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Year 6 · Languages · School and hobbies · Lesson 3

Hobbies

French hobbies with jouer (au/aux for sports and games, du/de la for instruments) and faire (du/de la for activities), plus lire and écouter, with opinions.

Whiteboard video lesson: Hobbies

14-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Name hobbies in French
  • Use jouer au and jouer du/de la
  • Use faire du/de la
  • Add opinions and time phrases

The method

  1. Sport: au.
  2. Instrument: du/de la.
  3. Activity: je fais.
  4. Opinion + reason.

Key words: je joue, je fais, au foot, du piano, la natation, le week-end.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

What is ‘I play football’?

  1. Step 1: Je joue...

Answer: Je joue au foot.

Question 2

What is ‘I play tennis’?

  1. Step 1: Je joue...

Answer: Je joue au tennis.

Question 3

What is ‘I play video games’?

  1. Step 1: Je joue...

Answer: Je joue aux jeux vidéo.