Year 5 Celebrations in France and Haiti: plural -ER verbs, est-ce que, negation worksheet

“Christmas verbs: nous and vous” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 5 French unit “Celebrations in France and Haiti: plural -ER verbs, est-ce que, negation”, for children aged 9 to 10, and takes about 22 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 11 to 16 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Christmas verbs: nous and vous

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 5 · French · about 22 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can say what we and you do at Christmas, using the -ons and -ez endings.

A Look back3 min

1.
The sky is blue. Circle the French word for blue.
bleuvertrouge
2.
Circle the French word for this number.
sixsepthuit
3.
Circle the French for this time.
il est trois heuresil est quatre heuresil est cinq heures

B Watch me, then you4 min

A family in France is getting ready for Christmas. Read the example, then try the two sentences yourself.

A Christmas tree with wrapped presents underneath it in a warm room

Watch me

Décorer means to decorate. Take off -er to get décor-.

For nous, add -ons: nous décorons. For vous, add -ez: vous décorez.

Nous décorons le sapin. (We decorate the tree.)

Now you

1.
Circle the right form. Nous (chercher) des cadeaux. (We look for some presents.)
cherchonscherchezcherchechercher
2.
Circle the right form. Vous (chanter) ce soir. (You sing tonight.)
chantezchantonschantechanter

C Your turn6 min

Circle the form that goes with the pronoun. Only one thing changes in each row.

1.
Circle the right form. Nous (chanter) des chansons de Noël. (We sing Christmas songs.)
chantonschantezchantechanter
2.
Circle the right form. Vous (chanter) des chansons de Noël. (You sing Christmas songs.)
chantonschantezchantechanter
3.
Circle the right form. Vous (préparer) le repas de Noël. (You prepare the Christmas meal.)
préparonspréparezpréparepréparer
4.
Circle the right form. Nous (préparer) le repas de Noël. (We prepare the Christmas meal.)
préparonspréparezpréparepréparer

Say it out loud: Which word changed from the row above? Did the ending change with it?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “Nous chantez des chansons de Noël.”

1.
Which sentence is correct? Circle one.
Nous chantons des chansons de Noël.Nous chantez des chansons de Noël.

E Think deeper4 min

Think about what your family does at Christmas. Write one sentence with nous and one with vous. Use a different -er verb in each one.

Paper lanterns with candles hanging from a branch at dusk

1.
Write your two sentences and underline each ending. Then say vous chantez and chanter aloud. Do the two endings sound the same or different?

How did it feel?

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For the grown-up

Christmas verbs: nous and vous · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. bleu If they circled vert or rouge, they are mixing up colour words. Point to the swatch and say the French word aloud together.

2. sept If they chose six or huit, count the dots again with them, touching each one and saying the number aloud.

3. il est trois heures If they chose quatre, check the hour hand. It points at the number itself, not the one after it.

B

1. cherchons If they circled cherchez, they used the vous ending for nous. Ask who the sentence is about, then find the matching ending.

2. chantez If they circled chantons, they kept the nous ending. Change the pronoun first, then choose the ending that goes with it.

C

1. chantons If they circled chantez, they used the vous ending. Look at nous first, because nous always takes -ons.

2. chantez If they circled chantons, they kept the nous ending. Change the pronoun to vous, then change the ending to -ez.

3. préparez If they circled préparons, they used the nous ending. This row starts with vous, and vous takes -ez.

4. préparons If they circled préparez, they kept the vous ending from the row above. This row starts with nous, so it takes -ons.

D

1. Nous chantons des chansons de Noël. If they circled Kit's sentence, they accepted the vous ending with nous. Say both sentences aloud and listen: nous takes -ons.

E

1. Look for: One sentence with nous and an -ons ending, one with vous and an -ez ending, two different -er verbs, and a note that -ez and -er sound the same.

Words to use

Say“Say the pronoun first, then find its ending. Nous takes -ons and vous takes -ez. StudyDen reads the French aloud in the app, so you do not need to speak French. Every answer is on the item.”

Instead of“Tell them French verbs just have to be learnt by heart, with no pattern.”

After the sheet

At dinner, ask your child what the family does at Christmas, using nous, for example: Nous mangeons ensemble. Then ask them to say the English.

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

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

Tu or vous?(with a plan)
Ils or elles? Who is in the group?(with a plan)
Asking questions in French(with a plan)
Saying What You Don't Do(with a plan)
The ne … pas sandwich(with a plan)

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