KS4 · French · Year 10
Forces et faiblesses au collège: comparative and superlative adverbs
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Your learning goal
I can use comparative and superlative adverbs to describe people's strengths in the context of school.
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I can use comparative and superlative adverbs to describe people's strengths in the context of school.
Key learning points
- To make comparisons in French we use plus... que, moins... que and aussi... que with adjectives and adverbs.
- Some comparative adverb forms are irregular: 'bien' becomes 'mieux' (better)
- 'Mal' becomes 'moins bien' / 'plus mal' (worse)
- [i] sounds like 'midi' and [eu] sounds like 'deux'.
Words to know
- adverb
- word that desribes a verb or an adjective
- mieux
- the comparative form of the adverb ‘bien’ meaning ‘better'
Common mistakes
The words 'meilleur' and 'mieux' can be used interchangeably as they both translate the English word 'better'.
'Meilleur' is an adjective and can only be used to describe nouns. 'Mieux' is an adverb and can only be used to describe verbs.
For parents, carers and teachers
- For the final writing task, encourage students to develop their response by also writing about a friend (real or imaginary) to show that they can use third person verb forms.