Des endroits touristiques : -ir verbs like venir, position of adjectives
Learning outcomes
I can use adjectives before and after nouns with -ir verbs like venir to describe and justify visiting places in France.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [ien], [e] and [ê/è].
Des endroits touristiques : -ir verbs like venir, position of adjectives
Learning outcomes
I can use adjectives before and after nouns with -ir verbs like venir to describe and justify visiting places in France.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [ien], [e] and [ê/è].
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Key learning points
- Many adjectives come after the noun in French.
- Adjectives that come before the noun fit into five categories: BRAGS (Beauty, Rank, Age, Good/Bad and Size/quantity).
- Some -ir verbs in the present follow the pattern of venir. The stem is vien(n) in all but the nous and vous forms.
- [ien] is pronounced like 'bien'. [e] can be lengthened to sound like [ê/è] in the ils/elles forms of verbs like venir.
- Pour + infinitive can be used to give reasons.
Keywords
Adjective positioning - the placement of adjectives within a sentence before or after the noun
Venir - an example of a common group of -ir verbs, and meaning ‘to come’
Pour + infinitive - to, in order to; often used to give reasons
Common misconception
French adjectives always come after the noun they are describing.
There are five categories of adjectives which come before the noun: beauty, rank, age, good/bad, size/quantity. Practise using these before the noun alongside other adjectives which come after the noun.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
masculine singular
masculine plural
feminine singular
feminine plural
town centre
theatre
river
garden
bridge
town
to come
to choose
to leave
to sleep
to manage, succeed (in doing something)
to try (to)
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to come
to come back
to hold
to belong
to obtain
to become