a number defining the position of something in a series, such as ‘first’, ‘second’, or ‘third’

tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past.

C2 -1 On travaille dur.

C2 -2 On étudie beaucoup pour les contrôles.

C2 -3 On jouait plus.

C2 -4 On lisait ensemble.

C2 -5 On dormait le midi.

C2 -6 On comprend que c’est important d’apprendre.

C2 -7 On emprunte des livres de la bibliothèque.

C2 -8 On gagnait les jeux.

Primary and secondary school: -er verbs imperfect tense, ordinal numbers

French

School in France - then and now: -er verbs imperfect tense

Childhood: then and now: key - RE and -IR verbs in the imperfect tense

Childhood: present and imperfect tenses, 'il y a' meaning 'ago'

Montreal - a diverse city: imperfect tense singular

Montreal - habitual and one-off past events: imperfect and perfect

Spring holidays: perfect tense with 'être', pronouns 'moi', 'toi', 'qui'

Celebrities: perfect and imperfect

Pupils are introduced firstly to -er verbs in the imperfect tense to describe habitual events in the past. The imperfect of common irregular verbs is added,  before pupils then contrast one-off and habitual events with the perfect vs imperfect tenses, practising this with known and new vocabulary.

How things used to be: imperfect tense, ordinal numbers

Match the ordinal number in French to the correct English meaning.

How would you write 'twenty-first' as an ordinal number in French?

Write: 'The film used to last a long time' in French using the imperfect tense. Use durer and longtemps.

Write: 'He used to ask a question' in French using the verb poser.

Match the French numbers to their English meaning.

Which sentence is written in the imperfect tense which is used to describe how things used to be?

Put these French school years in order from the youngest to the oldest.

Match the French word to its English meaning.

Use the verb pratiquer (to practise). Write a sentence in French saying: 'I used to practise'.

In which of these words is the letter 's' pronounced like the 's' in maison (a soft /z/ sound)?

Starter Quiz