Year 8

Talking about what you and others did and did not do (Part 1/2)

Year 8

Talking about what you and others did and did not do (Part 1/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will talk about what we did and did not do during a holiday using regular -er verbs with 'avoir' in the perfect tense in French. We will use 'il y avait' to describe what there was.

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15 Questions

Q1.
Choose a correct month for 'Les vacances d'automne'
décembre
janvier
Correct answer: octobre
Q2.
Choose a correct month for 'Les vacances d'hiver'
Correct answer: janvier
juillet
mai
Q3.
Choose the correct part of 'avoir' to complete this sentence - Tu _____ traversé la Suisse en voiture
a
ai
as
Correct answer: avons
Q4.
Choose the correct part of 'avoir' to complete this sentence - Elle _____ traversé la Suisse en voiture
Correct answer: a
ai
as
avons
Q5.
Choose the best translation for 'Il y a une erreur dans la phrase'
Correct answer: There is a mistake in the sentence
There was a mistake in the sentence
There were lots of mistakes in the sentence
Q6.
Choose the best translation for 'Il y avait une erreur dans la phrase'
There is a mistake in the sentence
Correct answer: There was a mistake in the sentence
There were mistakes in the sentence
Q7.
Choose the best translation for 'Il y avait des voitures dehors'
There is a car outside
There was a car outside
Correct answer: There were some cars outside
Q8.
Comment dit-on 'he worked' en français?
Il a travaille
Correct answer: Il a travaillé
Il travaille
Q9.
Comment dit-on 'I played' en français?
Correct answer: J'ai joué
J'ai parlé
Je joue
Q10.
Comment dit-on 'You travelled' en français?
J'ai voyagé
Tu a voyagé
Tu ai voyagé
Correct answer: Tu as voyagé
Q11.
Comment dit-on 'I travelled to Berne, the capital of Switzerland' en français?
Correct answer: J'ai voyagé à Berne, la capitale de la Suisse
J'aime voyager à Berne, la capitale de la Suisse
Je voyage à Berne, la capitale de la Suisse
Tu veux voyager à Berne?
Q12.
Comment dit-on 'He asked for a photo at the Swiss border' en français?
Elle a demandé une photo à la frontière suisse
Correct answer: Il a demandé une photo à la frontière suisse
J'ai demandé une photo à la frontière suisse
Nous avons demandé une photo à la frontière suisse
Q13.
Comment dit-on 'She crossed the bridge' en français?
Correct answer: Elle a traversé le pont
Il a traversé le pont
J'ai traversé le pont
Tu as traversé le pont
Q14.
Which time phrase marks the past?
en ce moment
Correct answer: hier
la semaine prochaine
maintenant
Q15.
Comment dit-on 'There were' en français?
Il a
il avait
Il y a
Correct answer: Il y avait