Year 6 Where I am going: 'aller' singular persons, où est-ce que worksheet

“Going north in French” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 6 French unit “Where I am going: 'aller' singular persons, où est-ce que”, for children aged 10 to 11, and takes about 21 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 4 to 6 of the year, 3 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Going north in French

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 6 · French · about 21 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can say where someone is going using je vais and il va, and write compass points with a capital letter.

A Look back3 min

1.
Draw a line from each French colour to its English word.
rougebleuvert
greenredblue
2.
How many dots are there? Circle the French word for the number.
cinqseptneufsix
3.
Circle the French word for the colour shown.
jaunenoirblancrouge

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola is planning a trip. She wants to go north. Here is how to say it in French.

Watch me

Ola says: je vais dans le Nord. (I am going north.)

After dans le, the compass point names a region, so it starts with a capital letter.

Nord, Est, Sud, Ouest mean north, east, south, west.

Now you

1.
Elle va dans … (she is going south). Circle the right words.
le Sudle sudle Nord

C Your turn7 min

Read each row. Check who is going and which way they go.

1.
I am going north. Circle the right words: … dans le Nord.
je vaisil vaelle va
2.
He is going north. Circle the right words: … dans le Nord.
je vaisil vaelle va
3.
He is going east. Il va dans … Circle the right direction.
l'Estl'estle Estle Sud
4.
She is going west. Write this in French.

Say it out loud: What changed from the row above, and what stayed the same?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A paper map of Canada lying flat on a kitchen table beside a pencil

Kit says: “Elle va dans le sud.”

1.
Write Kit's sentence correctly.

E Think deeper3 min

A small aeroplane flying above green fields and a winding river toward a far hill

1.
Write your own sentence with il va and a compass point. Then tell your grown-up why the point starts with a capital letter.

How did it feel?

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For the grown-up

Going north in French · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. rouge → red; bleu → blue; vert → green If a colour is joined to the wrong word, point to the swatch and say its French word aloud. Then match again.

2. sept If they circled a different number word, count the dots again one at a time. Say each number in French as you touch it.

3. jaune If they circled rouge, they know a colour word but not this one. Look at the swatch again and say the colour in English first.

B

1. le Sud If they circled le sud, the words are right but the S is small. Point to the empty box at the bottom of the compass and ask which letter starts Sud.

C

1. je vais If they circled il va, they picked the form for he. Ask who is going: I, so je vais.

2. il va If they circled je vais, they used I. Check who is going first: he, so il va.

3. l'Est If they circled l'est, the letter is small. After dans, Est names a region, so it starts with a capital E. Before a vowel it is l'Est.

4. Look for: Elle va dans l'Ouest, with l' before Ouest and a capital O on Ouest. If the direction starts with a small letter, rewrite it with a capital O, as in Ouest. If they used je vais, check who is going: she.

D

1. Look for: Elle va dans le Sud, with a capital S on Sud. Kit has the verb right, but the direction is written small. Point to the S and ask which letter should be big.

E

1. Look for: A sentence with il va and a capital-letter compass point, plus a reason.

Words to use

Say“StudyDen plays the French words aloud, so listen together. Check the capital letter on every compass point.”

Instead of“Say the French words yourself and move on without checking the capitals.”

After the sheet

At the table, sketch a compass with a pencil. Point north and say 'je vais dans le Nord'. Then swap: you name a direction and they say the sentence with je vais or il va.

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

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

Where am I going?(with a plan)
Places in town(with a plan)

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