Past events: the perfect tense, questions
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In this unit, pupils anchor their knowledge of the perfect tense and apply it in inversion questions. The English present perfect translation (I have done) is then contrasted with the known simple past (I did), and the range of perfect tense questions expanded to include intonation and est-ce que questions. Pupils apply this knowledge in describing a range of past events. New irregular past participles are introduced as they extend their vocabulary, and then consolidate this in a rich text exploitation, where pupils explore high frequency vocabulary and grammar in a literary context.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can recognise the perfect tense of common regular and irregular verbs in the je, tu and il/elle forms.
- Pupils know how to translate the perfect tense using the English simple past.
- Pupils know the verb 'avoir' in full in the present tense.
- Pupils know that regular -er verbs form their past participles with the ending -é.
- Pupils know the past participles of the verbs 'faire' and 'dire'.
- Pupils can form questions using intonation and est-ce que... in the perfect tense.
Threads
Why this why now
In this unit, pupils anchor their knowledge of the perfect tense and apply it in inversion questions. The English present perfect translation (I have done) is then contrasted with the known simple past (I did), and the range of perfect tense questions expanded to include intonation and est-ce que questions. Pupils apply this knowledge in describing a range of past events. New irregular past participles are introduced as they extend their vocabulary, and then consolidate this in a rich text exploitation, where pupils explore high frequency vocabulary and grammar in a literary context.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can recognise the perfect tense of common regular and irregular verbs in the je, tu and il/elle forms.
- Pupils know how to translate the perfect tense using the English simple past.
- Pupils know the verb 'avoir' in full in the present tense.
- Pupils know that regular -er verbs form their past participles with the ending -é.
- Pupils know the past participles of the verbs 'faire' and 'dire'.
- Pupils can form questions using intonation and est-ce que... in the perfect tense.
Past events: the perfect tense, questions
In this unit, pupils extend their knowledge of the perfect tense as they practise asking intonation, inversion and est-ce que questions in the perfect tense. They learn irregular past participles, practise the two English translations (I did, I have done) for the French perfect tense
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