KS3 · French · Year 7
What someone does: intonation questions with 'quoi'
Activities: singular 'faire'
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Your learning goal
I can ask about and say what I do or someone else does using the verb ‘faire’.
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I can ask about and say what I do or someone else does using the verb ‘faire’.
Key learning points
- To ask a question you can raise the pitch of your voice at the end of a sentence.
- To get more information, we can add a question word such as 'quoi' (what) at the end of intonation questions.
- 'Faire' means 'to do/make'. Use je fais for 'I 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 every day activities e.g. 'Il fait les courses.'
- [ain/in] sounds like 'train'.
Words to know
- [ain/in]
- pronounced as in 'train'
- faire
- to do/to make
- intonation
- the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
- quoi
- when added to the end of statement, allows more information to be sought
Common mistakes
The verb 'faire' only has a single definition.
The verb 'faire' is used to translate two key verbs in English, both 'to do' and 'to make'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Teachers may find it helpful to support their teaching of intonation questions by using hand gestures to model rising intonation. Some pupils may find it helpful to use the same gestures themselves initially, as they practise.