KS3 · French · Year 7
What someone does: 'faire' singular persons
Activities: singular 'faire'
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Your learning goal
I can use 'faire' to say what activities I and others do at home.
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I can use 'faire' to say what activities I and others do at home.
Key learning points
- Use 'je fais' for I do/make, 'tu fais' for you do/make, 'il fait' for he does/makes, 'elle fait' for she does/makes.
- Use definite articles le, la, les, l' after the verb 'faire' to describe everyday activities e.g. 'il fait les courses'.
- 'C'est qui ?' means 'Who is it?' and 'C'est quoi ?' means 'What is it?'.
- [ê/è] sounds like 'tête', [é] sounds like 'écrire'.
Words to know
- [ê/è]
- pronounced as in 'tête'
- faire
- to do/to make
- qui ?
- who?
Common mistakes
The singular forms of the verb 'faire' are spelled the same way because they are pronounced the same way.
The singular forms of the verb 'faire' are spelled differently, but sound the same because the 's' and 't' are silent final consonants (SFC).
For parents, carers and teachers
- The use of actions for the verbs taught could be really helpful to embed learning, allowing pupils to associate an action with a word.