KS3 · French · Year 7
Talk to others: -er verbs 2nd persons singular and plural
Activities: plural verbs in the present tense
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Your learning goal
I can use 'tu' and 'vous' with a range of -er verbs to understand and say what 'you' and 'you all' do.
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I can use 'tu' and 'vous' with a range of -er verbs to understand and say what 'you' and 'you all' do.
Key learning points
- The sound symbol correspondence [i] sounds like the 'i' in 'midi.
- There are two ways of saying 'you' in French: for one person you use 'tu' for more than one person you use 'vous'.
- To say you (singular) + regular -er verbs, the verb ends in -es. For you (plural) the verb ends in -ez.
- We call these two forms of the verb the 2nd persons singular and plural.
Words to know
- [i]
- sounds like the [i] in midi
- tu
- subject pronoun for you (singular) in French
- vous
- subject pronoun for you (plural) in French
Common mistakes
There is just one way of saying 'you' in French like in English.
There are two ways of saying 'you' in French. We use 'tu' for 'you singular' and 'vous' for 'you plural'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- It is helpful to have a clear mime to show the difference between 'you singular' (tu) and 'you plural' (vous) in French. Maybe pointing directly at someone for 'tu' and a breaststroke action, pointing to a range of people, for 'vous'.