Switzerland: perfect tense singular -er verbs
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use singular -er verbs in the perfect tense to express what I and others did in the past.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- French vowel sounds can be open or closed. The closed [eu] sound is like the [eu] in 'peu'.
- The open [eu/œu] sound is in the word 'cœur'.
- In French, Switzerland is 'la Suisse' and 'Genève' (Geneva) is one of its major cities.
- The 'il, elle' form of the perfect tense uses 'il, elle a' and the past participle to express what he or she did.
- When using different verb forms in the perfect tense, the form of 'avoir' changes, not the past participle.
Keywords
Closed [eu] - sound-symbol correspondence like the [eu] in 'peu' which means 'few'
Open [eu/œu] - sound-symbol correspondence like the [œu] in 'cœur' which means 'heart'
Common misconception
The closed [eu] and the open [eu/œu] sounds are the same.
There are open vowel sounds and closed vowel sounds in French. The closed [eu] sound is like the [eu] in 'peu', it is short and sharp. The open [eu/oœu] sound is a longer sound like the [œu] in 'sœur'.
Teacher tip
There is some cultural information on Switzerland and Geneva in this lesson. You may wish to explore this theme in more depth with your students.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put the second half of the year in order of months.
Q2.Match the pronouns to the correct form of the verb 'avoir'.
Q3.What do 'son, sa, ses' mean?
Q4.Which of the following possessive adjectives mean 'our' in French?
Q5.We use the perfect tense to express what someone .
Q6.Which of the following sentences are in the perfect tense?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following words contains the open [eu/œu] sound rather than the closed [eu] sound?
Q2.Match the English with the French.
Q3.Match the French to the English.
Q4.Which of these 'il, elle' sentences are in the perfect tense?
Q5.Which pronoun is missing in each of these perfect tense sentences. Is it 'j'', 'tu', 'il' or 'elle'?
Q6.Put the following words in the correct order to translate: She travelled to Switzerland.
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