KS3 & KS4 French curriculum

In this unit, pupils anchor their knowledge of the perfect tense and apply it in inversion questions. The English present perfect translation (I have done) is then contrasted with the known simple past (I did), and the range of perfect tense questions expanded to include intonation and est-ce que questions. Pupils apply this knowledge in describing a range of past events. New irregular past participles are introduced as they extend their vocabulary, and then consolidate this in a rich text exploitation, where pupils explore high frequency vocabulary and grammar in a literary context.

1. What people did: plural -er verbs in the perfect tense
2. School reporter: past inversion questions
3. School is out! Adverb placement and translation of the perfect tense
4. Illness and accidents: irregular past participles, perfect tense questions
5. Having breakfast: perfect tense 'prendre' verbs, 'déjà' and 'ne…pas encore'

• Pupils can recognise the perfect tense of common regular and irregular verbs in the je, tu and il/elle forms.
• Pupils know how to translate the perfect tense using the English simple past.
• Pupils know the verb 'avoir' in full in the present tense.
• Pupils know that regular -er verbs form their past participles with the ending -é.
• Pupils know the past participles of the verbs 'faire' and 'dire'.
• Pupils can form questions using intonation and est-ce que... in the perfect tense.