Accents: Circonflexe, cédille, and tréma - Miranda Jaster | Library

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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.

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What are accents?

Signs that are placed above consonants

Signs that are placed above vowels

Signs that are placed above French restaurants

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The accent circonflexe looks like...

a bat on bread

a hat on a head

a cat on Fred

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On which letters do you place the accent circonflexe?

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Which hat looks most like an accent circonflexe?

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

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Match each word with its definition.

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Next we're doing to learn about the cédille.

Please watch the video and answer the questions below.

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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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The tréma is a symbol that is placed :

above certain consonants

above certain vowels in the alphabet

above ALL vowels in the alphabet

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The tréma looks like...

a question mark

two dots

an apostrophe

a hat on a head

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On which letters do you place the tréma?

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

separately

with a British accent

extra loud

annoyingly

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Match each word with its definition.

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âne		head
forêt		donkey
chêne		cake
tête		oak
pêche		forest
gâteau		peach

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maïs		Christmas
aïeul		canoe
Noël		Gladiolus flower
glaïeul		mosaic
mosaïque		elder
canoë		corn