Starter quiz
- Which letters are consonants?
- a
- d ✓
- s ✓
- u
- x ✓
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- Which words are verbs?
- play ✓
- funny
- book
- eat ✓
- chicken
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- A ______ is a word that says what someone is doing or what is happening.
- 'verb' ✓
- Which word is an adjective? "The cat drinks creamy milk from a saucer."
- cat
- from
- saucer
- creamy ✓
- the
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- The letters a, e, i, o, u belong to a group of letters called ...
- consonants
- vowels ✓
- abbreviations
- acronyms
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- Which definition matches each word?
- consonant⇔Any letter that is not a vowel. ✓
- verb⇔A word that says what someone is doing or what is happening. ✓
- adjective⇔A word that gives information about a noun. ✓
- pronoun⇔A word that replaces a noun in a sentence. ✓
Exit quiz
- Which word completes the phonics rule? Silent ______ Consonant.
- 'final' ✓
- Which words end with an SFC?
- roux ✓
- plus ✓
- carte
- nul
- foulard ✓
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- Which word or phrase should you use to say goodbye to a French person?
- France
- Bonjour
- Au revoir ✓
- Je suis
- Français
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- Match the French with the English.
- tall⇔grand ✓
- short⇔petit ✓
- French⇔français ✓
- English⇔anglais ✓
- Which sentence means 'You are French'?
- Je suis français.
- Tu es anglais.
- Tu suis français.
- Tu es français. ✓
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- What is the French for 'I am short'?
- 'Je suis petit.' ✓
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Key learning points
- Je (I) and tu (you) are pronouns. They tell us who is doing the verb or who the verb is about.
- Être means 'to be, being', je suis means 'I am' and tu es means 'you are'.
- Consonants such as -s, -t, -x and -d at the end of a word are usually silent in French.
- Four important skills for learning are: écouter (listening), lire (reading), parler (speaking) and écrire (writing).
Common misconception
Final consonants that are pronounced in English are also pronounced in French.
The letters d, s, t and x are usually silent at the end of words in French.
Keywords
Silent final consonant (sfc) - silent letter (d, s, t, x) at the end of a word
Verb - a word that communicates actions or states
Adjective - a word that gives information about a noun
Pronoun - a word that takes the place of a noun, like ‘it’, ‘you’, ‘she’
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