Year 3 Me and others: singular 'être' and regular adjectives worksheet

“French vowels: a, e, i” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 3 French unit “Me and others: singular 'être' and regular adjectives”, for children aged 7 to 8, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 1 to 14 of the year, 14 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

French vowels: a, e, i

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 3 · French · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can tell apart the French vowel sounds [a], [e] and [i].

A Look back3 min

1.
Write the number these blocks show.
2.
7 + 5 =
3.
What time is the clock showing? Write it in words.

B Watch me, then you4 min

Listen to the word 'chat', which means cat. Find the vowel sound, and open your mouth wide.

Watch me

A grey cat sitting on a red mat in a sunny kitchen

The word 'chat' has one vowel letter, a.

Open your mouth wide, like a big 'ah'.

So the vowel sound in 'chat' is [a].

Now you

1.
Which vowel sound is in 'ananas' (pineapple)? Circle one.
[a][e][i]
2.
Which vowel sound is in 'vélo' (bike)? Circle one.
[a][e][i]

C Your turn6 min

Say each word out loud with a clear mouth shape. Circle the vowel sound you hear.

A small tidy bedroom with a bed, a pen on a desk and a bike by the door

1.
'lit' (bed). Which vowel sound is in it? Circle one.
[a][e][i]
2.
'été' (summer). Which vowel sound is in it? Circle one.
[a][e][i]
3.
'bébé' (baby). Which vowel sound is in it? Circle one.
[a][e][i]
4.
'stylo' (pen). Which vowel sound is in the 'y'? Circle one.
[a][e][i]

Say it out loud: Which vowel sound changed from one word to the next, and which sound stayed the same?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A bowl with a banana and a pineapple on a wooden table

Kit says: “French vowels sound just the same as English ones, so I can read French like English.”

1.
Kit is wrong. Tell your grown-up one French word whose vowel sounds different from English, and say how.

E Think deeper4 min

Say each word out loud first, then sort it by its vowel sound.

A pineapple on a table next to a sleeping cat on a mat

1.
Write each word under its vowel sound in the table.
chatananasvéloétélitstylo
[a] [e] [i]

How did it feel?

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For the grown-up

French vowels: a, e, i · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 25

2. 12

3. Look for: Names three o'clock, written as three o'clock or 3 o'clock.

B

1. [a]

2. [e]

C

1. [i]

2. [e] If your child circles [i], they are hearing the English 'ee' in été. Say été with a short, crisp [e] and ask again.

3. [e] If your child circles [a], they are opening the mouth too wide. Keep the lips a little more closed and say the word again.

4. [i] If your child circles [e], they are saying the 'y' as a short e. Stretch the lips wide, as for a smile, and try [i] again.

D

1. Look for: Names a French word and says its vowel sound is different from English, for example banane with a wide open [a]. If your child says the vowels are the same, say 'banane' aloud and ask them to open the mouth very wide for the [a].

E

1. [a]: chat, ananas · [e]: vélo, été · [i]: lit, stylo If your child puts 'stylo' under [e], the 'y' is being read as a short e. Stretch the lips wide, as for a smile, and say 'stylo' again.

Words to use

Say“StudyDen says each French word aloud, so you do not need to. Listen together and copy each mouth shape: wide for [a], a little closed for [e], a smile for [i].”

Instead of“Say the French words in an English accent, tell them the answer is right, and move on.”

After the sheet

Say the English 'cat', then the French 'chat', and ask which vowel sounded different. Then try 'baby' and 'bébé'.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

13 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Classroom verbs and vowels(with a plan)
Je suis: saying who you are(with a plan)
Taking the register(with a plan)
Questions with your voice(with a plan)
Ça va ? Is it going OK?(with a plan)
What you are like(with a plan)
Who is it, la or le?(with a plan)
Friends with -e words(with a plan)
What is he or she like?(with a plan)
It's Monday in French(with a plan)
I'm brave! Words ending -eux(with a plan)
Matthieu and the -eux sound(with a plan)
Silent letters at Christmas(with a plan)

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