KS3 · French · Year 9
Senegal: modals, 'il faut', possessive adjectives
People and places: present and perfect tense
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Your learning goal
I can form sentences about Sénégal using modal verbs, adjectives, the verbs 'croire' and 'connaitre' and possessive adjectives.
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I can form sentences about Sénégal using modal verbs, adjectives, the verbs 'croire' and 'connaitre' and possessive adjectives.
Key learning points
- Senegal is a postcolonial West African nation. French as an official language coexists with many national languages.
- 'Devoir', 'pouvoir', 'vouloir' and 'savoir' are modal verbs and they are followed by infinitives.
- We use 'devoir' to say what someone must or has to do. Another way to show necessity is to use 'il faut'.
- Adjectives ending in -if change to -ive in the feminine form.
- Possessive adjectives show who things belong to. They change to agree with the gender and number of the noun.
Words to know
- modal verb
- verb of necessity or possibility used with a 2nd verb in the infinitive, e.g. 'must', 'can', 'want'
- feminine
- form of an adjective that describes a girl, woman or feminine noun
- croire
- French verb meaning 'to believe'
- connaitre
- French verb meaning 'to know'
- possessive adjective
- a word that goes before a noun to show ownership or belonging
Common mistakes
The 'il' in 'il faut' means 'he'.
'Il faut' is from the impersonal verb 'falloir' - 'to be necessary'. 'Il' does not mean 'he'; we translate 'il faut' as 'it is necessary' or 'you must'. It works like a modal verb in that it is usually followed by a 2nd verb in the infinitive form.
For parents, carers and teachers
- All the vocabulary and grammar in this lesson are being revisited, so teachers may select flexibly to suit the needs of their classes. In addition, pupils could be given the opportunity to research Mali in more detail and singers like Aya Nakamura, who is a famous French-Malian singer-songwriter.