KS4 · French · Year 11
Il faut éviter : indefinite, demonstrative and interrogative adjectives
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I can understand texts using a range of indefinite, demonstrative and interrogative adjectives describing how to stay healthy.
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I can understand texts using a range of indefinite, demonstrative and interrogative adjectives describing how to stay healthy.
Key learning points
- 'Même(s)', 'autre(s)', and 'quelque(s)', meaning 'same', 'other' and 'some', agree in number with the noun.
- 'Tout le' meaning 'whole' or 'all' agrees in number and gender. 'Chaque' (each) and 'plusieurs' (several) do not change.
- [c] is soft before e, i and y or if it has a cedilla [ç]: merci, ça va. Before all other letters, [c] is a hard sound.
- Use demonstrative adjectives 'ce, cet, cette, ces' to mean 'this/that/those'; they often answer the question 'which?'
- Use interrogative adjectives 'quel, quelle, quels, quelles' to ask 'which?'
Words to know
- indefinite adjective
- describes a noun in a non-specific sense e.g. some, every, each
- interrogative adjective
- asks a question about a noun, translated as 'what' or 'which'
- demonstrative adjective
- specifies a particular noun, indicating 'this', 'that', 'these' or 'those'
Common mistakes
'Plusieurs' and 'chaque' have singular and plural forms.
'Plusieurs' is always written with an 's' and introduces a plural noun e.g. plusieurs problèmes. 'Chaque' is always written in the singular and introduces a singular noun e.g. chaque problème.
For parents, carers and teachers
- For Task B2, teachers may consider a solo-duo-ensemble cycle whereby pupils say the text three times: once to themselves, once to a partner and once all together.