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Des industries françaises : relative clauses

Learning outcomes

I can understand longer texts about French industry and jobs, with extended sentences including a range of relative pronouns.

I can confidently pronounce words with [qu], [en/an] and [e].

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Year 10
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Des industries françaises : relative clauses

Learning outcomes

I can understand longer texts about French industry and jobs, with extended sentences including a range of relative pronouns.

I can confidently pronounce words with [qu], [en/an] and [e].

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Key learning points

  1. When the relative pronoun relates to the object of the sentence, we use 'que' instead of 'qui'.
  2. Où and quand can also be used in relative clauses to detail where or when something happens.
  3. [qu] sounds like 'question' or 'quatre', [en/an] sound like 'enfant' and [e] sounds like 'je'.
  4. Dont is another relative pronoun; it means 'of which' or 'whose'.

Keywords

  • Relative pronoun - a pronoun that introduces a relative clause e.g. qui, que

  • Object-relative clause - adds information about the object in the main clause

Common misconception

Que can be used in a subject-relative clause e.g. le prof que s'appelle M. Jones est sympa.

Que introduces an object-relative clause where a new subject and verb is used e.g. la voiture que je voudrais est très chère. Que shortens to qu' in front of a vowel.

In learning cycle 2 there are two options for tasks B2 and B3. Option 1 is for higher students and contains higher and exam board specific grammar. Option 1 for both tasks is included in the video.
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6 Questions

Q1.
When 'qui' is in the middle of a sentence, which translations are possible? E.g J'ai un chat qui est noir.
who?
Correct answer: who
where
Correct answer: which
Correct answer: that
Q2.
Tick the examples of intonation questions.
Travailles-tu ici ?
Correct answer: Vous faites beaucoup de travail en ce moment ?
Combien de personnes travaillent dans l'usine ?
Est-ce qu'il y a une bonne direction ici ?
Correct answer: Tu as des collègues sympas ?
Q3.
Reorder the vocabulary to translate : They are paying me a very good salary here.
1 - on
2 - me
3 - paie
4 - un très
5 - bon
6 - salaire
7 - ici
Q4.
Match the French and English vocabulary together.
Correct Answer:pollution,pollution
tick

pollution

Correct Answer:augmenter,to increase, raise
tick

to increase, raise

Correct Answer:être en train de,to be in the middle of
tick

to be in the middle of

Correct Answer:gaz,gas
tick

gas

Correct Answer:planète,planet
tick

planet

Correct Answer:menacer,to threaten, threatening
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to threaten, threatening

Q5.
Which nouns are places of work?
Correct answer: usine
objectif
Correct answer: bureau
Correct answer: magasin
terre
Q6.
Complete the sentence: The relative pronoun 'qui' adds information about the in the main clause.
Correct Answer: noun, subject

6 Questions

Q1.
Tick the words which can function as relative pronouns.
Correct answer: que
aussi
Correct answer: quand
Correct answer: qui
Correct answer:
Q2.
What is the translation of the relative pronoun 'où'?
Correct Answer: where
Q3.
Tick the examples of object-relative clauses.
Le bureau qui est à gauche est très moderne.
Les collègues qui travaillent ici ne sont pas sympas.
Correct answer: La carrière que je voudrais est intéressante.
Correct answer: Le travail que je fais est très difficile.
C'est ma soeur qui habite ici.
Q4.
Choose 'qui' or 'que/qu'' to complete the sentence: les projets vous avez sont très compliqués. (The plans that, which you have are very complicated).
Correct Answer: que
Q5.
Which Sound Symbol Correspondence (SSC) is common to the French translations of: window, I, horse?
Correct Answer: [e], e
Q6.
Choose the word in French containing the SSCs [qu], [en/an] or [e]. Some may contain more than one.
Correct answer: who
Correct answer: when
where
Correct answer: that
how ?

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