KS3 · French · Year 9
Free time: relative pronoun 'qui'
Past and present events: perfect tense, negation, questions
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Your learning goal
I can describe my free time using a range of verbs in the present tense and the relative pronoun 'qui'.
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I can describe my free time using a range of verbs in the present tense and the relative pronoun 'qui'.
Key learning points
- It is important to revisit vocabulary as it boosts our long-term retention of words.
- The relative pronoun 'qui' introduces a relative clause to give more information about a noun.
- Translate 'qui' as who/that for describing people and which/that when describing animals/things.
- The endings for verbs like 'écrire' are 's', 's' and 't', 'vons', 'vez' and 'vent'.
- Some verbs are followed by 'à' before a noun and the form changes depending on the gender/number of the noun.
Words to know
- qui
- a relative pronoun meaning who, that or which a that introduces a relative clause
- écrire
- to write, writing
Common mistakes
'Qui' is always used as a question word.
'Qui' is a question word meaning 'who' but is also used as a relative pronoun to introduce a relative clause, for example 'L'homme qui est grand est mon papa', meaning 'the man who is tall is my dad'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- If students need more vocabulary practice before moving on to the grammar cycles of the lesson, the noughts and crosses activity could be repeated, targeting particular areas of vocabulary.