KS3 · French · Year 7
Me and you: être 1st and 2nd persons singular
Greeting: singular 'être' and regular adjectives
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Your learning goal
I can say who I am and what kind of person I am.
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Me and you: être 1st and 2nd persons singular: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can say who I am and what kind of person I am.
Key learning points
- Je (I) and tu (you) are pronouns. They tell us who is doing the verb or who the verb is about.
- Être means 'to be, being', je suis means 'I am' and tu es means 'you are'.
- Consonants such as -s, -t, -x and -d at the end of a word are usually silent in French.
- Four important skills for learning are: écouter (listening), lire (reading), parler (speaking) and écrire (writing).
Words to know
- Silent Final Consonant (SFC)
- silent letter (d, s, t, x) at the end of a word
- verb
- a word that communicates actions or states
- adjective
- a word that gives information about a noun
- pronoun
- a word that takes the place of a noun, like ‘it’, ‘you’, ‘she’
Common mistakes
Final consonants that are pronounced in English are also pronounced in French.
The letters d, s, t and x are usually silent at the end of words in French.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Mini whiteboards and pens will be very useful for the check for understanding slides.