KS3 · French · Year 9
Canada: verbs like 'entendre'; 'mettre' and 'remettre'
Canada: verbs in the present, negation
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Your learning goal
I can use verbs like 'entendre' in the present tense in the context of a holiday in Quebec.
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I can use verbs like 'entendre' in the present tense in the context of a holiday in Quebec.
Key learning points
- There are many 'Francophone' (French-speaking) countries to explore around the world.
- French and English are spoken in Quebec as the province was a French and English colony.
- [e] is pronounced as in 'je'.
- 'Mettre' follows the same pattern of endings as 'entendre', but loses a -t- in the 'je', 'tu' and 'il/elle' forms.
Words to know
- [e]
- pronounced as in 'je'
- conjugated (verb)
- verb changed to match its subject and tense
Common mistakes
I can conjugate 'mettre' and 'remettre' exactly like 'entendre'.
'Mettre' and 'remettre' do take the same verb endings as 'entendre'; however, they also drop a 't' in the singular present tense forms.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The level of challenge could be differentiated by making task C3 a full translation of the text or reducing the size of the text.