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Year 7 · Languages · School life · Lesson 2

Giving reasons for opinions

Justifying opinions about school subjects in French with parce que and car, c'est + adjective, and reasons about teachers and homework.

Whiteboard video lesson: Giving reasons for opinions

17-minute video lesson

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

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What your child will learn

  • Use parce que and car
  • Use c'est + adjective
  • Give reasons about teachers and homework
  • Write extended justified opinions

The method

  1. Opinion.
  2. parce que / car.
  3. c'est + adj.
  4. et + reason.

Key words: parce que, car, c'est, adjectives, le prof, justify.

Worked examples

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

Question 1

What does ‘facile’ mean?

  1. Step 1: Not hard

Answer: easy

Question 2

What does ‘difficile’ mean?

  1. Step 1: Hard

Answer: difficult

Question 3

What does ‘utile’ mean?

  1. Step 1: Use

Answer: useful