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Aujourd’hui: C’est le…………… octobre

LES COULEURS WALT: to learn the colours WILF: Be able to say colours in French (Level 1a) Be able to use colours as adjectives with pets (Level 2a)

COPY THE WORDS FOR COLOURS IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH INTO YOUR BOOK

blanc

violet

vert

jaune

noir

rouge

rose

brun / marron

bleu

orange

gris

ADJECTIVES (A describing word) • COLOURS ARE ADJECTIVES AND ARE WRITTEN AFTER THE NOUN (THE PERSON, PLACE OR THING) • Example: UN CHIEN MARRON “MARRON” COMES AFTER “CHIEN” SO IN FRENCH, YOU ARE ACTUALLY SAYING “A DOG BROWN”. LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES AND COPY THEM INTO YOUR BOOK IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH…. THE FIRST ONE HAS BEEN DONE IN ENGLISH TO HELP YOU. YOU CAN WORK OUT THE REST ON YOUR OWN!

J’ai ... (I have...)

un chien blanc = a white dog

J’ai ...

un chat noir

J’ai ...

un chien marron

J’ai ...

un chat gris

J’ai ...

un poisson orange

J’ai ...

un lapin blanc

J’ai ...

un lapin gris

J’ai ...

un cheval marron

J’ai ... un oiseau vert

Did you notice anything different about the French word for “a” with pets from last lesson? Some of you may already have read this already. Un chat = A cat

Une souris = A mouse

That’s right, one says “un”, the other says “une”.

They both mean “a” so why are they different?

In French all nouns (person, place or things) are known as either Masculine or Feminine. Read the next slide carefully as it will explain more

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READ THIS SLIDE VERY CAREFULLY

Every NOUN in French is either Masculine or Feminine A noun is a person, place or thing. Any word that you can put the word “a” or “the” in front. In French, the words for “a” and “the” are different, depending on if the word is masculine or feminine.

ENGLISH

MASCULINE

FEMININE

A

UN

UNE

THE

LE

LA

REMEMBER: It is the “word” itself which is either masculine or feminine. You might own a female cat, but the word for “cat” in French will always be masculine. How do you know if a word is masculine or feminine? You have to learn them!! When you learn a new noun in French, you will always learn it with the extra words “UN”, “UNE”, “LE” or “LA”. Just like you did with the words for pets.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF THE NOUN IS MASCULINE OR FEMININE. IF THE NOUN IS FEMININE, IT HAS AN EFFECT ON THE ADJECTIVE. LOOK…

UNE SOURIS GRISE

BECAUSE THE WORD FOR MOUSE IN FRENCH IS “FEMININE”, YOU MUST ADD AN “E” TO THE ADJECTIVE

THERE ARE SOME OTHER RULES TO BE AWARE OF… IF THE COLOUR ALREADY ENDS IN AN “E” YOU DO NOT NEED TO ADD ANOTHER. THERE ARE ALSO SOME COLOURS WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WITH “FEMININE” NOUNS. THE TABLE ON THE NEXT SLIDE WILL HELP YOU.

MASCULINE NOIR BLEU VERT GRIS BRUN ROUGE JAUNE ORANGE ROSE VIOLET BLANC MARRON

FEMININE NOIRE BLEUE VERTE GRISE BRUNE ROUGE JAUNE ORANGE ROSE VIOLETTE BLANCHE MARRON

EXTRA “E”

ALREADY HAS AN “E”

EXTRA LETTERS AND AN “E”

NO “E”

SOME MORE EXAMPLES..

UNE ARAIGNÉE VERTE

UNE SOURIS VIOLETTE

SOME ANIMALS CAN BE MORE THAN ONE COLOUR. HERE IS WHAT YOU DO IN FRENCH…

UN SERPENT NOIR, ROUGE, JAUNE ET VIOLET

EXERCISE 1. COPY EACH PHRASE INTO YOUR BOOK BY COMPLETING IT WITH THE CORRECT COLOUR. THINK ABOUT IF THE COLOUR NEEDS AN EXTRA “E” OR NOT.

un chat..... un cochon d’Inde.....

une souris.....

un oiseau..... un serpent..... un cheval.....

un chien..... un oiseau.....

un poisson..... et.....

un lapin..... un oiseau...............

une tortue......

EXERCISE 2: MAKE YOUR OWN POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED TODAY. FIND PICTURES OF PETS ON GOOGLE AND WRITE A DESCRIPTION IN FRENCH. AIM FOR 5 SENTENCES CORRECT FOR A LEVEL 2A.

LOOK AT THIS EXAMPLE….

J’AI UN POISSON BLANC ET ORANGE