KS4 · French · Year 11
Pourquoi voter ? Creating nouns by adding -teur or -ateur to the verb stem
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Your learning goal
I can use my knowledge of word families to expand my range of language when discussing people and their actions.
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Pourquoi voter ? Creating nouns by adding -teur or -ateur to the verb stem: 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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I can use my knowledge of word families to expand my range of language when discussing people and their actions.
Key learning points
- [eu] is pronounced closed as in 'deux' and [eu/œu] is pronounced open as in 'cœur', and [r] is pronounced as in 'rue'.
- An agent noun is a noun describing a person or object doing the action of a verb.
- Agent nouns can be created by adding -eur or -ateur to the verb stem, e.g. 'consommer' - 'consommateur'.
Words to know
- agent noun
- a noun describing a person or object doing the action of a verb
Common mistakes
All agent nouns are formed by adding either -eur or -ateur to the stem of the verb.
Most agent nouns follow this rule but there are exceptions, for example 'éduquer' - 'to educate', becomes 'éducateur' - 'educator'. A stem change is needed here.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Task C2 contains an initial slide with an example to support students in completing the listening task. The audio file is separate for this. The task itself is based on a single, longer text, from which all answers can be obtained.