Combining y and en — practise and choose the right form

Combining y and en: progressive explanation, topic-specific examples, guided exercises and a corrected assessment.

Duration: 25 minPrerequisites: en-y-combines-repererPass mark: 80%

1. Objective

By the end, you will manipulate forms related to “Combining y and en” without copying the model.

2. Discover

Take two “Combining y and en” examples and change one element at a time.

3. Understand

Work from the full sentence in “Combining y and en — practise and choose the right form”. Identify the grammatical link first, then choose the form that preserves the intended meaning.

Dans le dossier, des erreurs, il y en avait encore deux.Il y en aurait davantage avec plus de temps.Des vélos à louer ? Il y en a près de la gare.Sur la carte, des musées, il y en a cinq.Des raisons d’attendre ? Il n’y en a aucune.Des exemples utiles, il y en a dans le rappel.

Watch out

Before choosing a pronoun, identify what it replaces and the function of that group in the sentence. Then check the pronoun position before the verb.

4. Guided practice

5. Independent practice

6. Write / speak

Create new sentences in your own context; keep the target structure but change the situation.

7. Check your learning

8. Remember

For “Combining y and en — practise and choose the right form”, check the function of the form in the full sentence before answering.

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9. Now I can…

I can recognise “Combining y and en” in a new example.
I can justify my choice and create an example.