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Après avoir préparé : après avoir + past participle

I can understand and give advice using après avoir + past participle.

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Year 11
Edexcel

Après avoir préparé : après avoir + past participle

I can understand and give advice using après avoir + past participle.

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Key learning points

  1. 'Après avoir' is used with a past participle to translate the English 'after doing' something.
  2. If the verb takes 'être' in the perfect tense, use 'après être' instead of 'après avoir'.
  3. When the verb used takes 'être' in the perfect tense, the past participle must agree with the subject of the sentence.
  4. Reflexive verbs place the reflexive pronoun in front of 'être'.

Keywords

  • Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb

Common misconception

The 'après avoir' + past participle structure applies to all verbs.

Verbs which take 'être' in the perfect tense use the structure 'après être' + past participle. The past participle must agree with the subject of the sentence e.g. Après être arrivée, elle a fait ses devoirs.


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6 Questions

Q1.
What is the French for 'school'?
Correct answer: école
visage
livre
règle
Q2.
Match the French words to their English meanings.
Correct Answer:corriger,face

face

Correct Answer:s'entendre avec,to get along with

to get along with

Correct Answer:mouvement (m),movement

movement

Correct Answer:s'inscrire,to enrol, to join

to enrol, to join

Correct Answer:mileu (m),middle

middle

Correct Answer:puissant,powerful

powerful

Q3.
In French, the letters 'th' in a word like thé are pronounced most like which English sound?
'th' as in think
'th' as in this
Correct answer: 't' as in tea
'd' as in dog
Q4.
Which of these words are infinitives?
étudié
Correct answer: travailler
réussi
Correct answer: corriger
travaille
Q5.
Which of these sentences correctly uses the infinitive after a preposition?
Il a travaillé avant étudier.
Elle va réussir sans de faire attention.
Correct answer: J’ai étudié avant de faire mes devoirs.
Nous allons à école pour apprendre.
Q6.
Translate this setence to French: 'Before playing I studied.'
Correct Answer: Avant de jouer, j'ai étudié

5 Questions

Q1.
What does the French word visage mean?
rule
Correct answer: face
shape
book
Q2.
Match the French phrases to their English equivalents.
Correct Answer:après avoir étudié,after studying

after studying

Correct Answer:après être allé,after going

after going

Correct Answer:après être rentrée,after returning (fem)

after returning (fem)

Q3.
Which of these sentences is NOT correctly formed?
Après avoir travaillé, elle a lu un livre.
Après être tombé, il s’est fait mal.
Correct answer: Après avoir allé à l’école, il a étudié.
Après être partie, elle a téléphoné.
Q4.
Complete the sentence with the correct form of 'after having accepted' in French. , elle a fait ses devoirs.
Correct Answer: Après avoir accepté
Q5.
Put the parts in the correct order to form a sentence. Start with the French for 'after arriving'.
1 - Après
2 - être
3 - arrivées
4 - elles
5 - ont
6 - été
7 - stressées.

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