KS2 · French · Year 4
New friends: 'mon, ma', 'ton, ta'
Introductions: singular 'être', 'avoir', and regular adjectives
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Your learning goal
I can use possessives 'mon', 'ma', 'ton', 'ta' to introduce my friends.
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I can use possessives 'mon', 'ma', 'ton', 'ta' to introduce my friends.
Key learning points
- Many words end in SFCs (silent final consonants). The letters c, r, f and l are, however, generally pronounced.
- 'Je suis'- I am, 'tu es'- you are, and 'elle, il est'- she, he is are all parts of the verb 'être', 'to be' or 'being'.
- Possessive adjectives have masculine forms 'mon', 'ton' and feminine forms 'ma' and 'ta'.
Words to know
- SFC
- silent final consonant, silent letter (d, s, t, x) at the end of a word
- être
- French verb meaning 'to be', 'being'
- tu es
- part of the verb 'être', meaning 'you are'
- mon, ma
- possessive adjective meaning 'my' (masculine, feminine)
- ton, ta
- possessive adjective meaning 'your' (masculine, feminine)
Common mistakes
Like in English, most consonants are pronounced at the ends of words.
Many words have SFCs (silent final consonants) in which the last letter is not pronounced in French.
For parents, carers and teachers
- When introducing the classroom items, you may wish to use realia to practise the words. You could introduce more words from the classroom to demonstrate masculine and feminine articles, as you see fit.