KS3 · French · Year 7
Belongings: adjective position after nouns and the alphabet
Belongings: singular 'avoir', nouns and indefinite articles
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Your learning goal
I can spell words out using the French alphabet and use adjectives to describe what I have and someone else has.
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Belongings: adjective position after nouns and the alphabet: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can spell words out using the French alphabet and use adjectives to describe what I have and someone else has.
Key learning points
- Use 'je suis' for 'I am', 'tu es' for 'you are', 'il est' for 'he is' and 'elle est' for 'she is'.
- Use 'j'ai' for 'I have', 'tu as' for 'you have', 'il a' for 'he has' and 'elle a' for 'she has'.
- In French, adjectives normally come after the noun, e.g., 'un ordinateur cher'.
- An 'e' is added to many adjectives to form the feminine adjective, but not if the adjective already ends in -e.
- [ou] sounds like 'nous'.
Words to know
- adjective
- a word that gives information about a noun
- noun
- a word for a person, place or thing
- être
- to be, being
- [ou]
- pronounced as in 'nous'
Common mistakes
Adjectives usually come before the noun they are describing like in English.
Adjectives in French usually come after the noun they are describing.
For parents, carers and teachers
- In the lesson cycle on the alphabet, you may wish to pause the video and take the opportunity to do some additional practice/chanting/singing.