KS3 · French · Year 9
Christmas around the world: adjectives, comparatives
Winter celebrations: present tense, adjectives, comparatives, partitive
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Your learning goal
I can use adjectives, including comparatives, to engage with a French song and discuss Christmas in different parts of the world.
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I can use adjectives, including comparatives, to engage with a French song and discuss Christmas in different parts of the world.
Key learning points
- Most French adjectives come after the noun they describe.
- Use BRAGS (beauty, rank, age, goodness, size) to remember pre-nominal adjectives.
- With more than one adjective, add 'et' after the noun. Nouns can also be surrounded by adjectives.
- To make comparisons in French, use the structures 'plus/aussi/moins' + 'que' with adjectives and adverbs.
- Some comparative forms are irregular, such as 'meilleur', 'mieux', and 'pire'.
Words to know
- pre-nominal adjective
- adjective that appears before the noun it modifies
- comparative
- form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
Common mistakes
All adjectives go after the noun in French.
Most adjectives go after the noun they describe but there are a group of adjectives (BRAGS adjectives) that go before the noun. We call these pre-nominal adjectives.
For parents, carers and teachers
- There are many versions of the song online with lyric videos which could also be used in the lesson and a discussion into Christmas in other countries might be valuable.