Emphasising information — practise and choose the right form

Emphasising information: progressive explanation, topic-specific examples, guided exercises and a corrected assessment.

Duration: 25 minPrerequisites: mise-en-relief-repererPass mark: 80%

1. Objective

By the end, you will manipulate forms related to “Emphasising information” without copying the model.

2. Discover

Read the examples for “Emphasising information — practise and choose the right form” as sentences you could genuinely hear or use. What links the ideas?

3. Understand

To practise emphasis, start from a neutral sentence and choose the important element. Transform the sentence without changing its basic meaning; you mainly change the focus.

C’est mon voisin qui m’a aidé.C’est cette solution que nous retenons.Ce qui compte, c’est la clarté.Ce que tu dois vérifier, c’est la date.C’est à Nantes que je travaille aujourd’hui.C’est en avril que le contrat se termine.

Watch out

First identify the relation between the ideas: cause, consequence, contrast, condition, time… Choose the connector from the meaning, not the other way around.

4. Guided practice

5. Independent practice

6. Write / speak

Write three personal sentences where the target structure genuinely helps express your meaning. Change the context each time.

7. Check your learning

8. Remember

For mise en relief, identify the context first, then the form carrying the useful information. Always check your answer in a complete sentence.

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9. Now I can…

I can recognise “Emphasising information” in a new example.
I can justify my choice and create an example.