Year 6: avoir ou être?

Je               suis                               I am

Tu               es                                 You are

Il/elle/on    est                               He / she is / one is

Nous           sommes                          We are

Vous            êtes                              You are

Ils/elles      sont                              They are

AVOIR – TO HAVE

J'               ai                                 I have

Tu               as                                 You have

Il/elle/on    a                                  He / she is / one has

Nous           avons                            We have

Vous            avez                              You have

Ils/elles      ont                                They have

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Click on the link below to play the game, try to catch the bananas for the monkey!
 JE SUIS un singe, J'AI une banane!!

http://www.swfme.com/view/1235892

Year 3: sounds "c","k", "qu" and "ch"

1. Practise repeating the following words at home. Listen to the recording to see if you were right!
2. Write the words in your vocabulary book in French and in English.

1. une carte - a card

2. un canard - a duck

3. un ski - a ski

4. un perroquet - a parrot

5. une équipe - a team

6. une poche - a pocket

7. un cheval - a horse

8. un chalet - a chalet

9. cache-cache - hide and seek

10. du chocolat - chocolate

Now listen the the pronunciation of the words!

Audio recording and upload >>

Can you try the following tongue-twister?

"Le casque du chat et le masque du chien"

Year 4: age

Year 5: learn numbers

1 un                 11 onze                    30 trente
2 deux              12 douze                 31 trente-et-un
3 trois               13 treize                 40 quarante
4 quatre            14 quatorze            
5 cinq               15 quinze                
6 six                  16 seize                 
7 sept                 17 dix-sept           
8 huit                  18 dix-huit           
9 neuf                 19 dix-neuf          
10 dix                 20 vingt               

Year 6: food rap and food game

6C food and verb rap!



J'ai du lait
Tu as un pain au chocolat
Nous avons du saucisson
Vous avez du poulet
Elles ont du poisson

What is the correct form of "some" for the following words? Play the game!

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Year 3: sounds 'a' and 'an'

1. Practise repeating the following words at home. Listen to the recording to see if you were right!
2. Write the words in your vocabulary book in French and in English.

'A' and 'AN/EN'
1. un ami - a friend
2. papa - dad
3. maman - mum
4. un chat - a cat
5. une glace - an ice-cream
6. janvier - January
7. une jambe - a leg
8. blanc - white
9. un enfant - a child
10. un éléphant - an elephant


Audio recording >>

EXTRA: Now can you try the following tongue twister??
Santé n'est pas sans T.
Maladie est sans T.



Here is a little video on how to make the sound 'AN/EN'. Bonne chance!

Year 4: numbers 0-30

1 un                 11 onze                    21 vingt-et-un
2 deux              12 douze                 22 vingt-deux
3 trois               13 treize                  23 vingt-trois
4 quatre            14 quatorze             24 vingt-quatre
5 cinq               15 quinze                25 vingt-cinq
6 six                  16 seize                  26 vingt-six
7 sept                 17 dix-sept             27 vingt-sept
8 huit                  18 dix-huit            28 vingt-huit
9 neuf                 19 dix-neuf           29 vingt-neuf
10 dix                 20 vingt                30 trente

Year 5: Virelangues challenge

1. Verre plein, je te bois, verre vide, je te plains.

2. Il était une fois, un homme de foi qui vendait du foie dans la ville de Foix.

3. Un chasseur sachant chasser sans son chien est un bon chasseur.

4. Tatie, ton thé t'a-t-il oté ta toux?

5. Ce goulu a voulu tout ce qu'il a vu sur le menu.

6. Ces Basques se passent ce casque jusqu'à ce que ce casque se casse.

7. C'est trop tard pour le tram trente-trois.

8. Cinq chiens chassent six chats.

9. Didon dîna, dit-on, du dos d'un dodu dindon.

10. Je veux et j'exige d'exquises excuses.

Listen to the recording to help you pronounce them!!


Audio recording and upload >>

Watch the video for a few more tips:

Year 4 conversations: one more character!

Can you write in your book what information you are finding out about the "person"?

Years 4, 5 and 6: French Phonetics

We often think of French as difficult to pronounce. This is because we need to place our mouth differently when we make the French sounds. This takes practice of course!
Think that it is the same for a French person learning English! :)
Have a go at the following presentation and practise the sounds:

Key French sounds & spellings from Jo Rhys-Jones

Here is a funny video of the French Pink Panther trying to pronounce English words... Not easy for him either! (I hope you are doing better at the French sounds!!)

Year 4: conversations. Can you write down in your book what the different characters say?

What does the koala say?

Year 3: French alphabet

Year 3: the French speaking countries

Which French speaking countries have you visited? Which countries did you not know spoke French??

Year 4: The French cognates

Do you remember what COGNATE means?
Can you find more from other languages too?

Here is a funny video on French cognates! Enjoy!

Welcome to the French blog 2013-14!!

Welcome to all!

This is the new French blog 2013-14... and it is still under construction!

If you would like to play some French games, look at the work of the boys next year or simply brush up on your French, you can visit last year's blog on http://frenchucsjb.blogspot.co.uk/

Au revoir!

Mrs C