KS2 · French · Year 5
Back to school: information questions with 'qui' and 'comment'
Me and others: plural 'être' and regular adjectives
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Your learning goal
I can ask and answer questions in French about myself and others using the question words 'comment' and 'qui'.
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I can ask and answer questions in French about myself and others using the question words 'comment' and 'qui'.
Key learning points
- The final consonant of a word is often silent in French. We call this SFC for Silent Final Consonant: dans.
- The verb être means to be or being. Use the verb être with adjectives to describe people: il est heureux.
- An adjective must agree with the gender of the noun it describes; this is called adjective agreement: elle est heureuse.
- After the verb être, a liaison is optional: je suis amusante (you can pronounce the SFC 's' or not).
- To ask an information question, put a question word at the end of a statement. 'Comment' is how and 'qui' is who.
Words to know
- SFC
- silent final consonant, as in 'dans'
- être
- French verb meaning 'to be'
- feminine form
- form of an adjective that describes a girl, woman or feminine noun
- liaison
- pronouncing a usually silent final consonant when followed by a vowel: je suis anglais
- comment, qui
- questions words meaning 'how' and 'who'
Common mistakes
There is always a liaison after a word ending in a SFC and a next word beginning with a vowel.
After the verb être, a liaison is in fact optional: je suis amusante (you can pronounce the SFC 's' or not).
For parents, carers and teachers
- Ask pupils to learn and perform their conversations to their classmates (exercise C3).