KS3 · French · Year 7
What isn't done: negation before a noun with 'avoir', 'être', 'faire'
Everyday life: negation with ne … pas in the present tense
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Your learning goal
I can use negation with 'ne … pas' before nouns with a variety of present tense verbs to say what I don’t have, don’t do and am not.
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What isn't done: negation before a noun with 'avoir', 'être', 'faire': 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 use negation with 'ne … pas' before nouns with a variety of present tense verbs to say what I don’t have, don’t do and am not.
Key learning points
- To say you don’t have something, use ‘ne … pas’ around the verb ‘avoir’ and change indefinite articles to 'de'/d''.
- Other verbs such as ‘faire’ work in the same way as 'avoir'.
- ‘Être’ is an exception, use the indefinite article after ‘être’ to give more information about the subject.
- To say you don’t have ‘the’ noun, the definite article stays the same.
Words to know
- definite article
- the words 'le', 'la', 'les' and 'l’' meaning 'the'
- indefinite article
- the words 'un' and 'une', meaning 'a', 'an'
- negation
- two elements, e.g. 'ne … pas', around the main verb expressing negative meaning
Common mistakes
When negating, change any articles to 'de/d''.
Change indefinite articles to 'de/d'' when negating but keep the definite articles the same and keep the indefinite articles when using 'être'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Although the purpose of D3 is to practise writing, if time permits it would make a great speaking activity too. Students could even invent and read aloud their own text messages with examples of negation.