Une personne intéressante : -re verbs like 'traduire' and 'écrire'
Learning outcomes
I can use a range of -re and -er verbs to describe somebody's activities and interests.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [s] between vowels.
Une personne intéressante : -re verbs like 'traduire' and 'écrire'
Learning outcomes
I can use a range of -re and -er verbs to describe somebody's activities and interests.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [s] between vowels.
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Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Some -re verbs in the present tense follow the pattern of 'traduire' (-s added to stem for 'nous/vous/ils/elles' forms)
- [s] is pronounced as in 'maison' when between two vowels.
- The verb 'écrire' and its derivatives are conjugated differently (-v added to stem in 'nous/vous/ils/elles' forms).
- Four groups of -re verbs are verbs like 'entendre', verbs like 'prendre', verbs like 'traduire' and verbs like 'écrire'.
- All four groups of -re verbs can be combined with -er verbs to describe somebody's interests and achievements.
Keywords
Entendre - an example of the most common group of -re verbs, meaning ‘to hear’
Prendre - an example of another group of -re verbs, meaning 'to take'
Traduire - an example of a further group of -re verbs, meaning ‘to translate’
Écrire - an example of a further group of -re verbs, meaning ‘to write’
Common misconception
[s] is always a silent final consonant.
[s] is usually a silent final consonant, but is pronounced when between two vowels. It's helpful to look out for verbs that start with a vowel. With such verbs in the third person plural, the 's' on 'ils' and 'elles' is pronounced.
Equipment
A Foundation version (with questions in English) of the reading comprehension task in Learning Cycle 3 - 1. b) - is available.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to hear, hearing
to take, taking
to like, liking
to pay, paying
to translate, translating
to write, writing
vends
vend
vendons
vendez
vendent
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to produce, producing
to forget, forgetting
to tell, narrate
to return, give back
to sing, singing
to drive, driving
to hear, hearing
to take, taking
to translate, translating
to write, writing