Primary and secondary school: -er verbs imperfect tense, ordinal numbers
I can use the first and third persons of the imperfect tense to talk about how I've changed in the context of school.
- Year 9
Primary and secondary school: -er verbs imperfect tense, ordinal numbers
I can use the first and third persons of the imperfect tense to talk about how I've changed in the context of school.
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Key learning points
- Ordinal numbers are used to describe the order in which things happen e.g. the fourth year, the sixth lesson.
- To make French ordinal numbers, add the suffix 'ième'. Remove the -e from numbers ending -e first and add 'u' to 'cinq'.
- 'First' (premier/première) is an exception but 'twenty-first' follows the normal pattern 'le vingt-et-unième'.
- To form the imperfect tense for 'il/elle/on', take the present tense 'nous' form, remove 'ons' and add -ait.
Keywords
Ordinal number - a number defining the position of something in a series, such as ‘first’, ‘second’, or ‘third’
Imperfect tense - tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past.
Common misconception
Add 'ième' to make all ordinal numbers.
Add 'ième' to make the majority of ordinal numbers but 'first' (premier/première) is an exception and cardinal numbers ending -e, drop the final -e before adding 'ième'. There are a few other spelling exceptions like 'neuvième' and 'cinquième'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French numbers to their English meaning.
Q2.Which sentence is written in the imperfect tense which is used to describe how things used to be?
Q3.Put these French school years in order from the youngest to the oldest.
Q4.Match the French word to its English meaning.
Q5.Use the verb pratiquer (to practise). Write a sentence in French saying: 'I used to practise'.
Q6.In which of these words is the letter 's' pronounced like the 's' in maison (a soft /z/ sound)?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the ordinal number in French to the correct English meaning.
