KS4 · French · Year 11
Une visite à Cannes : noun formation, extended reading (Edexcel)
Travel and tourism: Révisions: la vie en francophonie
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Your learning goal
I can read aloud and answer reading comprehension questions on the topic of holidays.
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Une visite à Cannes : noun formation, extended reading (Edexcel): 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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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can read aloud and answer reading comprehension questions on the topic of holidays.
Key learning points
- There are 4 ways to turn a masculine noun into a feminine noun: add an e, change article, -n to -nne, -eur to -rice.
- If a masculine noun ends in -e, there's no change for feminine; if it ends in -s or -x, there's no change for plural.
- We usually make nouns plural by adding -s. Nouns ending in -eu, -(e)au, or -al make their plurals with -x.
Words to know
- noun
- word for a person, place or thing
Common mistakes
All masculine nouns are made feminine by adding 'e' and plural by adding 's'.
A masculine noun can be made feminine by changing the article, adding 'e', changing 'eur' to 'ice' or 'n' to 'nne'. Nouns can be made plural by adding 's' or 'aux'. Nouns ending in 's' or 'x' don't have a plural form.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Encourage students to identify gaps in their vocabulary knowledge using words from this revision lesson. All vocabulary comes from the GCSE word list and has been previously taught, making this a good check of retention and areas needing more practice.