_____________________ Les opinions L/O: To be able to give your opinion about things in French

1. _____________________ Les opinions L/O: To be able to give your opinion about things in French le la les l’ masculine femenine plural Begins with a vowel

2. In French, there are 3 ways of saying ‘the’ le la les l’ These are called the article and often, we don’t use them in English but they are always used in French. You can often tell which one to use by looking at the end of the word: Eg/ le chat – the cat la tortue – the tortoise (feminine) les chats – the cats les tortues – the tortoises (feminine) Be careful, because if a singular word starts with a vowel then the article will be l’ Generally, if the word ends in ‘e’, it will be feminine and take la. If it doesn’t, it will be masculine and take le. The plural words always take les.

3. Can you work out which word for the these words will take? Eg/ La tortue • ___ chien 9. ___ livres • ___ famille 10. ___ jupe • ___ arbre 11. ___ cahiers • ___ garçon 12. ___ oiseau • ___ fête 13. ___ étoiles • ___ filles 14. ___ bouche • ___ regle 15. ___ hamsters • ___ animal 16. ___ stylo Finished? Well done! Now can you use the dictionary to find out what these words mean? Write them next to it.

4. In French, to say that you like something, you use the verb aimer. J’aime I like… J’aime beaucoup I really like… Je n’aime pas I don’t like…

5. Now try and make up some sentences in French using the opinion verbs and these words: les chiens les serpents mon professeur mon frère le chocolat les fleurs bleu la musique pop Usher Balham Arsenal le français Eastenders les fruits les bonbons