KS2 · French · Year 5
Teachers: 'nous sommes' and plural adjective agreement
Me and others: plural 'être' and regular adjectives
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Your learning goal
I can write sentences describing what we are like, using 'nous sommes' and plural adjective agreement.
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I can write sentences describing what we are like, using 'nous sommes' and plural adjective agreement.
Key learning points
- The sound [an/en] makes a nasal sound. When you say a nasal vowel, air passes through your nose and your mouth.
- The sound [a] makes an oral sound. When you say an oral vowel, air passes through your mouth.
- The verb 'être' means to be, being. 'Nous sommes' means we are. It is the first person plural of 'être'.
- Adjectives change spelling based on the gender and number of the noun they describe. This is called adjective agreement.
- We often add an 's' to adjectives in the plural form. It is a SFC (silent final consonant).
Words to know
- [a]
- pronounced as in 'banane'
- [an/en]
- pronounced as in 'enfant'
- nous sommes
- first person plural of the verb être (to be): we are
- adjective agreement
- an adjective matching the noun it describes in gender and number
Common mistakes
You can pronounce the 's' in plural adjectives: contents.
The 's' is often silent at the end of a word, it is an SFC. The 's' in plural adjectives is silent.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Use pupils in the class when explaining adjective agreement. Ask pupils to group together to demonstrate 'nous sommes' with masculine and feminine adjectives in the plural form.