School in France - then and now: -er verbs imperfect tense
Learning outcomes
I can understand and use the imperfect tense in the 1st person to describe what I do now and used to do in the context of school.
I can confidently pronounce [s].
- Year 9
School in France - then and now: -er verbs imperfect tense
Learning outcomes
I can understand and use the imperfect tense in the 1st person to describe what I do now and used to do in the context of school.
I can confidently pronounce [s].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [s] is pronounced as in 'maison'.
- Add 'la' to sixième, cinquième, quatrième + troisième to say school years. The lower the number, the older the pupils.
- In English, knowledge is singular + plural. When you have lots of knowledge in French, add s for plural, connissances
- Use the imperfect tense to talk about events and actions that used to happen regularly in the past.
- For the 1st person imperfect, take je + the stem of present tense ‘nous’ form. Add the ending -ais. e.g. 'je regardais'.
Keywords
[s] - pronounced as in 'maison'
Imperfect tense - tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past, or to say what was happening
Common misconception
School years work the same in English and French.
French uses 'la' before ordinal numbers for school years, the lower the number, the higher the school year e.g. 'sixième' is equivalent to Y7 and 'cinquième' is Y8. Use 'en' to say you're in a school year e.g. 'en sixième'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is the auxiliary verb in this sentence? J'ai volé un sac.
Q2.Match each subject with the correct part of the verb avoir.
Q3.Put the words in the correct order.
Q4.How do you say: 'I haven’t practised' in French?
Q5.Fill in the blank with the word for 'me': Selon , le vol est un crime.
Q6.Which of these sentences are in the past tense?
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.In which word is the letter 's' pronounced like the 's' sound in maison?
Q2.Match the French school year to its correct English equivalent.
