Où habiter : extended writing
I can write about different places to live using a writing frame for support.
Où habiter : extended writing
I can write about different places to live using a writing frame for support.
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Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles are used to mean me, you, him, her, us, you and them as emphatic pronouns.
- It is important to plan both the ideas and language needed and to think about structure when writing a longer text.
Keywords
Imperfect tense - tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past, or to say what was happening
Conditional - verb form used to mean what could or would happen under certain conditions
Emphatic pronoun - used to emphasize a person, or when the pronoun stands alone, or after certain prepositions
Common misconception
Sentences such as 'when I was little, I would do the shopping with my mother' can be translated by using both the imperfect tense and the conditional mood.
In French, when writing or translating sentences about what used to happen, all verbs should be in the imperfect tense. 'Used to' and 'would' (meaning habitually) are translated by the imperfect.
Equipment
Mini whiteboards and pens would be useful if available. Students will require paper for the extended writing task.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
-ais
-ait
-aient
-ions
-iez
I used to go
I used to be, was
I used to have
I used to see
I used to do, make
I used to drink