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Working with the text Saying what people do Saying what people do
"Sept couleurs magiques"

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GRAMMAR GRAMMAR GRAMMAR
Most infinitives in French end in -ER.

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There are 4 ways to say ‘the’ in French. To conjugate a regular -ER infinitive, remove the
Choosing which option depends on what ‘faire’ is the infinitive for ‘to do/make’ -ER ending and add the appropriate ending.

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words comes after. Je → e Tu → es Il/Elle → e
Je fais = I do/make eg: rester (to stay) → rest-
le (masculine) la (feminine) Tu fais = You do/make Je reste Tu restes Il/Elle reste
l’ (starts with vowel sound) les (plural) Il/Elle fait = He/She does/makes
Examples: When we put a verb into the present tense in

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French, it can be translated two ways into English.
le chien = the dog la chambre = the bedroom In English, we sometimes use ‘to go’ For example: ‘Je mange’ can mean both ‘I eat’ or ‘I
l’animal = the animal les vélos = the bikes
where ‘faire’ must be used in French. am eating’, depending on the context.
There are 2 ways to say ‘a/an’ in French: Example: Similarly, ‘Tu donnes’ can be translated as ‘You give’

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or ‘You are giving’.
un (masculine nouns) une (feminine nouns) faire une promenade = to go for a walk

Year 7 Term 1.2 Examples: un chien = a dog

une chambre = a bedroom 3 à = at, when used with certain verbs
eg: rester à l'école = to stay at school

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bateau (m) boat

Grammar + Vocab
magasin (m) shop To say that you like to do something, use ‘aimer +
VOCAB numéro (m) number VOCAB infinitive'. eg: J’aime porter = I like to wear
voyage (m) trip
ciel (m) sky bleu(e) blue de of aimer to like
poème (m) poem jaune yellow
promenade (f)
question (f)
walk
question Paris Paris cocher to tick VOCAB
passer to spend (an
poète (m) poet rouge red réponse (f) answer Londres London amount of time) école (f) school
visite (f) visit porter to wear, carry semaine (f) week
rêve (m) dream vert(e) green beau nice, handsome rester to stay solution (f) solution
chaque each
couleur (f) colour violet(e) purple mauvais bad trouver to find
à at
moment (m) moment
vague (f) wave comme as, like en by (transport) uniforme (m) uniform avec with

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Saying what people do Saying what you do with Saying what other people do Distinguishing between ‘you’
other people (one and more than one meaning one person and ‘you’
GRAMMAR other person) meaning more than one person
à = to, when used with certain verbs GRAMMAR GRAMMAR
Examples:
donner un cadeau à Pierre = to give a To conjugate a regular -ER infinitive in GRAMMAR ‘Tu' and 'Vous' both mean 'you' in English.

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the ‘nous’ (we) form, remove the -er

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present to Pierre ‘Tu' describes one person.
ending and add ‘-ons’. To conjugate a regular -ER infinitive in ‘Vous' describes more than one person.
montrer l’exemple à Harry = to show parler → parl- → nous parlons
the example to Harry donner → donn- → nous donnons the ‘ils/elles’ (they, m/f) form, remove Eg: Tu regardes = You (one person) watch.
the -er ending and add ‘-ent’. Vous regardez = You (all) watch.
demander à Marie = to ask Marie Examples:

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An easy way to ask questions parler → parl- → ils/elles parlent To conjugate a regular -ER infinitive in
⚠ Notice in the last example that we do is by raising intonation at the
Ça va ? the ‘vous’ (you, plural) form, remove the

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not say ‘to Marie’ in English, however, à is end of the sentence. donner → donn- → ils/elles -er ending and add ‘-ez’.
donnent Examples:
still required in French. travailler → travaill- → parler → parl- → vous parlez
to eat
manger
marcher to walk VOCAB ils/elles travaillent donner → donn- → vous donnez
demander to ask
donner to give
VOCAB préparer to prepare
préféré(e) favourite

VOCAB

good, well
regarder to watch
outside

montrer to speak fermer to close

board
tableau (m) (white)
silence (m) silence
je pense I think

travailler to work ils they (m)

that

penser to think VOCAB elles they (f) regarder to watch

that

nous we vous you (plur, form)

cadeau (m) present élève (m/f) student
to

déjeuner (m) lunch chemise (f) shirt

exemple (m) example chanter to sing fruit (f) fruit classroom
film (m) film histoire (f) story, classe (f)
raison (f) reason étudier to study fenêtre (f) window
maison (f) house history
dehors

aujourd’hui today jouer to play porte (f) door

télé (f) TV radio (f) radio
que

bien
salle (f) classroom
que

normalement normally partenaire (m/f) partner ensemble together

à
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Year 7 Term 1.2 1
WEEK 1
Working with the text
"Sept couleurs magiques"

The sound of ‘ai’

WEEK 2
Saying what people do

1 The sound of ‘ch’

WEEK 3
Saying what people do

1 The sound of ‘qu’

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chercher chat
Phonics vrai maison question quatre
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2 The sound of ‘oi’ 2 The sound of
‘ç’ (and soft ‘c’) 2 The sound of
‘j’ (and soft ‘g’)
voir droite ici cinéma jour j’ai
avoir au revoir décider cinq déjà jamais

pourquoi ? trois garçon français sujet génial

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Saying what people do Saying what you do with Saying what other people do Distinguishing between ‘you’

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other people (one and more than one meaning one person and ‘you’
The sound of ‘-tion’ other person) meaning more than one
SFC (Silent Final Consonant)
attention person
Some letters at the end of The sound of ‘a’
words are not pronounced. The sound of ‘i’
solution population

situation action
international shhhhh!

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The sound of ‘-ien’ dans mais prix animal table ça va midi lit petit
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bien combien ? mot petit grand mal sac malade qui ? il ici
rien chien
ancien bientôt