Les champions du monde: negation in the perfect tense
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can communicate in the perfect tense using four different negative structures to ask about sporting achievements in the French speaking world.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [on] and [om] are nasal sounds but become non-nasal before a vowel or when part of a double consonant: [onne] or [omme].
- ne ... rien, like ne ... pas and ne ... jamais, wraps around the auxiliary verb in perfect tense.
- ne ... personne is different to other negatives in the past tense. Personne comes after the past participle.
- Sports successful in francophone nations include skiing, football, tennis, swimming, judo and ice dancing.
Keywords
Nasal vowel - when air passes through both the mouth and the nose to produce a vowel sound
Non-nasal vowel - when air passes only through the mouth to produce a vowel sound
Ne ... personne - not anyone, no one
Common misconception
The negative structure ne ... personne is formed the same way as ne ... pas and ne ... jamais in the perfect tense.
Ne ... personne is unusual in that the second component (personne) comes after the past participle in the perfect tense.
Teacher tip
Don't hesitate to (over)exaggerate your mouth movements when pronouncing French sounds, especially the vowels, to emphasise how clearly they're articulated.
Equipment
Mini whiteboards and pens would be useful for the shorter checking for understanding style activities.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What type of question form is the following? 'As-tu joué au tennis ?'
Q2.The letter 't' in this question, 'a-t-elle fini le match ?', is present to help smooth ...
Q3.How is 'ne ... jamais' translated in English?
Q4.Match the English and French vocabulary together.
mettre
donc
rendre
presque
rare
mail/e-mail
Q5.Translate the following question: 'Didn't you win the match?'
Q6.Match the French and English vocabulary together.
to swap, exchange
thanks to
fast, quick
to draw, drawing
era, period, time
western
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Select the nasal vowel sounds.
Q2.Translate the following sentence, 'we haven't learned anything at school'.
Q3.Complete the statement: the negative element 'personne' comes the past participle.
Q4.Match the French to the English.
goal, aim, objective, purpose
position
badly
yet, nonetheless, nevertheless
test
most, the majority (of)
Q5.Which sports are popular in francophone countries?
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