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
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masculine plural
feminine singular
feminine plural
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