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Year 6 Speaking

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As part of your Module 2 assessment you will have the chance to answer some questions in French. You should try to prepare answers, thinking about how the words sound and how clear you voice is. You shouldn’t be nervous as you have answered lots of questions like this in class over the last few weeks.

The questions will be about yourself, your family and pets – all of the things you have been studying this term.

  • Tu as des frères ou des soeurs ?
  • Tu as un animal ?
  • Décris ta personalité.
  • Décris tes cheveux et tes yeux.

Bonne chance!

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Sites worth a visit?

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After talking to my Y8 pupils about the importance of learning verb endings and the irregular verbs, I started to look around for websites that might help you to help you understand a little bit more , or even to get more out of French.

There are thousands of websites, blogs from French teachers and schools, pay sites from companies and individuals, sponsored free sites, sites put up by education authorities, … the list goes on.

I’ve tried to select a few that you may find helpful. Have a look at them and let me know what you think. Maybe you can suggest some others?

http://www.verbs-online.com/ Improve your skills on verbs in different languages

 http://www.verb2verbe.com/  Enter French or English verbs in any form of conjugation.  

http://phonetique.free.fr/indexgb.htm  It is aimed at learners of French as a foreign language, but can also be used by native French speakers. On these pages, you can hear all the sounds of the French alphabet, and you will also find exercises to learn how to distinguish between sounds, as well as games to help you practise the sounds and rhythms of the French language

http://www.digitaldialects.com/ The Digital Dialects website features free to use online games for learning languages. Language resources include games for learning phrases, numbers, useful words, spelling, verb conjugation and alphabets.

http://www.frenchteacher.net/sheets.htm some great resources from Ripon Grammar School

 http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/index.htm loads of resources for language learners

 http://www.lesclesjunior.com/ news in French for kids

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/languages.shtml BBC langage sites for all key stages

Some revision – “futur proche”

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We can talk about things we’re going to do soon by using the present tense of “aller” + infinitive.

 

Je vais porter un pull -I’m going to wear a jumper

Elle va regarder un film – She’s going to watch a film

 

aller – to go

 

je vais                     –         I go /  am going

tu vas                     –         you go / are going

il / elle / on va                   –         he / she goes / is going, “we” go / are going

nous allons              –         we go / are going

vous allez                –         you go / are going

ils / elles vont           –         they go / are going

Year 7 Speaking

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For the “parler” part of your assessment you should prepare answers to these questions.

  • Où habites-tu ?
  • C’est où ?
  • Tu habites dans un appartement ?
  • Qu’est-ce qu’il y a au rez-de-chaussée ? Au premier étage ?
  • Tu manges à quelle heure le soir ?
  • Qu’est-ce que tu fais le soir, après le dîner ?
  • Il y a quelque chose que tu ne fais pas ?
  • Qu’est-ce que tu fais le weekend ?

Remember that you won’t be asked all of the questions, but you should be ready for them all. If you have revised the module well, then none of this should be too much of  a problem !

Bonne chance !

Vouloir, pouvoir & devoir

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Year 8  have been looking at the present tense of these verbs.

They are modal verbs and are generally followed by an infinitive.

  • Vouloir = to want to
  • Pouvoir = to be able to (“can”)
  • Devoir = to have to (“must”)

We have used these basic translations, although devoir is a verb with various meanings – it can refer to debt (Elle me doit mille euros – she owes me 1000 euros), obligation (Vous devez attendre le bus – you must wait for the bus) or probability (Le bus doit arriver à 10h – the bus is supposed to arrive at 10 o’clock). Tone of voice and gestures when speaking, or other text when reading will give you clues to the meaning of the verb each time.

  • Je peux jouer au golf – I can play golf
  • Il veux jouer au golf – He wants to play golf
  • Vous devez jouer au golf – You have to play golf

These verb are all irregular, but they do follow some of the patterns of verb endings. What can you remember?

Year 7 Assessment

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Salut Year 7!

Don’t forget that you’re having your Module 3 assessments this week.

You should know how to say where you live (including the type of house and where that is), rooms in the house, (especially the bedroom and what’s in it), where things are (prepositions), talking about what you do and don’t do in the evenings, telling the time and larger numbers!

It seems like quite a lot, but it’s work we’ve been doing all term.

Bonne chance!