Je sortais la poubelle quand ... :perfect, imperfect, relative clauses, negation
I can talk about past events using the imperfect tense and the perfect tense, relative clauses and negation.
- Year 11
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Je sortais la poubelle quand ... :perfect, imperfect, relative clauses, negation
I can talk about past events using the imperfect tense and the perfect tense, relative clauses and negation.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The imperfect tense is used to describe what 'was happening' or what you 'were doing' when something else happened.
- Form the imperfect by removing -ons from 'nous' present tense and adding:-ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient
- Où and quand can be used in relative clauses to detail where or when something was happening.
- For 'neither...nor', ne precedes the verb and each ni precedes one of the negated qualities/nouns.
- Ne ... que means 'only'. 'Que' follows the verb and precedes the noun that is limited.
Keywords
Imperfect tense - tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past, or to say what was happening
Relative pronoun - a pronoun that introduces a relative clause
Common misconception
The imperfect tense is only used to describe how things were or used to be in the past.
The imperfect tense is also used to say what was happening when another thing occurred where it is used in combination with the perfect tense e.g. il regardait la télé quand son portable a sonné.
Equipment
Mini whiteboards and pens, if available, would be useful.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following is the correct past participle form ?
Q2.Match each French auxiliary verb form with the correct English translation.
Q3.Put the words in the correct order to form a perfect tense sentence with a negative phrase.
Q4.Which word is the relative pronoun in this sentence? Ma sœur, qui est handicapée, a bénéficié d’un nouveau programme.
Q5.Which sentence uses the correct relative pronoun to refer to an object?
Q6.Match the sentence halves to form logical sentences.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Which sentence correctly uses the imperfect tense?
Q2.What is the imperfect tense stem of the verb faire?
Q3.Put the words in the correct order to form a sentence with ne ...que.
Q4.Which sentence shows the imperfect used alongside the perfect tense to describe an interrupted action?
Q5.Match each sentence start with the correct ending according to the relative clause.
