KS4 · French · Year 10
Ma ville, mon pays : prepositions and emphatic pronouns lui, elle, eux, elles
My neighbourhood: Là où j'habite
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Your learning goal
I can describe my area in detail and describe people's roles within it using prepositions and emphatic pronouns.
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I can describe my area in detail and describe people's roles within it using prepositions and emphatic pronouns.
Key learning points
- [ui] sounds like 'huit' and [eu] sounds like 'deux'.
- Emphatic pronouns can be used for emphasis of the subject, e.g. 'Moi, j'adore le chocolat !'.
- Other emphatic pronouns are 'lui' ('him'), 'elle' ('her'), 'eux' ('them') and 'elles' ('them').
- Emphatic pronouns are used with 'à' to express possession, e.g. 'Il est à toi, ce cahier ?'.
Words to know
- preposition
- a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
- emphatic pronoun
- used to emphasise a person, or when the pronoun stands alone, or after certain prepositions
Common mistakes
'Elle' only means 'she' and 'elles' only means 'they', when naming a group of girls or women.
When used as emphatic pronouns, 'elle' means 'her' and 'elles' means 'them'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Two characters, Noura and Abdel, are presented in this lesson. You may wish to devote a short amount of time at the start of the lesson reminding students who they are and where they live and are from.