KS3 · French · Year 7
What people have: 'avoir' 3rd persons singular and plural
Family life: numbers, plural nouns, plural 'avoir' & 'être'
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Your learning goal
I can use 'ils ont' and 'elles ont' to describe what they (masculine and feminine) have.
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I can use 'ils ont' and 'elles ont' to describe what they (masculine and feminine) have.
Key learning points
- A cognate is a word that looks and sounds the same, or similar, in English and French.
- 'Ils ont' and 'elles ont' are the 3rd person plural of the verb 'avoir', 'to have, having'.
- 'Ils ont' and 'elles ont' have a liasion; the -s in 'ils' and 'elles' is pronounced as 'z' as it is followed by a vowel.
- The 's' in 'ils ont' and 'elles ont' ('z') is pronounced differently to the 's' in 'ils sont' and 'elles sont' ('s').
- Reading a longer passage can help practise and consolidate previously learnt and newly acquired vocabulary and grammar.
Words to know
- cognate
- words with the same meaning and same or similar spelling in English and French
- avoir
- French verb meaning ‘to have’
- ils ont
- part of 'avoir', meaning ‘they have’ (mpl, mfpl)
- elles ont
- part of 'avoir', meaning 'they have' (fpl)
- liaison
- pronouncing a usually silent final consonant when followed by a vowel
Common mistakes
The 's' in the liaison of 'ils ont' and 'elles ont' is pronounced like an English 's'.
The 's' in the liaison of 'ils ont' and 'elles ont' is pronounced like an English 'z'. This is distinguishable to 'ils sont' and 'elles sont' which have the pronounciation of an English 's' (no liaison).
For parents, carers and teachers
- You may wish to 'model read' the passage to the class and then 'share read' the passage together. Read it once to pupils as they listen, and read it a second time whilst they join in out loud. You can then ask pupils to volunteer to read a paragraph out loud independently to the class.