KS2 · French · Year 3
An excursion: 'tu as' and intonation questions
What I and others have: singular 'avoir' and nouns
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Your learning goal
I can use 'tu as', with masculine and feminine nouns to ask and answer questions about items for a school trip.
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I can use 'tu as', with masculine and feminine nouns to ask and answer questions about items for a school trip.
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondence [on] is a nasal sound, as in the word 'Non !'
- Practising nouns helps us remember the word and the gender.
- The verb 'avoir' means 'to have' in French. 'Tu as' means 'you have'.
- French yes/no questions don't have a word for 'do'. Intonation can change the statement 'you have' into do you have?'.
Words to know
- [on]
- pronounced [on] as in non !
- tu as
- French verb meaning you have
Common mistakes
We have to translate the word 'do' into French to ask the question 'do you have?'
There is no word for 'do' in French. We use intonation to change the statement 'you have' into the question 'do you have?'
For parents, carers and teachers
- Teachers may find it helpful to support their teaching of intonation questions by using hand gestures to model rising intonation. Some pupils may find it helpful to use the same gestures themselves initially, as they practise.