KS4 · French · Year 11
On se bouge ! Impersonal verbs
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Your learning goal
I can use a range of impersonal verbs to give advice and instructions on the importance of health and exercise.
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I can use a range of impersonal verbs to give advice and instructions on the importance of health and exercise.
Key learning points
- 'Il est', 'il fait', 'il y a' and 'il faut' are common impersonal verbs.
- Impersonal verbs are usually only used with the pronoun 'il'.
- 'Il est' + adjective + 'de' + infinitive can be used to express 'it is difficult/easy/forbidden to' + a verb.
- Impersonal verbs 'valoir mieux' ('to be better') and 'valoir la peine de' ('to be worth') are followed by an infinitive.
Words to know
- impersonal verb
- a verb that doesn't refer to a particular person or thing, and whose subject is most often 'il' (it)
Common mistakes
'Il' always means 'he' in English.
Impersonal verbs nearly always have the subject 'il'. This translates as 'it' instead of 'he', e.g. 'il fait beau' - 'it is nice weather'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Teachers could extend the final speaking task by asking students to think of some additional problems of their own.