How Weird Is Your Family

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how weird is your

Le modal CAN

A l'écrit

A l'écrit

A l'oral

A l'oral

A l'écrit

Objectives

Les adjectifs

La réduction du "and"

Le génitif et les articles possessifs

La prononciation du -s

Le vocabulaire de la famille

Les articles possessifs

The Fandangos

Exercises

Le modal CAN

Les adjectifs

Le génitif

What can they do ?

Physical Description

Charlie's family

INDEX

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• articles
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• description
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• family
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• adjectifs
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Family members

01

1. Read the text. 2. Highlight the words related to family.

Meet Charlie's family

by Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Adapted from

Mr Bucket and Mrs Bucket are husband and wife. They have a son : his name is Charlie.

And these two very old people are the father and mother of Mrs Bucket. Their names are Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina.

These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr Bucket. Their names are Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine.

husband and wife

grandparents

grandparents

father

mother

son

grandmother

grandmother

grandfather

grandfather

Charlie's family tree

Charlie

's

AVANT

génitif

Simon is Julie's husband.

It is Simon's cat.

It is a cat.

Le possesseur est placé __________ le nom. On rajoute ____________ entre le possesseur et le nom.

Formation

Emploi

Pour exprimer la parenté et/ou la possession, j'utilise le __________.

le génitif

It's Charlie!

He is Mr and Mrs Bucket's son.

Pick someone in Charlie's family tree. Use one sentence to describe this person and let the others guess!

Guess who

Play the riddles' game.

Recap

Charlie's family

Miguel is Enrique's son

Explain the link between the two members

Practice!

the fandangos

02

Wanna discover a strange family? Click on me!

• Listen to the document
• Pick out the words you understand.

A Strange Family

Mavis

Mike

Linda

Dennis

Vlad

Dracula

Jonathan

Martha

The Fandango's Family Tree

vampire

human

wife

human

vampire

old

He is half ___________ and half __________.

Dennis Fandango

She is a _____________. She is Mike's __________.

Linda Loughran

He is very __________. He is a ____________.

Vladimir Fandango

Listen more closely...

RECAP TIME!

The Fandango's Family

THEIR

YOUR

YOUR

MY

HER

HER

HIS

HIS

possesseur

articles possessifs

OUR _________ _________

3 mots en français ... mais un seul en anglais!

_________ _________ _________ _________

notre - nos votre - vos leur - leurs

MON - MA - MES ton - ta - tes son - sa - ses son - sa - ses

En anglais, on accorde l'article possessif avec le _________________. Attention, on utilise un article différent selon si le possesseur est masculin (_________) ou féminin (__________)!

Formation

Emploi

Pour exprimer un lien de parenté et/ou la possession, je peux utiliser les __________________.

Les articles possessifs

leur, leurs

votre, vos

notre, nos

ton, ta, tes

mon, ma, mes

son, sa, ses

son, sa, ses

let's practice!

Les articles possessifs

• #000000
• 3
• 99
• non
• oui

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your his my their your her our

mon, ma ,mes ton, ta, tes son, sa, ses (fille) son, sa, ses (garçon) notre, nos votre, vos leur, leurs

• V0V8
• V1V11
• V2V12
• V3V9
• V4V10
• V5V13
• V6V7
• V14V23
• V15V21
• V16V22
• V17V26
• V18V27
• V19V25
• V20V24

2. Relie les articles possessifs au bon pronom.

I You He She We You They

their my his our your her your

1. Relie les articles possessifs à leur traduction.

our family

his father

your cousins

her aunt

my brother

their

your

my

our

her

• (à toi) _____________ car is blue.
• (à moi) ____________ hair is blond.
• (à nous) ___________ father is nice.
• (à elle) ____________ sister is young.
• (à eux) ____________ house is big.

3. Complète les phrases avec le bon pronom.

• Mon frère
• Sa tante (à elle)
• Tes cousins
• Son père (à lui)
• Notre famille

4. Traduis les expressions suivantes.

his

her

their

your

my

• I have a car ... it's __________ car
• You have a dog ... it's ________ dog
• They have a cousin ... it's _______ cousin
• She has a sister ... it's ________ sister
• He has a jacket ... it's ________ jacket

5. Transforme ces phrases en utilisant un article possessif.

a family portrait

03

Frank

Mavis

A family portrait!

Frank

blue suit

red tie

white and blue shirt

big feet

big smile

small ears

small nose

short black hair

long square face

He has a long square face and short black hair. He has a small nose, small ears and a big smile but he is ugly. He is very tall and very big. His feet are very big. He has a white and blue shirt, a red tie and a blue suit.

Frank

red shoes

black tights

black dress

straight black hair

big blue eyes

small nose

round face

She's short and she is slim. She has a round face, a small nose and big blue eyes. She has got straight black hair. She wears a black dress and black tights. She has red shoes.

Mavis

work it out!

hair

leg

nose

mouth

hand

face

foot / 2 feet

eyebrow

ear

eye

arm

big

small

fat

thin / slim

long curly

long wavy

long straight

short curly

short straight

short straight

short curly

Physical description

She's short and she is slim. She has a round face, a small nose and big blue eyes. She has got straight black hair. She wears a black dress and black tights. She has red shoes.

Mavis

He has a long square face and short black hair. He has a small nose, small ears and a big smile but he is ugly. He is very tall and very big. His feet are very big. He has a white and blue shirt, a red tie and a blue suit.

Frank

• Listen to Frank and Mavis's descriptions.
• Practice pronouncing one of the two texts!

Let's talk!

• 3 body parts
• 7 adjectives
• 2 articles possessifs
• 2 génitifs

Use at least :

Describe ONE of them using Frank's model

Choose between Murray and Dennis

Writing time

03

02

01

invariables

avant

Origine

Couleur

Forme

Age

Taille

Opinion

MATIERE

clock.

Italian

round

old

big

beautiful

It is a

hair.

black

short

She has

O T A F C O M

Si plusieurs adjectifs se suivent, on les range toujours dans un ordre précis.

Formation

Emploi

En anglais, les adjectifs qualificatifs sont ____________ et se mettent ___________ le nom.

La place des adjectifs

What can they do?

04

Describe this family

Watch the video and tick the right answers.

she doesn't care

she's angry

she's happy

he doesn't care

he's angry

he's happy

their costume

people's perception

their mother

their father

their uncle

tidy his room

wash his hands

take a shower

• What does Violet want Dash to do?
• Who got a new job?
• What needs to change about superheroes?
• How does Dash feel about this new job?
• How does Violet feel about this new job?

What CAN they do?

run fast

become invisible

shoot lasers

fly

lift heavy objects

create forcef ields

create ice

breathe underwater

stretch

control the weather

change forms

Say what these characters CAN or CAN'T do

PRACTICE time

base verbale

auxiliaire

capable

They CAN'T fly.

CAN he run very fast?

She CAN become invisible.

Forme Négative

Forme Interrogative

Forme Affirmative

CAN est un ____________________ modal : on peut s'en servir pour les questions et la forme négative!

CAN est toujours suivi d'une _____________________ : l'action concernée par la capacité!

CAN permet de dire ce que l'on est ______________ de faire.

Formation

Emploi

Le Modal CAN

• family
• =
• on
• 1

• adjectifs
• =
• on
• 4

• description
• =
• on
• 0

• articles
• =
• on
• 2

• can
• =
• on
• 3

le modal CAN

les adjectifs

les articles possessifs

Family Vocabulary

physical description

Family Vocabulary

fille

fils

daughter

son

grand-mother

frère

brother

father

père

frères et soeurs

siblings

sister

soeur

wife

femme

husband

mari

mother

mère

grand-père

grand-father

grand-mère

ok

Make pairs with the English word and the French word

Family Vocabulary

femme

père

fille

soeur

frère

mari

grand mère

grand père

fils

mère

frère/soeur

ok

Make pairs between the sound and the word.

Family Vocabulary

brother

husband

daughter

sister

wife

mother

grandmother

father

son

grandfather

Family Vocabulary

ok

drag and drop the contraries together

• daughters
• sons
• siblings
• sisters

• cousin
• mother
• sister
• sibling

• son
• daughter
• sibling
• brother

• wife
• husband
• sister
• daughter

• husband
• wife
• son
• brother

• grandparents
• parents
• cousins
• siblings

• sister
• brother
• mother
• wife

• parents
• mother
• grandparents
• cousins

XX

• siblings
• sisters
• brothers
• cousins

XX

• mother
• wife
• daugther
• sister

1. Marge is Bart's 2. Bart, Lisa and Maggie are 3. Mona and Abraham are Homer's 4. Maggie is Lisa's 5. Jackie and Clancy are Bart's 6. Homer is Marge's 7. Marge is Homer's 8. Bart is Homer and Marge's 9. Lisa and Maggie are Homer and Marge's 10. Ling is Bart's

family vocabulary

ok

Look at the family tree and choose the right word.

ok

Translate the sentences using the genitive.

• family
• =
• on

Vlad is Dennis is Mike is Linda is Martha is Mavis is Vlad is Dennis is

1. Vlad le père de Dracula. 2. Dennis est le fils de Jonathan. 3. Mike est le mari de Linda. 4. Linda est la femme de Mike. 5. Martha est la mère de Mavis. 6. Mavis est la fille de Dracula. 7. Vlad est le grand père de Dennis. 8. Dennis est le petit fils de Dracula.

family vocabulary

physical description

hair

mouth

face

body

hand

ear

arm

eye

nose

leg

foot

physical description

ok

drag and drop the body parts to their correct position.

wrong answers

right answers

small mouth

fat

ok

Look at Mavis. CLick on the expressions you need to describe her.

black dress

big mouth

pink dress

thin/slim

small eyes

long hair

big eyes

short hair

straight hair

curly hair

physical description

ok

drag and drop the adjectives to the body part they're used with

cute

square

round

scary

kind

slanted

wide

brown

green

blue

dark

fat

thin

slim

tall

small

short

red

blond

straight

wavy

long

curly

Face

Eyes

Hair

Body

physical description

BACK

start over

short

straight

tall

small

big

fat

cute

scary

long

curly

short

slim

ok

match the opposites

• #ffffff
• 3
• 99
• non
• oui

physical description

• V0V8
• V1V9
• V2V10
• V3V6
• V4V7
• V5V11

This is Martha. She has long, black . She has a pointed and small, round . She also has a small and a small , with black lipstick. She is and she is wearing a long black dress. She has long and long .

ok

complete the description of Martha.

physical description

• description
• =
• on

les articles possessifs

your

leur, leurs

son, sa, ses

son, sa, ses

votre, vos

notre, nos

ton, ta, tes

mon, ma, mes

their

our

her

his

your

my

ok

match the english articles to the french articles.

BACK

start over

• #FFFFFF
• 3
• 99
• non
• oui

articles possessifs

• V0V7
• V1V10
• V2V11
• V3V6
• V4V9
• V5V8
• V13V12

his

our

your

your

their

her

my

It is Your car

You have a car

ok

match the articles and the pronouns.

articles possessifs

his father's trousers

HER

my brother's dog

my sister's turtle

Leila's son

his mother's car

their daughter's cat

Lucy's grandfather

my friend Amy's eyes

HIS

my friend Sam's hair

their son's rabbit

John's grandmother

James's son

ok

choose the pronoun you would replace the red words with.

articles possessifs

It is cat.

ok

Look at the red word. write the right article in the new sentence.

Julie is wife.

It is computer.

It is car.

It is brother.

1. I have a brother. 2. He has a car. 3. This computer belongs to Julie. 4. Lauren and her brother have a cat. 5. Julie is Simon's wife.

articles possessifs

• articles
• =
• on

les adjectifs

Que est le mot à retenir?

les adjectifs

matière

origine

couleur

forme

âge

taille

opinion

ok

put the categories in the right order.

green

black

orange

blue

English

Irish

French

Italian

cardboard

iron

wood

plastic

square

round

straight

curly

ancient

recent

old

young

tiny

huge

small

tall

mean

nice

ugly

pretty

Matiere

Origine

Couleur

Forme

Age

Taille

Opinion

les adjectifs

ok

put the adjectives in the right category.

She

hair

black

curly

short

has

ok

put the words in the right order to form a correct sentence.

les adjectifs

pretty

1. J'ai un petit chat gris.
2. Elle a de longs cheveux blonds et raides.
3. Tu as de grands yeux bleus.
4. Il a une jolie voiture Française rouge.

ok

Translate the sentences into english.

les adjectifs

• adjectifs
• =
• on

le modal CAN

CAN peut se mettre à la forme négative

CAN est toujours suivi de la base verbale

CAN est un verbe

CAN peut se conjuguer

CAN exprime la capacité

CAN est toujours suivi du V-ing

CAN est un auxiliaire modal

wrong answers

right answers

ok

Tick the right rules for can.

Le modal CAN

very

mother

can't

shapeshift

Their

invisible

can

become

She

run

fast

can

Dash

Le modal CAN

ok

Put the words in the right order.

Bob / stretch

Dash / become invisible

Violet / create forcefields

Dash / run very fast > Dash can run very fast

Jack Jack / shapeshift

ok

Write the sentences about what they can/can't do.

Le modal CAN

No, Bob can't stretch.

No, Jack Jack can't lift heavy objects.

Yes, Jack Jack can shoot lasers.

Yes, Violet can become invisible.

Can Dash run very fast?

Yes, Dash can run very fast.

ok

Write the question that corresponds to the answer.

Le modal CAN

• can
• =
• on