KS4 · French · Year 11
Une visite à Bruxelles : negation, adjective agreement, role-play (AQA)
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Your learning goal
I can recognise and use a range of negative structures and adjectives in the context of exploring a new city.
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Une visite à Bruxelles : negation, adjective agreement, role-play (AQA): 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.
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I can recognise and use a range of negative structures and adjectives in the context of exploring a new city.
Key learning points
- Use ne ... pas for what doesn't happen, ne ... jamais for never, ne ... rien for nothing and ne ... personne for nobody.
- Use ne ... plus for no longer, ne ... ni ... ni for neither, nor, ne ... pas encore for not yet and ne ... que for only.
- To make an adjective feminine we add -e; -x → -se, -el → -elle, -en → -enne, -f → -ve, -er → -ère, or no change.
- To form plural adjectives we add an -s, unless the adjective ends in -x or -s. -al and -eau change to -aux and -eaux.
Words to know
- negation
- two elements, e.g. 'ne … pas', around the main verb expressing negative meaning
- adjective agreement
- when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number
Common mistakes
The only way an adjective is made feminine is by adding the letter 'e' to a masculine adjective.
Although many feminine adjectives are formed by adding 'e' to a masculine adjective, there are other feminine endings and rules governing these, e.g. -se, -elle, -enne, -ve, -ère.
For parents, carers and teachers
- This lesson is part of the 9-week revision programme which includes a revisit of all the words on the GCSE word list, key grammar, and practice exam elements, including exam tips and model answers.