Accents: Circonflexe, cédille, and tréma

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Accents: Circonflexe, cédille, and tréma

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What is your name?

Today you will learn about the accents and what they do to the pronunciation of words.

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Next we're doing to learn about the cédille.

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The cédille is ONLY placed under the letter _______ 

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The cédille tells you to make this sound: _______

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What is your name?

Today you will learn about the accents and what they do to the pronunciation of words.

Please watch the videos and answer the questions below.

TURN YOUR AUDIO ON, PLEASE!  

Get headphones from the green basket if you don't have any.

What are accents?

Signs that are placed above consonants

Signs that are placed above vowels

Signs that are placed above French restaurants

The accent circonflexe looks like...

a bat on bread

a hat on a head

a cat on Fred

On which letters do you place the accent circonflexe?

Which hat looks most like an accent circonflexe?

Which of these letters' pronunciations is changed by the accent circonflexe?

Match each word with its definition.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
âne		head
forêt		donkey
chêne		cake
tête		oak
pêche		forest
gâteau		peach

Next we're doing to learn about the cédille.

Please watch the video and answer the questions below.

The cédille is ONLY placed under the letter _______ 

The cédille tells you to make this sound: _______

The tréma is a symbol that is placed :

above certain consonants

above certain vowels in the alphabet

above ALL vowels in the alphabet

The tréma looks like...

a question mark

two dots

an apostrophe

a hat on a head

On which letters do you place the tréma?

The tréma indicates that the vowel placed under it should be pronounced...

separately

with a British accent

extra loud

annoyingly

Match each word with its definition.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
maïs		Christmas
aïeul		canoe
Noël		Gladiolus flower
glaïeul		mosaic
mosaïque		elder
canoë		corn

What are accents?

Signs that are placed above consonants

Signs that are placed above vowels

Signs that are placed above French restaurants

The accent circonflexe looks like...

a bat on bread

a hat on a head

a cat on Fred

On which letters do you place the accent circonflexe?

a

e

i

o

u

c

Which hat looks most like an accent circonflexe?

Which of these letters' pronunciations is changed by the accent circonflexe?

a   (from "ah" to "ay")

e   (from "euh" to "eh")

i   (from "ee" to "eye")

o  (from "oh" to "oo")

u  (from "oo" to "oh")

c  (from "ss" to "kah")

Match each word with its definition.

âne

head

forêt

donkey

chêne

cake

tête

oak

pêche

forest

gâteau

peach

The tréma is a symbol that is placed :

above certain consonants

above certain vowels in the alphabet

above ALL vowels in the alphabet

The tréma looks like...

a question mark

two dots

an apostrophe

a hat on a head

On which letters do you place the tréma?

a

e

i

o

u

c

The tréma indicates that the vowel placed under it should be pronounced...

separately

with a British accent

extra loud

annoyingly

Match each word with its definition.

maïs

Christmas

aïeul

canoe

Noël

Gladiolus flower

glaïeul

mosaic

mosaïque

elder

canoë

corn