Year 4 What I and others like: opinion verbs worksheet

“Mon, ma, ton and ta” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 4 French unit “What I and others like: opinion verbs”, for children aged 8 to 9, 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 15 to 18 of the year, 4 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Mon, ma, ton and ta

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 4 · French · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can use 'mon', 'ma', 'ton' and 'ta' with 'aimer' to say what I and you like.

A Look back3 min

1.
What colour is this? Circle the French word.
rougebleuvert
2.
How many counters are there? Circle the French number.
cinqseptneuf
3.
Count the counters. Circle the French number.
deuxtroishuit

B Watch me, then you4 min

Mia likes her cat and her house. Look at the picture, then read the French.

A grey cat sitting beside a small house with a green door

Watch me

Chat is masculine (le chat), so 'my' is mon: mon chat.

Maison is feminine (la maison), so 'my' is ma: ma maison.

J'aime mon chat et ma maison. (I like my cat and my house.)

Now you

1.
Tu aimes ___ chien. (your dog; chien is masculine) Circle the right word.
tonta
2.
Circle the word for 'my brother' (frère is masculine).
monma

C Your turn6 min

Circle the right word. First check: is the noun masculine or feminine?

A cat, a dog, a small house and a red bag on a table

1.
Circle the word for 'my bag' (sac is masculine).
monma
2.
Circle the word for 'my sister' (sœur is feminine).
monma
3.
Circle the word for 'your dog' (chien is masculine).
tonta
4.
Tu aimes ___ maison. (your house)
tonta

Say it out loud: What did you check first each time, and which word did that tell you to use?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “Ma chat is my cat.”

1.
Circle the correct French for Kit's cat.
mon chatma chat

E Think deeper3 min

A small house with a blue door and a tree beside it

1.
Say maison and frère out loud. Do the letters ai and è make the same sound? Tell your grown-up, then write another word from this page with ai.

How did it feel?

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For the grown-up

Mon, ma, ton and ta · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. rouge If your child circles bleu, the colour names have been mixed up. Point to the red swatch and say rouge.

2. sept If your child circles neuf, they have probably miscounted. Touch each counter as you count aloud: un, deux, trois, and so on to sept.

3. trois If your child circles deux, they have counted one short. Touch each counter as you say un, deux, trois.

B

1. ton If your child circles ta, they have used the feminine word. Chien is masculine, so ton. Ask: is chien masculine or feminine?

2. mon If your child circles ma, they have matched the word to the wrong noun. Frère is masculine, so mon frère.

C

1. mon If your child circles ma, check the noun again. Sac is masculine, so mon sac.

2. ma If your child circles mon, they have treated sœur as masculine. Sœur is feminine, so ma sœur.

3. ton If your child circles ta, chien is masculine, so the word is ton. Ask: masculine or feminine?

4. ta If your child circles ton, they have looked at the verb, not the noun. Maison is feminine, so ta maison.

D

1. mon chat If your child circles ma chat, they have used the feminine word. Chat is masculine, so mon chat. Ask: masculine or feminine?

E

1. Look for: Says ai and è sound the same, and writes another word with ai from the page, such as aime or aimes.

Words to use

Say“Check the noun first, then pick mon or ma, or ton or ta. Answers are on each item, and StudyDen plays the French words aloud in the app.”

Instead of“Say 'just learn the list' and skip asking whether the noun is masculine or feminine.”

After the sheet

Point to five objects at home. Ask your child to name each one in French and say whether it is masculine or feminine before choosing mon or ma.

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:

My friend and -er verbs(with a plan)
Saying what I love(with a plan)
Animal opinions(with a plan)

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