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The French colonial empire: more practice of verbs like 'entendre' and 'venir'

Learning outcomes

I can use verbs like 'entendre' and 'venir' in the present and perfect tenses in the context of French colonisation, including in information questions.

I can distinguish between nasal [un/um] and non-nasal 'un/um'.

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Year 9

The French colonial empire: more practice of verbs like 'entendre' and 'venir'

Learning outcomes

I can use verbs like 'entendre' and 'venir' in the present and perfect tenses in the context of French colonisation, including in information questions.

I can distinguish between nasal [un/um] and non-nasal 'un/um'.

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Key learning points

  1. [un/um] is pronounced as in 'un' (a). [un/um] becomes non-nasal before a vowel e.g. 'unité'.
  2. Verbs like 'entendre' are similar in the present/perfect tenses but verbs like 'venir' are very different.
  3. Listen for an auxiliary verb to identify the tense, only the perfect tense has an auxiliary verb.
  4. Add question words to the start of a sentence to ask an information question.
  5. There is no subject-verb inversion when 'qui' is the first word of clause.

Keywords

  • Perfect tense - a verb tense that describes completed actions in the past e.g. 'I said', 'she played'

  • Information question - question starting with a wh- word that has more information in the answer than yes/no

Common misconception

The verbs 'entendre' and 'venir' have the same auxiliary verb.

Although their past participles are formed in the same way (ending in u), ‘venir’ is always formed with the auxiliary verb 'être' and never with ‘avoir’.


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It might be worth reminding students that there are more natural ways to ask the questions in English in C2 but they are there to prompt the students to use inversion in French. Teachers could change the English wording if they felt it necessary.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What does 'J'ai besoin d'une serviette' mean?

I need a serviette
He needs a towel
Correct answer: I need a towel
He needs a wash
I need a tissue

Q2.
'Vol' has 2 meanings. Which are correct?

Correct answer: theft
vote
Correct answer: flight
vape
Twenty

Q3.
What brand is it? C'est quelle ? Insert the missing word.

Correct Answer: marque

Q4.
mon père, je suis intelligent! Insert the French word for 'according to'.

Correct Answer: Selon

Q5.
Match the words.

Correct Answer:sécurité,safety

safety

Correct Answer:crime,crime

crime

Correct Answer:vol,theft, flight

theft, flight

Correct Answer:criminel,criminal

criminal

Correct Answer:responsabilité,responsibility

responsibility

Correct Answer:policier,police officer

police officer

Q6.
What is the métropole'?

countries around France
underground trains
colonies
Correct answer: mainland France
Paris

Assessment exit quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these sounds are nasal?

Correct answer: parfum
fortune
Correct answer: jungle
Correct answer: lundi
lune

Q2.
What is the meaning of the word 'mode'?

Correct Answer: fashion, fashionable

Q3.
Match the parts of the perfect tense of 'vendre' (to sell, selling).

Correct Answer:J',ai vendu

ai vendu

Correct Answer:Tu,as vendu

as vendu

Correct Answer:Il/Elle/On,a vendu

a vendu

Correct Answer:Nous,avons vendu

avons vendu

Correct Answer:Vous,avez vendu

avez vendu

Correct Answer:Ils/Elles,ont vendu

ont vendu

Q4.
Elles sont . Insert the correct form of the past participle (venir)

Correct Answer: venues

Q5.
Which of these verbs use être in the past tense?

entendre
attendre
Correct answer: venir
vendre
Correct answer: devenir

Q6.
Put the words in order to ask about the ice cream.

1 - qui
2 - a
3 - mangé
4 - la
5 - glace
6 - ?

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