KS4 · French · Year 11
Allons-y ! The imperative
Lifestyle and wellbeing/Travel and tourism: la culture francophone
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Your learning goal
I can use the imperative to make suggestions and offer advice for a visit to a Francophone city.
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I can use the imperative to make suggestions and offer advice for a visit to a Francophone city.
Key learning points
- The imperative only exists in second person singular (tu), second person plural (vous), and first person plural (nous).
- The 'tu' form of the imperative is the same as the present tense 'je' form; er verbs end with -e, other verbs with -s.
- When giving directions or instructions to a friend, use the informal imperative ‘tu’ form.
- [oi] sounds like 'trois' and [oy] sounds like 'envoyer'.
- ‘Être’ is irregular in the imperative. The 'tu' form is 'sois' and the 'vous' form is 'soyez'.
Words to know
- imperative
- a mood used to tell somebody to do something or give instructions or commands
Common mistakes
The imperative can only be used in the 'tu' and 'vous' forms in French, to instruct others to do something.
The imperative can be used in the 'nous' form in French. In this case, the imperative is suggesting what we should do, and is translated as 'let's' in English.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Task A2 is a listening comprehension task and is broken into two parts. It is designed to create a plausible distractor scenario, enabling practice of the important listening skill of discounting possible question answers that are incorrect based on the overall meaning of the text.