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Ma famille et mes animaux

In French every noun is masculine or feminine, and the words around it have to agree. Family vocabulary is the easiest place to make that habit stick.

Part of your national curriculum
  • Grammar and vocabulary: Use accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation, including gender, agreement and word order as appropriate to the language

Lesson overview

What you'll learn in this lesson

Use accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation, including gender, agreement and word order as appropriate to the language

Key learning points

  • • Family words come in pairs
  • • Adjectives agree too
  • • Describing personality

This lesson at a glance

  • 25 minutes
  • 15 parts to scroll through
  • 4 quick checks
  • Marked quiz at the end
  • Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses

Words to know

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Ma famille et mes animaux

An English teaching video on this topic from tialela99. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.

In a nutshell

Use accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation, including gender, agreement and word order as appropriate to the language

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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 1 of 2

Part 1 · Family words come in pairs

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Learn

Family words come in pairs

mon père / ma mère (my father / my mother), mon frère / ma sœur (my brother / my sister), mon grand-père / ma grand-mère. Mon goes with masculine words, ma with feminine ones, and mes with any plural: mes parents, mes deux sœurs.

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Adjectives agree too

Mon frère est grand. Ma sœur est grande. The feminine usually adds -e, and the plural adds -s: mes frères sont grands. Some adjectives already end in -e and do not change: mon frère est calme, ma sœur est calme.

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Quick check

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Quick check

Which is correct?

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Quick check

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Quick check

Complete: 'Ma sœur est ___.' (sporty)

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Reset break

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Pause

That's sitting 1 of 2 done

Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.

Stop here for now
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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 2 of 2

Part 2 · Describing personality

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Describing personality

amusant(e) funny, bavard(e) chatty, gentil / gentille kind, sportif / sportive sporty, timide shy. The two-form adjectives (gentil/gentille, sportif/sportive) are worth learning as pairs rather than as rules.

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Quick check

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Quick check

What does 'bavarde' mean?

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Quick check

Part 11 of 15

Quick check

Which word would you use before 'parents'?

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Part 12 of 15

Worked example

Model paragraph

Dans ma famille il y a quatre personnes. Ma mère est très gentille et un peu bavarde. Mon frère est sportif mais il est timide. J'ai aussi un chat noir qui s'appelle Luna. Every adjective here matches the person it describes — check each one and you will see the -e appear only for the feminine.

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Challenge round

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Game · Sort it

Which of these are true?

Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.

True

Not true

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Mastery quiz

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Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: Ma famille et mes animaux

4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.

  1. 1. Which is correct?

  2. 2. Complete: 'Ma sœur est ___.' (sporty)

  3. 3. What does 'bavarde' mean?

  4. 4. Which word would you use before 'parents'?

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Lesson round-up

Ready when you are

Quiz score

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Games

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Points this lesson

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Best run

0 in a row

Luna: 0 out of 4 on the practice checks. Only if you feel up to it — one more?

Ask Luna

Do the work

Your written work for this lesson

This is the part you'd do in your book at school. Pick the pieces below, write here or on paper, and photograph anything you draw or work out.

Extract

Une journée à Lyon

Samedi matin, je me lève à sept heures et demie. Je prends le petit déjeuner avec ma sœur — du pain, du beurre et un chocolat chaud. Ensuite, nous prenons le bus jusqu'au centre-ville.

J'aime beaucoup Lyon parce qu'il y a un grand marché près du fleuve. Ma sœur préfère les magasins, mais moi, je préfère le marché : c'est moins cher et c'est plus intéressant. À midi, nous mangeons un sandwich au parc.

L'après-midi, il commence à pleuvoir, alors nous rentrons à la maison en tram. Le soir, je fais mes devoirs et je regarde un film avec mes parents.

Original text written for Good Learning Co.

Reading questions

  1. In English, say what the writer does in the morning, at midday and in the evening.
  2. Find the phrases that give an opinion and a reason, and copy them out.
  3. Write 8–10 sentences about your own Saturday, using at least three phrases from the text.

  • Written practice

    Writing

    Write the sentences out in the language, then translate them back into English.

    8–10 sentences

  • Vocabulary page

    Working out

    Copy the new words, cover them, and test yourself. Note the ones you keep missing.

    15 words

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    Use accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation, including gender, agreement and word order as appropriate to the language

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