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Les pour et les contre d'un travail : extended writing and speaking

I can discuss the advantages and disadvantages of jobs, adapting words to different parts of speech and to create opposite meaning.

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Les pour et les contre d'un travail : extended writing and speaking

I can discuss the advantages and disadvantages of jobs, adapting words to different parts of speech and to create opposite meaning.

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Key learning points

  1. Pre-rehearsal, focusing on range of language and accuracy of pronunciation, improves performance in speaking tasks.
  2. Being able to apply word patterns, such as creating antonyms or adverbs from adjectives, expands our vocabulary.
  3. Listening to texts and identifying sound-spelling links is crucial to good pronunciation of trickier sounds e.g. im/in.

Keywords

  • Adverb - word that describes a verb or an adjective

  • Antonym - a word that has the opposite meaning to another word

Common misconception

To create antonyms in French, always add the prefix in- to the start of an adjective or adverb e.g. 'utile' becomes 'inutile'.

Some antonyms are formed by adding the prefix im-. This is when the original word begins with p, b or m: possible become impossible; buvable (drinkable) becomes imbuvable (undrinkable); 'mature' becomes 'immature'.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which words are adverbs?
mauvais
Correct answer: mal
Correct answer: réellement
rapide
Correct answer: lentement
Q2.
Match the French and English adverbs.
Correct Answer:différemment,differently
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differently

Correct Answer:suffisamment,sufficiently
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sufficiently

Correct Answer:prudemment,carefully
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carefully

Correct Answer:facilement,easily
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easily

Correct Answer:sensiblement,sensitively
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sensitively

Correct Answer:malheureusement,unfortunately
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unfortunately

Q3.
What is the adverb meaning 'apparently' formed from the French adjective 'apparent'?
Correct Answer: apparemment
Q4.
'Juste' means fair. What is the French for unfair?
Correct Answer: injuste
Q5.
Put the words in order to make this sentence: His dual role is hard for him.
1 - son
2 - double
3 - rôle
4 - est
5 - dur
6 - pour
7 - lui
Q6.
Which adjective completes the sentence? 'Elle est de son équipe.'
utile
Correct answer: responsable
importante
ennuyeuse

4 Questions

Q1.
Which letters are part of an acronym to remind what to include when describing a picture?
Correct answer: P
Correct answer: A
E
Correct answer: L
Correct answer: M
Q2.
To which adjectives can the prefix in- be added to make the antonym (opposite meaning)?
possible
Correct answer: juste
probable
Correct answer: différent
Correct answer: visible
Q3.
What is the antonym of 'poli'?
Correct Answer: impoli
Q4.
Which sentence goes with each focus when describing a picture?
Correct Answer:People, objects,Je vois plusieurs personnes, un homme, deux femmes et cinq enfants.
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Je vois plusieurs personnes, un homme, deux femmes et cinq enfants.

Correct Answer:Action,Ils sont en train de faire le ménage.
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Ils sont en train de faire le ménage.

Correct Answer:Location,Il me semble qu'ils sont dans la cuisine.
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Il me semble qu'ils sont dans la cuisine.

Correct Answer:Mood,Ils ne sont pas heureux. Peut-être, ils n'aiment pas aider.
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Ils ne sont pas heureux. Peut-être, ils n'aiment pas aider.

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