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Year 10
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Les champions du monde: negation in the perfect tense

Learning outcomes

I can communicate in the perfect tense using four different negative structures to ask about sporting achievements in the French speaking world.

I can recognise and pronounce [on] and [om].

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New
New
Year 10
Edexcel

Les champions du monde: negation in the perfect tense

Learning outcomes

I can communicate in the perfect tense using four different negative structures to ask about sporting achievements in the French speaking world.

I can recognise and pronounce [on] and [om].

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Key learning points

  1. [on] and [om] are nasal sounds but become non-nasal before a vowel or when part of a double consonant: [onne] or [omme].
  2. ne ... rien, like ne ... pas and ne ... jamais, wraps around the auxiliary verb in perfect tense.
  3. ne ... personne is different to other negatives in the past tense. Personne comes after the past participle.
  4. 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.


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6 Questions

Q1.
What type of question form is the following? 'As-tu joué au tennis ?'
Intonation.
Est-ce que.
Correct answer: Inversion.
Q2.
The letter 't' in this question, 'a-t-elle fini le match ?', is present to help smooth ...
Correct Answer: pronunciation
Q3.
How is 'ne ... jamais' translated in English?
Correct answer: never
not
nothing
doesn't
Q4.
Match the English and French vocabulary together.
Correct Answer:to put (on), putting (on),mettre

mettre

Correct Answer:so, therefore,donc

donc

Correct Answer:to return (something), give (something) ,rendre

rendre

Correct Answer:almost, nearly,presque

presque

Correct Answer:rare,rare

rare

Correct Answer:e-mail,mail/e-mail

mail/e-mail

Q5.
Translate the following question: 'Didn't you win the match?'
1 - n'
2 - as
3 - -tu
4 - pas
5 - gagné
6 - le
7 - match
Q6.
Match the French and English vocabulary together.
Correct Answer:échanger,to swap, exchange

to swap, exchange

Correct Answer:grâce à,thanks to

thanks to

Correct Answer:rapide,fast, quick

fast, quick

Correct Answer:dessiner,to draw, drawing

to draw, drawing

Correct Answer:époque,era, period, time

era, period, time

Correct Answer:occidental,western

western

5 Questions

Q1.
Select the nasal vowel sounds.
Correct answer: bon
Correct answer: cordon
somme
Correct answer: tomber
comme
Q2.
Translate the following sentence, 'we haven't learned anything at school'.
1 - nous
2 - n'
3 - avons
4 - rien
5 - appris
6 - au
7 - collège
Q3.
Complete the statement: the negative element 'personne' comes the past participle.
Correct Answer: after, behind
Q4.
Match the French to the English.
Correct Answer:le but,goal, aim, objective, purpose

goal, aim, objective, purpose

Correct Answer:la position,position

position

Correct Answer:mal,badly

badly

Correct Answer:pourtant,yet, nonetheless, nevertheless

yet, nonetheless, nevertheless

Correct Answer:l'épreuve,test

test

Correct Answer:plupart (de),most, the majority (of)

most, the majority (of)

Q5.
Which sports are popular in francophone countries?
cricket
Correct answer: judo
Correct answer: ice dancing
Correct answer: tennis
Correct answer: football

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