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Qui a fait le ménage ? Perfect tense, relative clauses, negation
I can understand conversation about everyday household tasks using the perfect tense, relative pronouns and negatives.
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Qui a fait le ménage ? Perfect tense, relative clauses, negation
I can understand conversation about everyday household tasks using the perfect tense, relative pronouns and negatives.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The perfect tense is formed by combining part of 'avoir' or 'être' (the auxiliary verb) and a past participle.
- 'Qui' means ‘who?’ in a question, but it is the relative pronoun ‘who’, ‘which’, ‘or ‘that’ in the middle of a sentence.
- When the relative pronoun relates to the object of the sentence, we use 'que' (who/whom, that or which), not 'qui'.
- In most negative phrases in the perfect tense, the negative structure goes around the part of 'avoir' or 'être'.
Keywords
Relative pronoun - a pronoun that introduces a relative clause
Common misconception
'Qui' always means the question 'who?'.
When used in an interrogative sense, 'qui ?' means 'who?'. As a relative pronoun, 'qui' introduces more information about the subject in the main clause and can be translated as 'who', 'which' or 'that'.
Task B3 (translation into French) has two versions. Option 1 is intended for most students. Option 2 includes more support and guidance for students. The feedback slide is the same for both options. Option 1 is included in the video.
Teacher tip
Equipment
Mini whiteboards and pens would be useful, if available.
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Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put the following words in the correct order to form a sentence 'I washed the dishes' in the perfect tense.
Put the following words in the correct order to form a sentence 'I washed the dishes' in the perfect tense.
Q2.Which of the following auxiliary verbs is most commonly used to form the perfect tense of the verb ranger (to tidy)?
Which of the following auxiliary verbs is most commonly used to form the perfect tense of the verb ranger (to tidy)?
être
aller
faire
Q3.Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun: C'est le voisin a réparé le robinet. (It's the neighbour who fixed the tap.)
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun: C'est le voisin a réparé le robinet. (It's the neighbour who fixed the tap.)
Q4.Which of the following sentences correctly uses a negative structure in the perfect tense?
Which of the following sentences correctly uses a negative structure in the perfect tense?
Je pas ai mangé.
Pas je ai mangé.
J'ai pas mangé.
Q5.Arrange these words to create a sentence with a relative pronoun referring to the object.
Arrange these words to create a sentence with a relative pronoun referring to the object.
Q6.Translate the following sentence into French using the perfect tense: "She cleaned the windows."
Translate the following sentence into French using the perfect tense: "She cleaned the windows."
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which sentence uses the relative pronoun 'qui' correctly?
Which sentence uses the relative pronoun 'qui' correctly?
C'est le film qui nous avons regardé.
C'est le chien qui j'ai vu.
Q2.Match the French phrase on the left with its correct English translation and grammatical function of 'qui' on the right.
Match the French phrase on the left with its correct English translation and grammatical function of 'qui' on the right.
Q3.Reorder the following words to form a negative sentence in the perfect tense.
Reorder the following words to form a negative sentence in the perfect tense.
Q4.Which of these sentences correctly uses 'n' .... pas' (has not) with a household task?
Which of these sentences correctly uses 'n' .... pas' (has not) with a household task?
Je n'ai pas ranger ma chambre.
Elle a pas fait la vaisselle.
Ils pas ont nettoyé la cuisine.
