KS3 · French · Year 9
Rock en Seine : plural 'être', plural adjectives
Music and other cultural events: être, adjectives, -ER verbs, questions
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Your learning goal
I can use the verb 'être' and plural adjectives to talk about music and music festivals.
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I can use the verb 'être' and plural adjectives to talk about music and music festivals.
Key learning points
- The letters 'd', 's', 't' and 'x' are usually silent at the end of words in French.
- The plural forms of être are 'nous sommes', (we are) 'vous êtes' (you are) and 'ils/elles' sont (they are).
- The most common adjective agreement pattern for plural adjectives is the addition of -s.
- Adjectives already ending -s/-x don't change + masculine plural adjectives ending -al change to aux in the plural form.
Words to know
- silent final consonant (SFC)
- silent letter (d, s, t, x) at the end of a word
- être
- to be, being
- adjective agreement
- when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number
Common mistakes
Add -s to make all adjectives plural.
Regular adjectives usually need -s adding in the plural form, however there are other patterns and differences between the masculine and the feminine form with adjectives ending in -x and -al.
For parents, carers and teachers
- If time permits, there are opportunities to listen to music by the Francophone artists mentioned in the lesson and/or find out what students already know about Francophone music/festivals, including showing the Rock en Seine lineup from the last few years.