Year 3 Numbers: 'il y a', plural nouns worksheet

“Counting to twelve in French” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 3 French unit “Numbers: 'il y a', plural nouns”, 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 31 to 34 of the year, 4 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Counting to twelve in French

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

Today I can count to twelve in French and say how many things there are with il y a.

A Look back3 min

1.
Which French colour is this? Circle the word.
rougebleuvertjaune
2.
Join each French colour to its English word.
vertjaune
yellowgreen
3.
Which French colour is this? Circle the word.
bleunoirblanc

B Watch me, then you4 min

A fruit bowl is on the table. Count the dots, then say the number in French.

A white bowl of fruit on a kitchen table, drawn simply

Watch me

French numbers 1 to 12: un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze.

Count the dots: 3. Trois means three.

Il y a trois pommes means there are three apples.

Now you

1.
How many dots? Write the French number.
2.
How many dots? Write the French number.

C Your turn6 min

Count the dots. Circle the French word for the number.

1.
How many dots? Circle the French word.
undeuxtroisquatre
2.
How many dots? Circle the French word.
troiscinqseptneuf
3.
How many dots? Circle the French word.
septhuitneufdix
4.
How many dots? Circle the French word.
dixonzedouzesept

Say it out loud: Say each answer as a sentence, like il y a deux pommes. Which letter at the end of pommes do you not say?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “Trois is spelt t-r-w-a, because it makes a wah sound.”

1.
How is trois really spelt? Write the letters.

E Think deeper3 min

1.
Look at the ten dots. Write one sentence with il y a and a noun ending in s. Tell your grown-up what it means.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Counting to twelve in French · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. rouge

2. vert → green; jaune → yellow

3. bleu

B

1. Look for: The French word six, spelt s-i-x, for the number 6. If they wrote cinq (5), they counted the full row and missed the dot below it. Ask them to touch each dot as they count.

2. Look for: The French word huit, spelt h-u-i-t, for the number 8.

C

1. deux

2. cinq

3. neuf If they circled huit (8), they counted 3 + 3 + 2 and missed one dot. Ask them to count the last row again.

4. douze If they circled onze (11), they counted 4 + 4 + 3 and stopped one dot short. Ask them to touch each row of four.

D

1. Look for: t-r-o-i-s, using the letters o and i, with no w. If they keep a w, say the wa sound is spelt oi, as in trois. Ask them to tap the letters o then i while saying trois aloud.

E

1. Look for: A sentence starting Il y a, using dix and a noun with an s at the end.

Words to use

Say“Point to each dot and say the French number out loud before anyone writes it. StudyDen plays each French word aloud in the app, so listen together first.”

Instead of“Tell them the French word straight away, or say the English number and move on.”

After the sheet

At the table, put three apples in a bowl and say Il y a trois pommes together. Then add one more apple and say it again, changing only the number.

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

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

Il y a, not il a(with a plan)
Some things, and how many?(with a plan)
How many? Il y a(with a plan)

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