KS4 · French · Year 10

Une soirée chez amis : Direct object pronouns (le, la and l')

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Your learning goal

I can use singular direct object pronouns to ask and answer questions in social situations.

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What you’ll learn

I can use singular direct object pronouns to ask and answer questions in social situations.

Key learning points

To replace a noun that is the object, use direct object pronouns le/la/l' before the verb to mean 'him', 'her' or 'it'.
It is important to pay attention to the gender of a noun when replacing it with a direct object pronoun.
[c] is soft before e, i and y or if it has a cedilla [ç]: merci, ça va. Before all other letters [c] is a hard sound.
[ch] sounds like 'sh' in the word 'shoe', e.g. chien, charmant. [t] before -ion makes a soft [c] sound, e.g. attention.

Words to know

singular: refers to one person or thing
direct object pronoun: replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb, e.g., 'me', 'you', 'it', 'them'
le (l'): him, it
la (l'): her, it

Common mistakes

The words 'le', 'la' and 'l'' can only mean 'the' in French.

The meaning of 'le', 'la', and 'l'' depends on where they are in the sentence. When before a noun, they mean 'the', but when before a verb, they mean 'him', 'her' or 'it'.

For parents, carers and teachers

For the read aloud practice task at the end of Cycle 1, teachers may wish to organise the class so students are working in higher and lower proficiency pairs. Lower proficiency student reads text 1 and higher proficiency student reads text 2.