KS2 · French · Year 5
Description: 'ils, elles sont' and plural adjective agreement
Me and others: plural 'être' and regular adjectives
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Your learning goal
I can write sentences describing what people are like, using 'ils/elles sont' and plural adjective agreement.
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I can write sentences describing what people are like, using 'ils/elles sont' and plural adjective agreement.
Key learning points
- The SSCs [on] and [om] make the same sound. They are nasal vowels. We use [om] before a 'p' or a 'b': tomber, compter.
- To refer to one boy we use 'il est': he is. To refer to a group of boys (or boys and girls) we use 'ils sont': they are.
- To refer to one girl we use 'elle est': she is. To refer to a group of girls we use 'elles sont': they are.
- Adjectives change spelling based on the gender and number of the noun they describe. This is called adjective agreement.
Words to know
- [on]
- pronounced as in 'non'
- [om]
- pronounced as in 'nom'
- être
- French verb meaning 'to be'
- ils, elles sont
- from the verb 'être', meaning they (m/f) are
- adjective agreement
- an adjective matching the noun it describes in gender and number
Common mistakes
Like in English, there is one way of referring to a group of people: they.
In French, there are two different ways of saying 'they': masculine 'ils' or feminine 'elles'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Play a game of guess who in the classroom, using different forms of the verb être and adective agreement. Can the pupils guess who is being described?