1. MAJICK French ER Verbs Use language skills to understand new words.
Spot patterns in language.
Correctly follow a grammatical rule.
Extend sentences by adding additional information.
MAJICK French provides resources and ideas on how to teach French. This Powerpoint does not represent an entire lesson plan but rather something that can be adapted for the demands of each teacher and teaching environment.
The notes at the bottom of each page provide ideas on how to use the resources. The Powerpoint is better viewed in slide show view and some of the features will not work unless this view is used.

2. Match up the French and English
1. danser
a. to telephone
2. téléphoner
b. to play football
3. regarder la télé
c. to sing
4. écouter de la musique
d. to dance
5. jouer au foot
e. to eat a banana
6. chanter
f. to study
7. étudier
g. to watch TV
Pupils match up the French with the English, concentrating on their knowledge of cognates and using other skills (words they know already – AIMER from J’AIME, and length of clues etc.). Pupils that finish quickly can look at the words and see if they can find a link between the French clues (ANSWER = they all contain an ER verb). When going through, tap the board to reveal the answers.
8. parler avec mon ami
h. to listen to music
9. manger une banane
i. to like
10. aimer
j. to speak with my friend

3. ER verbs Je danse. Je téléphon_. Je joue au basket. Je jouER.
Tu danses.
Tu joues au basket.
Tu étudi_ _.
Tu mangER
Il écoute de la musique.
Elle joue au volleyball.
Elle parlER.
Il mang_ une banane.
Nous parl_ _ _.
Nous jouons au rugby.
Nous regardER
Nous regardons la télé
Elicit meaning of speech bubbles. Ask pupils what happens to the verb.
Click the board to show a second set of speech bubbles. Ask pupils to spot similarities between the first and second set. Use the back and forward arrows to navigate back and forth.
On the third set of speech bubbles the endings are missing. Elicit endings from pupils, either asking individual pupils for the answers or as whole class response using mini whiteboards.
On the fourth set of speech bubbles, pupils have to take off the ER first before adding the correct ending.
What is important at this stage is that pupils understand that the ER must be taken off and an ending added.
Vous écout_ _.
Vous étudiER
Vous regardez la télé.
Vous jouez au rugby.
Ils chantent.
Elles dans _ _ _.
Elles aimER.
Ils jouent au foot.

4. Cut-up verbs 1 Cut out a subject word. 2
Choose a verb and chop off the ER. 3
Choose the correct ending.
je (=I) – e
nous (= we) – ons
tu (= you) – es
vous (= you) – ez
il (= he) – e
ils (= they) – ent
elle (= she) – e
elles (= they) – ent 4
Hand out the cut-up verbs sheet (slide 5). Pupils follow the instructions to make phrases using ER verbs. Before they start revise why there are two words for ‘you’ and two words for ‘they’. Less-able pupils should just focus on the subject and verbs and forget about the compliments. Pupils that finish quickly could write a set of rules of what to do to correctly form ER verbs (First choose the subject, then take the verb, chop off the ER etc.)
If you feel confident add on a compliment. 5
Stick the whole sentence in your book and write what it means. 6
How many sentences can you form?

5. je tu il
elle
Paul
nous
vous
ma mère
ils
elles
Sue
mes frères
moi et mes amis
James et John
SUBJECTS
VERBS
étudi er
jou er
parl er
regard er
dans er
arriv er
aim er
chant er
écout er
ENDINGS e es
ons ez
ent
mang er
COMPLIMENTS
de la musique
la télé
le dessin
avec amis
une banane
au tennis
à la disco
les maths
le professeur

6. le professeur = the teacher
Mini whiteboards
Endings
je – e
tu – es
il/elle – e
nous – ons
vous – ez
ils/elles - ent
Verbs
adorer = love
aimer = like
chanter = sing
danser = dance
détester = hate
écouter = listen
étudier = study
jouer = play
manger = eat
parler = talk
regarder = watch
téléphoner = phone
Subjects
je = I
tu = you (s)
il = he
elle = she
nous = we
vous = you (pl)
ils = they (m)
elles = they (f)
Compliments
au foot = football
avec = with
la télé = TV
le professeur = the teacher
Say a sentence in English (“I sing” or “we play” etc.) and pupils have to write the answer on their mini whiteboard.
Gradually increase the difficulty (“My brother plays”, “My sister and I watch”) to get them thinking about which ending to use and get more able pupils to add on a compliment or to add in a time for their activity.
Start to take away the support from the board so that pupils have to work from memory.

7. Can you make up a puzzle with missing letters for your partner?
What’s missing? 1
J_ jou_ 2
N_us éc_ut_ns 3
Vous r_gard_z
Can you make up a puzzle with missing letters for your partner? 4
Tu dan_e_ 5
_ll_s ador_nt
This activity makes a good starter for a follow up lesson on ER verbs. Pupils have to fill in the gaps with the correct letter. It could be done in books or pupils writing the letter they think on a mini whiteboard. 6
Ils cha_te_t 7
Sally _cout_ 8
Moi et mo_ ami aimo_s

8. Dice game 1 = I 2 = you (singular) 3 = he OR she 4 = we
5 = you (plural)
6 = they
1 = play
2 = dance
3 = watch
4 = study
5 = phone
6 = like
Click on the board to roll the dice. Pupils make a phrase based on the numbers that appear. i.e. 2 and 4 would be “tu études”. Get pupils to spell out the ending and emphasise that the ‘e’, ‘es’ and ‘ent’ endings are silent.
As an extension pupils can be encouraged to add extra details onto the end of the phrases.

9. ER verbs ER verbs je – e nous – ons tu – es vous – ez il/elle – e
Je __________ (talk)
Tu __________ (watch)
Il __________ (cook)
Elle __________ (hate)
Nous __________ (dance)
Vous __________ (sing)
Ils ___________ (listen)
Mes sœurs ___________ (like)
ER verbs
je – e
nous – ons
tu – es
vous – ez
il/elle – e
ils/elles – ent
Verbs
aimer = like
chanter = sing
cuisiner = cook
danser = dance
détester = hate
écouter = listen
étudier = study
jouer = play
parler = talk
regarder = watch
Compliments
au foot = football
avec = with
car c’est= because it’s
la télé = TV
le professeur = the teacher
Pupils complete the gap fill with the correct verb and remember to conjugate it correctly. Pupils improve their sentences by adding a correct compliment.
Pupils play the dice game in pairs. They use the six persons of the verb as 1-6 on the first dice and choose six verbs for the second dice. The activity can either be a writing activity where pupils write down their answers, or a game where they score the number of points on the dice if they get the phrase correct.
Play the dice game in pairs adding a compliment to improve your sentence

10. Battleships Play Talk Don’t like Watch You (singular) My brother We
Split the pupils into two teams. Pupils make sentences to connect the part of the verb with the compliment. Tap on the square to reveal if the pupil has found a battleship and score accordingly.
They (girls)
= 2 points
= 3 points
= 5 points

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