KS4 · French · Year 11
Une sportive qui m'intéresse : extended writing
Lifestyle and wellbeing/Travel and tourism: la culture francophone
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Your learning goal
I can describe a sportsperson of interest, paying attention to adjective agreement rules, present participles, comparatives and superlatives.
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Une sportive qui m'intéresse : extended writing: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
Original teaching resources
The original illustrated PowerPoint is available as well as the IllumED text slides. It retains the publisher’s design and credits.
Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can describe a sportsperson of interest, paying attention to adjective agreement rules, present participles, comparatives and superlatives.
Key learning points
- Present participle adjectives can usefully be combined with other adjectives to give more information about nouns.
- Comparative and superlative adjectives can be used to enhance opinions and descriptions.
- It is important to communicate accurately but also to include varied and complex language.
- When developing a personal response it is helpful to use reference materials to look up new vocabulary.
Words to know
- present participle
- verb form ending in -ant in French; the structure en + present participle translates into English as while or by + -ing
- comparative
- a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
- superlative
- a form of adjective or adverb used to express the highest degree of a quality e.g. the tallest, the most interesting
Common mistakes
The superlative in French always goes before the noun it describes, like in English.
Superlatives may go before or after the noun they describe. The rule that applies is BRAGS - if an adjective goes before the noun according to the BRAGS rule, its superlative form will also go before the noun.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Task B1 is a writing activity that requires research into sportspeople. If time does not allow for this, teachers may wish to provide background on the sportswomen in the slides ready for students to use. Students needing more support can be asked to follow the example text closely.