School reporter: past inversion questions
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan questions for a school report using inversion and the perfect tense
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The French [s] can make a hard 'z' or a soft 's' sound: maison, société.
- The SSC [tion] makes a soft 's' sound: attention. The SSC [ç/c] makes a soft 's' sound: cinéma.
- Use the perfect tense to talk about an action that happened in the past: avoir + past participle.
- To ask a closed question in the perfect tense use inversion: swap the subject and the verb (avoir): as-tu commencé ?
Keywords
[s] - pronounced as in 'maison'
[tion] - pronounced as in 'attention'
[c/ç] - pronounced as in 'ici'
Perfect tense - a verb tense that describes completed actions in the past e.g. I listened, you played
Inversion - when the subject pronoun and the verb switch place to form a question
Common misconception
When forming an inversion question in the perfect tense, the past participle comes after 'avoir'.
When forming an inversion question in the perfect tense, only the verb avoir and the subject swap. The past participle remains at the end: as-tu commencé ?
Teacher tip
Once pupils have prepared questions for their school project, ask volunteers to present their 'school report' to the class, as Amir did in task B1. Use task B1 as a model answer on the board.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French to the English.
to describe, describing
to explain, explaining
to borrow, borrowing
to leave, leaving
to feed, feeding
to finish, finishing
Q2.Which words mean 'time'?
Q3.Order the words to say 'vaping is dangerous for young people'.
Q4.'Aujourd'hui je vais emprunter ton livre.' Which is the correct translation?
Q5.'Avez-vous écrit une lettre?' Translate this sentence into English.
Q6.'Have they found a solution?' Translate this question into French using inversion into French.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these words is an adverb?
Q2.'Nous __________ parlé avec les élèves et leurs parents pour trouver une solution.' Which word best completes this sentence?
Q3.'Je quitte __________ l'école à trois heures.' Which word best completes this sentence?
Q4.Order these words to say 'I want to work with the local community'.
Q5.'Avons-nous envoyé un e-mail urgent?' Translate this sentence into English.
Q6.'I have already proposed a meeting.' Translate this sentence into French.
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