KS4 · French · Year 11
Le 14 juillet : indirect object pronouns me, te, lui, vous, nous, and leur
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Your learning goal
I can understand and use singular and plural indirect object pronouns in texts describing the events of Bastille Day in France and its significance in French history.
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I can understand and use singular and plural indirect object pronouns in texts describing the events of Bastille Day in France and its significance in French history.
Key learning points
- Closed [eu] sounds like 'deux' or, when open or spelled [œu], sounds like 'coeur'.
- An indirect object pronoun replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to.
- The plural indirect object pronouns are: nous, vous, and leur.
- Unlike direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns don't change according to the gender of the nouns they replace.
Words to know
- indirect object pronoun
- replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to, when the action is to me, for you, to them
Common mistakes
There are separate indirect object pronouns in French to replace masculine and feminine nouns.
French indirect object pronouns make no distinction for gender (unlike direct object pronouns). 'Lui' means both '(to) him' and '(to) her'. 'Leur' means '(to) them' and can refer to both masculine and feminine nouns.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Task B3 has two versions. Option 1 is intended for most students. Option 2 gives further support to students who may need it. Option 1 only is included in the video. Teachers might also like to play students a recording of 'la Marseillaise' to pupils and look at the lyrics of the opening verse.