a verb tense that describes completed actions in the past e.g. 'I said', 'she played'

question starting with a wh- word that has more information in the answer than yes/no

C1-1 La métropole a justifié ses actions et le gouvernement a dit que …

C1-2 Le gouvernement français continue de défendre l’Empire colonial.

C1-3 La France a dépendu des ressources de ses colonies.

C1-4 Elle a obtenu plus de trois milliards de francs provenant des colonies...

C1-5 On entend encore aujourd’hui des insultes racistes contre les Noirs et ...

C1-6 Les Algériens attendent toujours des excuses du gouvernement pour...

C1-7 Le gouvernement a soutenu l’introduction de la langue française et de la...

C1-8 Plusieurs îles et une région en Amérique du Sud appartiennent  à la France.

The French colonial empire: more practice of verbs like 'entendre' and 'venir'

French

Concorde the history: prepositions of place and movement

Concorde the history: 'sortir', 'choisir', 'venir' verbs, -ion/-ation nouns

Occupied France: perfect tense with verbs like 'sortir' and 'choisir'

The French Resistance: perfect tense with verbs like 'sortir' and 'choisir'

The French colonial empire: perfect tense with verbs like 'venir' and 'entendre'

In this unit, pupils consolidate the perfect tense with a range of known grammar and vocabulary. A key focus is revisiting prepositions of place and movement, consolidating past participle knowledge and contrasting present and perfect tenses.Inversion questions are also practised.

Historical events: perfect tense

Match the parts of the perfect tense of 'vendre' (to sell, selling).

Elles sont {{}}. Insert the correct form of the past participle (venir)

Which of these verbs use être in the past tense?

Put the words in order to ask about the ice cream.

What does 'J'ai besoin d'une serviette' mean?

What brand is it? C'est quelle {{}}?  Insert the missing word.

{{}} mon père, je suis intelligent! Insert the French word for 'according to'.

Starter Quiz