KS2 · French · Year 5
Exchange school in England: 'nous avons' and 'vous avez'
What I and others have: plural 'avoir' and nouns
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Your learning goal
I can understand and form sentences using the plural form of 'avoir' ('nous' and 'vous').
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I can understand and form sentences using the plural form of 'avoir' ('nous' and 'vous').
Key learning points
- The letter s is normally a silent final consonant. If followed by a word starting with a vowel, the s is not silent.
- When followed by a word starting with a vowel, there is a liaison: 'des ordinateurs'.
- To refer to the first person plural of the verb 'avoir', we use 'nous avons'.
- To refer to the second person plural of the verb 'avoir', we use 'vous avez'.
- 'Vous avez' and 'nous avons' have a liaison.
Words to know
- liaison
- pronouncing a usually silent final consonant (for example 's') which is followed by a vowel - 'vous avez'
- avoir
- French verb meaning 'to have'
- être
- French verb meaning 'to be'
- nous avons
- from the verb 'avoir', meaning 'we have'
- vous avez
- from the verb 'avoir', meaning 'you have' (plural and formal)
Common mistakes
The letter 's' is always a SFC (silent final consonant) in French.
When 's' is followed by a word starting with a vowel, the s is no longer silent, there is a liaison: 'nous avons'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Ask pupils to research more differences between schools in France and in the UK and to present these differences to rest of the class.