A typical day: perfect tense, 'jouer', 'faire', jobs
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use a range of vocabulary and structures including the perfect tense in the context of a school day.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Regularly revisiting SSCs supports accurate spelling and pronunciation, building confidence.
- To form the perfect tense with -er verbs, use the present tense of ‘avoir’ and a past participle ending in 'é'.
- ‘Which’ agrees with the gender and number of the noun it describes; 'quel', 'quelle', 'quels' and 'quelles'.
- The preposition 'à' follows 'jouer' with sports, 'de' follows 'jouer' with musical instruments and 'faire' with sports.
- To make job nouns feminine, add -e, change the spelling from -eur to -rice/euse, or just change the article..
Keywords
Sound-symbol correspondence - relationship between letters and their sounds, referred to as SSC
Perfect tense - a verb tense that describes completed actions in the past e.g. 'I said', 'she played'
Common misconception
Only change your main verb into a past verb in French like we can do in English to form the past tense, e.g. I do → I did.
In French you need two verbs in the perfect tense for it to make sense; the correct part of 'avoir' and the past participle.
Teacher tip
This lesson revises a number of structures from previous units. You may want to conduct some pupil voice or use formative assessments to identify the structures students are less confident with and spend longer on these.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French noun to its English translation
Q2.What is the feminine form of 'médecin'?
Q3.Which of the following is a feminine noun?
Q4.What does 'élève' mean?
Q5.Put the words in order to make a sentence: une/ belle/ chanteuse/ est/ elle.
Q6.Complete the following sentence with the correct word: 'L'histoire que j'ai entendue était très ____.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which form of 'faire' would you use with 'ils'?
Q2.Which of the following is the correct way to say 'I played' in French, using the perfect tense?
Q3.Put the following words in the correct order to form a sentence using the perfect tense: 'ai / j' / partagé / un / repas'.
Q4.Which of the following is a feminine noun?
Q5.Which sentence correctly uses 'jouer à'?
Q6.What is the feminine form of 'vendeur'?
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