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Des francophones célèbres : imperative, present participle, writing (AQA)
I can understand the imperative and present participles and I can write in detail about famous French speakers.
- Year 11
- AQA
Des francophones célèbres : imperative, present participle, writing (AQA)
I can understand the imperative and present participles and I can write in detail about famous French speakers.
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Key learning points
- The imperative is used to give instructions, commands or advice to one or more people.
- The imperative exists in second person singular ('tu'), first person plural ('nous') and second person plural ('vous').
- French present participle ends in -ant, English present participle ends in -ing.
- For present participle, remove -ons from nous form present tense and replace with -ant, e.g. écrire, écrivons, écrivant.
- In writing, it is important to communicate accurately but also to include varied and complex language.
Keywords
Imperative - a mood used to tell somebody to do something or give instructions or commands
Present participle - verb form that forms the present continuous
Common misconception
Always use the infinitive to translate the '-ing' verb form into French.
The infinitive used as a noun in French translates the idea of 'doing' something, e.g. 'fumer est mauvais' ('smoking is bad'). The present participle translates the present continuous in English, e.g. 'étant célèbre' ('being famous').
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these words means 'differently'?
Q2.Match the negatives.
not
never
neither - nor
no one
no more
nothing
Q3.Write the English for 'moulant'.
Q4.Match the parts of the verb 'être'.
serai
seras
sera
serons
serez
seront
Q5.Write the French for 'almost, nearly'.
Q6.Order the words to form a sentence.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.'Je vais aller en ligne pour des billets.' Choose the correct verb.
Q2.Which of these sentences refer to the future?
Q3.Match the present participles.
having
being
doing, making
going
singing
eating