My Family
Ma Famille
Quelle est la date aujourd'hui?
Write the date at the top of your jotter in French using the example below as
a guide. The days of the week, numbers and months you need are below to
help you use correct spelling.
lundi le dix mars 2021 (deux mille vingt-et-un)
1 premier 13 treize
janvier – January
lundi (Monday) 2 deux 14 quatorze
février – February
mardi (Tuesday) 3 trois 15 quinze
mars – March
mercredi (Wednesday) 16 seize
avril – April
4 quatre
jeudi (Thursday) 17 dix-sept
mai – May
5 cinq
vendredi (Friday) juin – June
6 six 18 dix-huit
samedi (Saturday) juillet – July
7 sept 19 dix-neuf
dimanche (Sunday) août – August
20 vingt
8 huit
septembre – September
21 Vingt-et-un
9 neuf
octobre – October
22 vingt deux
10 dix
novembre – November
30 trente
11 onze
décembre – December
12 douze 31 trente-et-un
Quel temps fait-il aujourd-hui?
Write the weather in French today. Choose 2 weather expressions and link them
using the French work for ‘and’ = ‘et’.
Il fait chaud et il y a du soleil.
It is hot and it is sunny.
It’s rainy It’s stormy It’s foggy
It’s sunny It’s hot It’s cloudy
It’s windy It’s cold It’s grey/dull
It’s snowy It’s icy It’s nice
Weather Revision Task
Match the weather symbol to the correct French weather expression by
copying them side by side in your jotter. Remember to write the title.
Today’s Lesson
Learning Objective
• To name extended members of the family in French.
Success Criteria
• To recognise and use the vocabulary of extended members of the family.
• To understand the difference between ‘mon’, ‘ma’ and ‘mes’ and be able to
use these successfully in a sentence.
• Challenge! Write about your family.
Vocabulary
My family - Ma famille
Ma mère Ma soeur Ma grand-mère Ma tante
My mum My sister My grandmother My aunt
Ma belle-mère Ma demi-soeur Ma cousine
My step-mother My half/step My cousin (f)
sister
Vocabulary
My family - Ma famille
Mon père Mon frère Mon grand-père Mon oncle
My dad My brother My grandfather My uncle
Mon beau-père Mon demi-frère Mon cousin
My step-father My half/step My cousin (m)
brother
Ma famille
Match up the French and English
words for family members.
mon père my grandad
mon frère my mum
ma soeur my grandma
mon grand-père my brother
ma mère my uncles
ma grand-mère my sister
mes oncles my dad
Saying ‘my’ in French
Mon, Ma, Mes
As you may already know, French nouns fall into 3 categories, masculine,
feminine and plural. If we want to say ‘my’ in French, we have 3 options,
‘mon’ (m), ‘ma’ (f) and ‘mes’ (pl.). When we work out which one we need we
have to think about which category the noun that follows fits into.
Look at the following examples:
Because ‘cousin’ is a masculine noun,
we need the word ‘mon’
Mon cousin s’appelle Hugo.
Ma cousine s’appelle Marie
Mes cousins s’appellent Alex et Pierre.
Mon, ma ou mes?
Voici ______ grand-père Voici ______ cousins.
Voici ______ tante
Voici _____ oncle.
Voici _______ sœurs.
Voici ______ grand-mère
Main Task
Draw your family tree. Make is as detailed as possible including as many
extended family members as you can, such as cousins and step parents.
Challenge – Write some sentences about your family to tell us their
names. Pay close attention to mon, ma and mes which mean my, and
show if the relative is masculine, feminine or plural (more than one).
If I were Lisa, I might say:
Ma mère s’appelle Marge.
Mon grand-père s’appelle Abraham.
Mes tantes s’appellent Patty et Selma.
Weather Revision Task Answers
Match the weather symbol to the correct French weather expression by
copying them side by side in your jotter. Remember to write the title.
Ma famille - Answers
Match up the French and English
words for family members.
mon père my dad
mon frère my brother
ma soeur my sister
mon grand-père my grand-dad
ma mère my mum
ma grand-mère my grandma
mes oncles my uncles
Mon, ma ou mes?
Voici mon grand-père Voici mes cousins.
Voici ma tante
Voici mon oncle.
Voici mes sœurs.
Voici ma grand-mère
