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Separable verbs

Grammatik

We get / are getting up early.

sie / Sie

stehen

früh

auf.

They/you (polite) get / are getting up early.

Wir

stehen

früh

auf.

The we and they/you (polite) forms of the verb are the same as the infinitive:

Remember that sie (they) and Sie (you – formal) sound the same!

It is the context that tells you the correct meaning.

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Sie oder sie?

hören / schreiben

Wolfgang redet mit Frau Nowak. Hör zu und schau das Bild an. Fragt er „Sie” (you, polite) oder „sie”(they)? Schreib die Frage auf Deutsch und auf Englisch.

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Fliegen Sie gern?

Do you like flying?

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Sie oder sie?

hören / schreiben

Wolfgang redet mit Frau Nowak. Hör zu und schau das Bild an. Fragt er „Sie” (you, polite) oder „sie”(they)? Schreib die Frage auf Deutsch und auf Englisch.

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Stehen Sie früh auf?

Do you get up early?

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Sie oder sie?

hören / schreiben

Wolfgang redet mit Frau Nowak. Hör zu und schau das Bild an. Fragt er „Sie” (you, polite) oder „sie”(they)? Schreib die Frage auf Deutsch und auf Englisch.

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Arbeiten sie viel?

Do they work much?

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Sie oder sie?

hören / schreiben

Wolfgang redet mit Frau Nowak. Hör zu und schau das Bild an. Fragt er „Sie” (you, polite) oder „sie”(they)? Schreib die Frage auf Deutsch und auf Englisch.

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Was essen sie gern?

What do they like eating?

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Sie oder sie?

hören / schreiben

Wolfgang redet mit Frau Nowak. Hör zu und schau das Bild an. Fragt er „Sie” (you, polite) oder „sie”(they)? Schreib die Frage auf Deutsch und auf Englisch.

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Schauen Sie gern Filme an?

Do you like watching films?

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Sie oder sie?

hören / schreiben

Wolfgang redet mit Frau Nowak. Hör zu und schau das Bild an. Fragt er „Sie” (you, polite) oder „sie”(they)? Schreib die Frage auf Deutsch und auf Englisch.

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Lesen sie Geschichten?

Do they read stories?

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Sie oder sie?

hören / schreiben

Wolfgang redet mit Frau Nowak. Hör zu und schau das Bild an. Fragt er „Sie” (you, polite) oder „sie”(they)? Schreib die Frage auf Deutsch und auf Englisch.

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Fahren Sie oft mit dem Schiff?

Do you often travel by boat?

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Sie oder sie?

hören / schreiben

Wolfgang redet mit Frau Nowak. Hör zu und schau das Bild an. Fragt er „Sie” (you, polite) oder „sie”(they)? Schreib die Frage auf Deutsch und auf Englisch.

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Nehmen sie die Bahn?

Are they taking the train?

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Regular –ER verbs

To say ‘s/he’ + verb in French, the verb is in the short form, often ending in -e.

Il joue.

He plays.

Elle joue.

She plays.

NB! These endings all sound the same!

To say ‘they’ + verb, the verb ends with -ent.

For either a group of boys or a mixed group.

Ils jouent.

They play.

For a group of girls only.

Elles jouent.

They play.

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écouter / écrire

Exemple

il ou ils ?

elle ou elles ?

Écoute, regarde et écris en français.

ils regardent

C’est qui ?

écouter / écrire

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Timing: 5 minutes for the next six slides

Aim: This is an example of a bimodal task which connects the spoken form with the written form simultaneously, as in this case listening alone does not indicate singular or plural. It is useful to practise bimodal tasks in this case because students practise the idea that you can only tell which verb ending to use in writing when you know whether the person is singular or plural – so, here the students get a visual cue (the picture) and this tells them what the written verb ending would be (the oral verb ending doesn’t help!). This teaches students about ‘ambiguity’ in language, and how sentences fit together. In this case, to know ‘who did the verb’ for 3^rd person verbs (il and ils), you usually need other prompts to know whether singular or plural is being referred to.

Procedure:

1. Use this slide to model the task instructions.

2. Click to bring up the image and again for the audio. Students will hear a verb (e.g., ils regardent). At the same time a circle will appear around the picture to indicate whether it is 3^rd person singular or 3^rd person plural.

3. Once they have heard the audio and seen whether it is singular or plural, students write the correct form.

4. Click to reveal the correct written form.

Transcript:

ils regardent

Note: Teachers need to mouse click on the ‘Exemple’ box, which triggers the audio to play the word ‘exemple’

If this step is missed, the first verb may not play in full.

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écouter / écrire

C’est qui ?

écouter / écrire

ils chantent

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écouter / écrire

C’est qui ?

écouter / écrire

il joue

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écouter / écrire

C’est qui ?

écouter / écrire

il trouve

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écouter / écrire

C’est qui ?

écouter / écrire

ils préparent

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écouter / écrire

C’est qui ?

écouter / écrire

elle mange

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écouter / écrire

C’est qui ?

écouter / écrire

elle écoute

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Exemple :

parler

Listen to the

sentence. Use the start of the sentence to work out how to complete the end of the sentence.


Le garçon	aim_____	le sport;	au foot.
Les garçons

Tick the correct one

Write the correct ending

Write the correct subject pronoun

Write the correct verb

E.G.

e

il

joue


La fille	rest_____	à la maison;	la télé.
Les filles

E.G.

ent

elles

regardent

écouter / écrire

Timing: 8 minutes (for this and the next two slides)

Aim: to focus on verb form by having to choose between 3^rd person singular or plural, depending on the subject of the verb by using full nouns when listening.

Procedure:

1. Use this slide to model the requirements of the task. Really emphasise the importance of listening carefully to the subject of the verb – is it singular or plural? Elicit from students what will be heard when the subject is singular and what is heard when it is plural – the subtle difference between ’le’ and ‘les’ (or ‘la’ and ‘les’) really makes a difference to meaning. This is key to students succeeding in the task

2. Click the E.G. trigger to play the audio.

3. Students tick the subject of the verb then use this to help write the correct verb ending (3^rd person singular or third person plural).

4. Students continue to transcribe the verb from the second part of the sentence, focusing on the achieving the correct subject pronoun and verb form.

5. On completion of the task, teachers could take the opportunity to do some further sentence level comprehension by asking students to give the meanings in English of the complete sentences.

Transcript:

E.G

Le garçon aime le sport; il joue au foot.

E.G

Les filles restent à la maison; elles regardent la télé.

Note: The two part nature of the task sets up differentiation. All students should be able to complete the first part of the sentence at least – hearing the difference between ‘le’ and ‘les’; and the difference between ‘la’ and ‘les’ and then writing the verb ending accordingly: ‘e’ or ‘ent’.

The second part offers a greater level of challenge. Teachers could consider asking students to mark their work in two sets, to allow students to feel successful and give the teacher an indication of how students did with the two aspects of the task.

Source: Fr Y7 1.2.6

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Grammaire


Le garçon	aim_____	la télé;	des films.
Les garçons
La fille	aim_____	la musique;	avec la radio.
Les filles
Les médecins	travaill____	en Angleterre;	anglais.
Le médecin
Le chanteur	aim_____	la musique;	la radio.
Les chanteurs

e

il

regarde

ent

elles

chantent

ent

ils

parlent

e

il

écoute

écouter / écrire

2

3

4

1

Tick the correct one

Write the ending

Write the pronoun

Write the correct verb

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Grammaire


Le professeur	travaill____	dans la salle de classe;	les devoirs.
Les professeurs
Les chiens	march____	dehors;	dans le parc.
Le chien
Les mères	prépar___	le déjeuner;	du fruit.
La mère
Le garçon	écout____	le professeur;	un uniforme.
Les garçons

ent

ils

préparent

porte

e

il

joue

il

ent

elles

mangent

e

6

7

8

5

écouter / écrire

Tick the correct one

Write the ending

Write the pronoun

Write the correct verb

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NOTE: This section is without audio. Teachers read out the sentence here. This facilitates the ‘idea for extension’

Transcript

5) Les professeurs travaillent dans la salle de classe; ils préparent les devoirs.

6) Le chien marche dehors; il joue dans le parc.

7) Les mères préparent le déjeuner; elles mangent du fruit.

8) Le garçon écoute le professeur; il porte un uniforme.

Idea for extension: rather than saying the whole sentence in full , stop after the first verb and do not reveal the second part of the sentence. Then, ask the students to PREDICT what will come next. Students will use the first part of the sentence and the final words to work it out. They could give answers orally or they could write down what they think will come next.

THEN, continue the sentence and the students read their own work to check whether they predicted correctly. Click to reveal the French so that they can check how they spelled the verb (-ent or –e).

Word frequency (1 is the most frequent word in French): �parc [1240]

Source: Londsale, D., & Le Bras, Y. (2009). A Frequency Dictionary of French: Core vocabulary for learners London: Routledge.