Skip to content
Oak National Academy
Oak National Academy
Teachers
Pupils
New
New

Mon voyage dangereux : Direct and indirect object pronouns in the past tense

Learning outcomes

I can understand and use direct and indirect object pronouns in the perfect tense, exploring the context of immigration.

I can recognise when [s] is silent and when it is pronounced.

Download all resources
Share activities with pupils

Link copied to clipboard

New
New

Mon voyage dangereux : Direct and indirect object pronouns in the past tense

Learning outcomes

I can understand and use direct and indirect object pronouns in the perfect tense, exploring the context of immigration.

I can recognise when [s] is silent and when it is pronounced.

Download all resources
Share activities with pupils

Link copied to clipboard

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.

These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.

View new resources

Lesson details

Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons

Key learning points

  1. Indirect object pronouns met are: me, te, lui, and vous. They replace the indirect receiver of the action of the verb.
  2. When somebody or something receives the action of a verb indirectly, we use me to mean ‘to me’ and te to mean ‘to you’.
  3. When somebody or something receives the action of a verb indirectly, we use lui to mean ‘to him’ or ‘to her’.
  4. An [-s] which is normally an SFC will be pronounced when followed by a vowel. This is called liaison.

Keywords

  • Object pronoun - a pronoun that replaces the object in a sentence

  • Silent final consonant (SFC) - silent letter (d, s, t, x) at the end of a word

  • Liaison - the linking of a normally silent final consonant to the beginning of the next word when it starts with a vowel sound

Common misconception

Silent final consonants are always silent.

The liaison rule means that Silent Final Consonants are pronounced when the next word starts with a vowel sound (including silent h).

For the first slide of cycle 2, introducing Mali, the text has overlays to enable the keywords for understanding in the text to be displayed in banner colour. This is to support students as they make notes of what they understand from the text.
Teacher tip

Equipment

Mini whitebaord and pen for each pupil.

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

Skip lesson video

Loading...

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

Starter quiz

Download starter quiz

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the French and English vocabulary.
Correct Answer:l'abri,shelter, refuge

shelter, refuge

Correct Answer:l'arrêt,stop

stop

Correct Answer:la mort,death

death

Correct Answer:mentir,to lie, lying

to lie, lying

Correct Answer:renvoyer,to send back, sending back

to send back, sending back

Correct Answer:bénévole,volunteer

volunteer

Q2.
Which type of pronoun replaces the receiver of the action of a verb?
Correct answer: direct object pronoun
indirect object pronoun
subject pronoun
Q3.
Where in a French sentence would a direct object pronoun be positioned?
After the verb.
At the start of the sentence.
At the end of the sentence.
Before the complement.
Correct answer: Before the verb.
Q4.
Which words are direct object pronouns meaning 'it'?
les
Correct answer: le
se
Correct answer: la
Correct answer: l'
Q5.
Where does the direct object pronoun go in a perfect tense sentence?
before the past participle
Correct answer: before the auxiliary verb
after the past participle
after the auxiliary verb
Q6.
Put the words in order to make the sentence 'Pierre met me at the airport'.
1 - Pierre
2 - m'
3 - a
4 - rencontré
5 - à
6 - l'
7 - aéroport

Exit quiz

Download exit quiz

6 Questions

Q1.
Which sentences contain Silent Final Consonant(s)?
Correct answer: Je vous donne votre livre.
Je te donne ton livre.
Correct answer: Il nous prépare le déjeuner.
Correct answer: Nous les regardent de loin.
Elle m'écoute bien.
Q2.
Which sentences contain examples of liaison?
Je t'ai regardé dans la salle de classe.
Correct answer: Nous vous avons menti.
Correct answer: Ils nous ont invités à la soirée.
Correct answer: Mes amis m'ont montré la bonne route.
Q3.
The indirect object pronoun goes before the in a perfect tense sentence.
Correct Answer: auxiliary verb
Q4.
Which word is missing from this sentence? 'Je ai répondu en français.' I replied to her in French.
Correct Answer: lui
Q5.
Which is the missing word in this sentence? 'Je ai demandé si elle était à l'école.' I asked her if she was at school.
Correct Answer: lui
Q6.
Put the words in order to make the sentence 'I allowed you (all) to speak'.
1 - je
2 - vous
3 - ai
4 - permi
5 - de
6 - parler

Additional material

Download additional material

Lesson appears in

UnitFrench / Communication and the world around us: mon nouveau pays

AQAFrench

Show unit

EdexcelFrench

Show unit