KS3 · French · Year 8
Eco-friendly options: -ir verbs, comparatives
The environment: -RE verbs in the present, adjectives
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Your learning goal
I can use comparative structures with adjectives and adverbs, and a variety of -ir verbs, in the context of nature and eco-friendly holiday options.
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I can use comparative structures with adjectives and adverbs, and a variety of -ir verbs, in the context of nature and eco-friendly holiday options.
Key learning points
- Regular practise of sound-symbol correspondences is important to ensure good pronunciation.
- To make comparisons in French use 'plus ... que' (more than), 'moins ... que' (less than) and 'aussi ... que' (as, as).
- French comparative structures sandwich adjectives to compare two nouns, and adverbs to compare how people do things.
- More than one adjective before a noun needs no comma or 'et'; multiple adjectives after the noun need 'et' in French.
- In French, -ir verbs can be divided into groups according to their conjugation patterns.
Words to know
- comparative
- a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
- adjective
- word that gives information about a noun
- adverb
- word that describes a verb or an adjective
- conjugation
- when a verb is changed to match a subject and tense
Common mistakes
When using more than one adjective in French we need 'et' between them.
We only need 'et' between French adjectives if they come after the noun. For the B-R-A-G-S adjectives that come before the noun, no connective is needed.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Students love fun comparison activities. You could run 'comparison battles' where the class is divided into small groups and each given a set of challenge cards, e.g. 'un éléphant' and 'une souris'. Each team takes turns creating comparative sentences, bonus points being awarded for complexity!