Year 9

Talk about where you went (Part 1/2)

Year 9

Talk about where you went (Part 1/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at the perfect tense with verbs which use 'être' (in the 'je', 'tu', 'il'/'elle' forms).

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11 Questions

Q1.
Which is correct: 'I don't know anyone'?

je connaît ne personne
Correct answer: je ne connais personne
je ne sais personne
je sait personne

Q2.
2. They (m.) don't see anything = ?

Correct answer: ils ne voient rien
ils ne voit rien
ils ne voyez rien
ils ne voyons rien

Q3.
3. He doesn't know Paris =

il ne connais pas Paris
Correct answer: il ne connaît pas Paris
il ne sais Paris
il ne sait pas Paris

Q4.
4. We never smoke = ?

Nous ne fument pas jamais
Nous ne fumez rien
Correct answer: Nous ne fumons jamais
Nous ne jamais fumons

Q5.
Translate: She never listens

Correct answer: elle n'écoute jamais
elle n'écoutes pas jamais
elle ne écoute jamais
elle ne écoutes jamais

The next 5 questions cover some very common words you will need in French in KS3. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

Q7.
personne

everyone
Correct answer: person
someone

Q8.
connaître

Correct answer: to know, knowing (place, person)
to recognise, recognising
to undertand, understanding

Q9.
nous voyons

Correct answer: we see, we are seeing
we visit, we are visiting
we want

Q10.
rien

everything
no-one
Correct answer: nothing

Q11.
jamais

always
Correct answer: never
sometimes

11 Questions

Q1.
1. Which of these means 'I went' (I = masculine)?

j'ai allé
je est allé
Correct answer: je suis allé
je vais

Q2.
Translate 'Elle est tombée'

She climbed
She falls
Correct answer: She fell
She will fall

Q3.
3. He climbed =

il a monté
Correct answer: il est monté
il est montée
il ont monté

Q4.
Translate: You (singular, feminine) stayed at home

Elle est restée à la maison
Elle restée à la maison
Tu es resté a la maison
Correct answer: Tu es restée à la maison

Q5.
5. I (f.) climbed the tree =

je est monter l'arbre
je montée l'arbre
je suis monté l'arbre
Correct answer: je suis montée l'arbre

The next 5 questions cover some very common words you will need in French in KS3. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

Q7.
mal

animal
Correct answer: badly
goodness

Q8.
rentrer

to enter, entering
to leave, leaving
Correct answer: to return, returning

Q9.
entrer

Correct answer: to enter, entering
to meet, meeting
to return, returning

Q10.
quelle

that
Correct answer: which (f)
which (m)

Q11.
aussi

either
neither
Correct answer: too, also, as