warning

These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore a foundation style GCSE writing question focusing on tense formation before co-constructing a written answer. This is an opportunity to practise some independent writing at the end of this lesson. In this writing activity we will describe free time activities.
  2. Purpose of language use: Guided writing: My free time. (Foundation)
  3. Grammar: Writing using multiple tenses: present, near future and perfect tense

Licence

This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.

Loading...

Some of our videos, including non-English language videos, do not have captions.

13 Questions

Q1.
Translate: it was not
c'était
ce n'est pas
Correct answer: ce n'était pas
Q2.
Translate: he went to the cinema
Correct answer: il est allé au cinéma
il va aller au cinéma
il va au cinéma
Q3.
Which word means 'late'?
moins tard
plus tard
Correct answer: tard
Q4.
What is the correct spelling of last week?
la semaine dernier
la semaine derniere
Correct answer: la semaine dernière
Q5.
Which of these sentences is NOT written in the perfect tense?
J'ai bu du thé.
Je suis allé au restaurant.
Correct answer: Je vais au théâtre.
The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in French in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.
Q7.
encore
Correct answer: again, yet
new
time, times
Q8.
nouveau, nouvelle
Correct answer: new
next
nice
Q9.
aller
to be
Correct answer: to go
to have
Q10.
je vais
I am
Correct answer: I go
I have
Q11.
Il va
He does
Correct answer: He goes
He likes
Q12.
cela
cellar
mobile phone
Correct answer: that, it
Q13.
entre
Correct answer: between
entrance
with

13 Questions

Q1.
Translate: I do
Correct answer: Je fais
Je regarde
Je vais
Q2.
Translate: less interesting than
aussi intéressant que
Correct answer: moins intéressant que
plus intéressant que
Q3.
Translate: I love to go horse riding
J'adore aller l'équitation
Correct answer: J'adore faire de l'équitation
J'adore l'équitation
Q4.
Translate: My favourite activity
Correct answer: Mon activité préférée
Mon passe-temp préféré
Mon sport préféré
Q5.
Translate: to take
Correct answer: prendre
rater
télécharger
The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in French in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.
Q7.
premier
Correct answer: first
only
top
Q8.
vouloir
to have to
to need
Correct answer: to want
Q9.
Je veux
I can
I must
Correct answer: I want
Q10.
Je voudrais
I could
I should
Correct answer: I would like
Q11.
déjà
Correct answer: already
still
yet
Q12.
grand
Correct answer: big
fancy
grand
Q13.
mon, ma, mes
his/her
Correct answer: my
your

Lesson appears in

UnitFrench / Free Time

French