La vie quotidienne : perfect and imperfect tenses, relative clauses and negation
I can discuss everyday life in the past, combining imperfect and perfect tenses, negation and relative clauses.
La vie quotidienne : perfect and imperfect tenses, relative clauses and negation
I can discuss everyday life in the past, combining imperfect and perfect tenses, negation and relative clauses.
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Key learning points
- Using the perfect tense and imperfect tense together enables us to express ongoing and isolated events in the past.
- Using qui, que, où and quand in relative clauses provides more information and adds complexity.
- Using a range of negative structures adds subtlety and complexity to descriptions and opinions.
- Combining different tenses allows students to give a more developed answers to conversation questions.
Keywords
Relative pronoun - a pronoun that introduces a relative clause
Common misconception
Answers to conversation questions should only be given in the same tense as the question.
Students should develop answers to conversation questions in order to give additional information and detail. Using different tenses allows students to give a more detailed and complex answer.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
reçois
reçoit
recevons
recevez
reçoivent
the second
the case
the equipment
the limit
Exit quiz
6 Questions
wood, woods
field
corner
to possess, possessing
to appreciate, appreciating
accommodation
ais
ait
ions
iez
aient
not
never
nothing
no longer
not …yet
neither ...nor