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French · Grade 1

Questions, Preferences and Negation

Learners run a class survey with a partner class in Lomé, Togo. They ask yes/no questions (intonation and est-ce que, with inversion recognised) and information questions with qui, que, où, quand, comment, combien, pourquoi and quel; talk about likes with aimer, adorer, préférer and détester, contrasting J'aime le pain with Je mange du pain; say no with ne…pas, ne…jamais and ne…rien (Je n'ai pas de chien); react with moi aussi, moi non plus, pas moi and moi si; and finally interview a classmate and report survey results.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 105 minutes
  • Questions, likes and negatives check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, choose a reply, highlight a text, match pairs and type a number
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What learners will discover

  • Ask yes/no questions with intonation and est-ce que (recognising inversion: Aimes-tu… ?) and information questions with qui, que / qu'est-ce que, où, quand, comment, combien, pourquoi (answered with parce que) and quel / quelle.
  • Express preferences with aimer, adorer, préférer (je préfère, nous préférons) and détester + le, la, les or an infinitive, and contrast them with du, de la, de l', des for eating and drinking (J'aime le pain / Je mange du pain).
  • Make sentences negative with ne…pas (n' before a vowel), ne…jamais and ne…rien, use pas de after a negative (Je n'ai pas de chien), and react with moi aussi, moi non plus, pas moi and moi si.
  • Carry out a short interview with follow-up questions and report survey results (Neuf élèves préfèrent le foot), recognising personne ne… (Personne n'aime…).

Lessons

  1. Asking questions 8 steps5 practiceabout 24 min
  2. J'aime, j'adore, je préfère, je déteste 7 steps5 practiceabout 23 min
  3. Ne… pas, ne… jamais, ne… rien 7 steps4 practiceabout 23 min
  4. Interview and survey 6 steps5 practiceabout 25 min
  5. Questions, likes and negatives check 9 questions at the end

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