Year 5 Me and others: plural 'être' and regular adjectives worksheet

“Who and how questions” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 5 French unit “Me and others: plural 'être' and regular adjectives”, for children aged 9 to 10, 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 10 of the year, 10 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Who and how questions

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 5 · French · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can ask questions with qui and comment at the end of a sentence.

A Look back3 min

1.
Count the dots. Circle the French number for how many there are.
undeuxtroisquatre
2.
Look at the green swatch on the right. Circle its French word.
vertjaunerougebleu
3.
Count the dots. Circle the French number for how many there are.
septneufhuitsix

B Watch me, then you4 min

Leo is new in class. He sees a girl by the door and wants to know who she is. He puts qui at the end of his question.

Watch me

A blue school bag with a name label hanging on a peg by a classroom door

Qui goes at the end of the question.

C'est qui ? means 'Who is it?'

Answer: C'est Mia. It means 'It is Mia.'

Now you

1.
Ask 'What is she like?' Start with Elle est. Choose the right question word and put it at the end. Write the whole question.

C Your turn7 min

Circle the question word, or write the whole question. Notice where the question word goes.

A school gate with a wooden bench and a backpack on it

1.
C'est ... ? (What is it like?) Circle the word that goes in the gap.
quicomment
2.
C'est ... ? (Who is it?) Circle the word that goes in the gap.
quicomment
3.
Il s'appelle ... ? (What is his name?) Write the whole question.
4.
Ils sont ... ? (Who are they?) Write the whole question.

Say it out loud: Say it out loud: which word goes at the end, and which one means who and which means how?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A teddy bear sitting on a small classroom chair

Kit says: “To ask ‘Who is it?’ I say: C'est comment ?”

1.
Kit has used the wrong word. Which word should Kit use? Circle it.
quicomment

E Think deeper3 min

Two school bags hanging on coat pegs, one red and one green

1.
Write two questions about a new classmate. One ends with qui and one ends with comment. Use C'est or Elle est. Question 1: Question 2:

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Who and how questions · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. quatre

2. vert

3. neuf

B

1. Look for: Elle est comment, with comment as the last word, after Elle est.

C

1. comment If they circle qui, they have picked the who word. Comment means how, and this asks what it is like. Say both words aloud and point to the English.

2. qui If they circle comment, they have picked the how word. Who is it needs qui at the end. Ask: is the English asking who, or how?

3. Look for: Il s'appelle comment, with comment as the last word.

4. Look for: Ils sont qui, with qui as the last word. If they write comment, check the English. Who are they asks who, so the word is qui. Ask them to say the question aloud with qui at the end.

D

1. qui If they circle comment, they have repeated Kit's mistake. Comment means how. Who is it asks who, so the word is qui. Ask the child to read Kit's line aloud, then the right line.

E

1. Look for: Two questions about one new person, one ending in qui and one ending in comment.

Words to use

Say“Listen to the app first, since StudyDen plays the French words aloud. Then ask: which word goes at the end, and does it mean who or how?”

Instead of“Translate every answer for them, or tell them the answer before they have tried.”

After the sheet

At teatime, point to a photo on the fridge and ask 'C'est qui ?' in French. Answer with a name, then swap roles.

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

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

Soura the mouse(with a plan)
We are: describing ourselves(with a plan)
Birthdays and numbers to 31(with a plan)
Birthdays in French(with a plan)
Dates with quel and quelle(with a plan)
Cousins and vous êtes(with a plan)
Ils sont, elles sont(with a plan)
Ils or elles in class(with a plan)
Christmas in Haiti(with a plan)

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