'notre' and 'nos' mean?
His
Her
Their
Correct answer: Our
Q4.
What is the French word for 'without'?
Correct Answer: sans
Q5.
Which of the following means 'they are coming'?
Ils vont
Correct answer: Ils viennent
Ils vendent
Ils volent
Q6.
Translate the following sentence into English. 'C'est mon anniversaire.'
Correct Answer: It's my birthday., It is my birthday.

6 Questions

Q1.
What is 'un échange scolaire?
Correct Answer: A school exchange., school exchange, an exchange, exchange
Q2.
Translate this sentence. 'Nous partons demain.'
Correct Answer: We leave tomorrow., We are leaving tomorrow.
Q3.
Match the French to the English. The verb is 'partir - to leave.'
Correct Answer:Je,pars
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pars

Correct Answer:Tu,pars
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pars

Correct Answer:Elle,part
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part

Correct Answer:Nous,partons
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partons

Correct Answer:Vous,partez
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partez

Correct Answer:Elles,partent
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partent

Q4.
Put the following sentence into the correct order so it means, 'I am coming to France without my passport'.
1 - Je
2 - viens
3 - en
4 - France
5 - sans
6 - mon
7 - passeport
Q5.
Match the French to the English to help you recall this vocabulary.
Correct Answer:près (de),near (to)
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near (to)

Correct Answer:à côté (de),next (to)
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next (to)

Correct Answer:partout,everywhere
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everywhere

Correct Answer:général,general
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general

Correct Answer:seul,alone
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alone

Correct Answer:sans,without
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without

Q6.
Paul et Amir [{}] en ville. Fill in the missing word.
sortons
Correct answer: sortent
sortez

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