AC9LF6U02 Years 5 to 6 Languages

Content descriptor use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

Elaborations

• • Elaboration beginning to use all forms of the present tense of regular ‘-er’, ‘-ir’ and ‘-re’ verbs and of high-frequency irregular verbs such as avoir, être, aller and faire
• • Elaboration playing games such as ‘matching pairs’ to reinforce grammatical rules, for example, nouns and subject pronouns Jean travaille: il travaille; Marianne aime le fromage: elle aime le fromage; and pairing subject with a conjugated verb, nous parlons, tu manges, il finit
• • Elaboration using the indicative plus the infinitive, for example, J’aime jouer au tennis, il sait conduire and le futur proche, for example, Je vais partir.
• • Elaboration becoming familiar with and using, with support, le passé composé, for example, J’ai mangé trois biscuits; Elle a dormi sous les étoiles.
• • Elaboration recognising l’imparfait denotes the past when encountered in familiar expressions and scaffolded language contexts, for example, Il était une fois …; C’était …; Il faisait chaud; Il avait 60 ans.
• • Elaboration using a range of nouns including more unusual plural forms (les bureaux, les choux-fleurs, mes grands-parents, etc.) and more complex adjectives (beau, belle, beaux, belles, etc.) and possessive forms such as mon, ma, mes; ton, ta, tes; son, sa, ses
• • Elaboration formulating questions using est-ce que …, the inverted form of the verb, or changed intonation, for example, Est-ce que tu as un chien? As-tu un chien? Tu as un chien?

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• • Elaboration understanding and using negative constructions such as Tu ne viens pas ce soir?, including recognition of the use of de after a negative verb form, for example, Je n’ai pas de photos, Je ne mange jamais de choux de Bruxelles.
• • Elaboration developing a range of adverbs to elaborate or accentuate meaning using sentence builder charts, for example, Il parle si doucement; Moi j’écoute attentivement.
• • Elaboration using knowledge of suffixes and prefixes to assist comprehension in texts, for example, agréable, désagréable, venir, revenir, cuisine, cuisinier, trembler, tremblement
• • Elaboration using an increasing range of noun adjective agreements with support, including adjective agreements that come before the noun, such as adjectives of beauty, age, goodness, size (BAGS), for example, la belle maison