Aim

• To learn how to pronounce French words with the ‘in’ sound.

Success Criteria
• I can recognise different ways of spelling the ‘in’ sound in French.
• I can pronounce French words with the spellings /in/ /im/ /ain/ /ein/
/yn/ /ym/.
• I can recognise when these spellings don’t make a nasal vowel sound.
 In this lesson we are
learning to pronounce
Introduce It! French words that This is called a
contain the ‘in’ sound. nasal vowel sound.
'in' sounds

Can you practise

making the
‘in’ sound?
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'in' sounds

Here are four differe

nt
/in/
ways of spelling the
‘in’ sound in Frenc
/im/
h.
/ain/
/ein/
 Because y is a vowel in
Introduce It! French, these two
spellings also make the
'in' sounds ‘in’ sound.
/yn/
/ym/
 Say It! Words with /ien/
spellings make an
'in' sounds
‘i’ sound followed by
‘in’ sound.

Here are some /ien/ words:

• chien [dog]
• rien [nothing]
• combien [how much]
• bien [good]
 Say It!

'in' sounds

Let’s say some

words ‘in’ out
loud. lapin
ceinture
pingouin
train
timbre
dessin
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'in' sounds

Let’s practise our

‘in’ sounds.
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Here are some examples of words
'in' sounds which don’t make the ‘in’ sound
because the n or m is followed by
a letter e:

piscine [swimming pool]

reine [queen]
crime [crime]
capitaine [captain]
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'in' sounds
Click here to practise
‘in’ words.
Choose an
exercise to put
the ‘in’
Click here to practise
sounds into
‘in’ sentences.
practice.

Click here to practise

‘in’ super sentences.
 Aim
• To learn how to pronounce French words with the ‘in’ sound.

Success Criteria
• I can recognise different ways of spelling the ‘in’ sound in French.
• I can pronounce French words with the spellings /in/ /im/ /ain/ /ein/
/yn/ /ym/.
• I can recognise when these spellings don’t make a nasal vowel sound.
 ‘in’ words
Can you fill in the gap for
Apply It! each word with the correct
spelling?
'in' sounds Click on the table to reveal the
correct answer then say the
word out loud.
moulin.

pein ture lynx

cym bale
timbre pain.

ym im yn
ain ein in
 ‘in’ sentences
Spin the wheel and find the
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sentence.
'in' sounds

n.
Can you say the sentence out

ui
un p y a
loud? Click on the sentence to

ingo
n.

Il
check your pronunciation.
i u
pa ge d n
an ui
m req
Le
There is la
J’adore a
Spin! penguin.
peinture.
tim
J’a br
i c es.

Je v ain.
inq

en t r
oyag
e
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'in' sounds

man quin
pain u
ge d
.
e
es.

Le r
br q
it m i cin
J’a
TheIlshark
ya
Spin! eats
un bread.
pingouin.
en
Je tra
vo i n .

J’ad ture.
ya

pein
ge

ore
la
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'in' sounds

timb inq
res.
c
.

J’ai
i n
t ra age
en voy
Je
I J’ai
havecinq
five
Spin! stamps.
timbres.
pe
J’a intu
do re

un p
re .
la

Il y uin.
ingo
a
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'in' sounds

en tr age
ain.
oy
e.

Je v
r
i ntu l a
e
pe dor
J’a
cinq
I travel
J’ai
un Spin! by s.
train.
timbre
pin
Il gou
y a in

J’ai res.
.

timb
cinq
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pein re la
.
ture
.

o
i n

J’ad
gou
pin a
y
un Il

JeI voyage
love
Spin! painting.
en train.
tim
J’a br
i c es.
inq

J’ai res.
timb
c i nq
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Read the sentence and
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answers. Can you guess
'in' sounds the missingThe
Le prince
word?
porte
Say the sentence outwears un
loud.aHow
raincoat.
can you.
imperméable
many ‘in’ sounds
find?

A - requin B - imperméable

C - lynx D - ceinture

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'in' sounds Le The

lynxlynx
est àiscôté
next
du to
the penguin.
pingouin .

A - ceinture B - cymbale

C - moulin D - pingouin

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'in' sounds The

Letrain
trainleaves
part à at
five
cinqo’clock
heuresinduthe
morning.
matin.

A - vin B - cinq

C - pain D - moulin

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'in' sounds Le requin

The shark
adore le
loves
dessin.
art.

A - requin B - train

C - main D - cymbale

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