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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.

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Key learning points

  1. The perfect tense is formed by combining part of 'avoir' or 'être' (the auxiliary verb) and a past participle.
  2. 'Qui' means ‘who?’ in a question, but it is the relative pronoun ‘who’, ‘which’, ‘or ‘that’ in the middle of a sentence.
  3. When the relative pronoun relates to the object of the sentence, we use 'que' (who/whom, that or which), not 'qui'.
  4. 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.
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Equipment

Mini whiteboards and pens would be useful, if available.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Put the following words in the correct order to form a sentence 'I washed the dishes' in the perfect tense.

1 - j'
2 - ai
3 - lavé
4 - la
5 - vaisselle

Q2.
Which of the following auxiliary verbs is most commonly used to form the perfect tense of the verb ranger (to tidy)?

être
Correct answer: avoir
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.)

Correct Answer: qui

Q4.
Which of the following sentences correctly uses a negative structure in the perfect tense?

Correct answer: Je n'ai pas mangé.
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.

1 - C'est
2 - le
3 - livre
4 - que
5 - j'
6 - ai
7 - lu

Q6.
Translate the following sentence into French using the perfect tense: "She cleaned the windows."

Correct Answer: Elle a nettoyé les fenêtres

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4 Questions

Q1.
Which sentence uses the relative pronoun 'qui' correctly?

C'est le film qui nous avons regardé.
Correct answer: C'est la personne qui parle français.
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.

Correct Answer:Qui est-ce ?,Who is it?

Who is it?

Correct Answer:Le livre qui est sur la table.,The book that is on the table.

The book that is on the table.

Correct Answer:La personne à qui j'ai parlé.,The person to whom I spoke.

The person to whom I spoke.

Correct Answer:Qui a fait ça ?,Who did that?

Who did that?

Q3.
Reorder the following words to form a negative sentence in the perfect tense.

1 - je
2 - n'
3 - ai
4 - pas
5 - fait
6 - les devoirs

Q4.
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.
Correct answer: Nous n'avons pas sorti les poubelles.
Ils pas ont nettoyé la cuisine.

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UnitFrench / Popular culture: La vie quotidienne

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EdexcelFrench

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