Lesson 10 of 19
  • Year 10

Describing a night out with friends (Part 1/3)

Lesson 10 of 19
  • Year 10

Describing a night out with friends (Part 1/3)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will use regular verbs in the perfect tense to describe a night out with friends.
  2. Purpose of language use: Describing a night out with friends
  3. Grammar: Revisiting the Perfect Tense with regular past participles (-er, -ir, -re);

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15 Questions

Q1.
When do we use the expression 'rendre visite à'?

When we are describing someone
Correct answer: When we are visiting a person
When we are visiting a place/location

Q2.
When do we use the expression 'visiter'?

When we are visiting a person
Correct answer: When we are visiting a place/location
Whenever we would use the English verb 'to visit'

Q3.
How do we say 'I want to visit the museum'?

Je veux aller au musée
Je veux rendre visite au musée
Je veux venir au musée
Correct answer: Je veux visiter le musée

Q4.
How do we say 'I'm going to visit my parents'?

Je vais aller chez moi
Je vais aller en ville
Correct answer: Je vais rendre visite à mes parents
Je vais visiter mes parents

Q5.
How do we say 'I want to visit' in French?

Je veux visite
Je veux visité
Correct answer: Je veux visiter

Q6.
How do we say 'I'm going to see'?

Correct answer: Je vais voir
Je vais vois
Je vais vu

Q7.
How do we say 'He wants to go to town'?

Il veut allé en ville
Correct answer: Il veut aller en ville
Il veut va en ville

The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in French in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

Q9.
encore

Correct answer: again, yet
new
Others
time, times

Q10.
nouveau, nouvelle

Correct answer: new
next
nice
Others

Q11.
aller

to be
Correct answer: to go
to have

Q12.
je vais

I am
Correct answer: I go
I have

Q13.
Il va

He does
Correct answer: He goes
He likes

Q14.
cela

cellar
mobile phone
Correct answer: that, it

Q15.
entre

Correct answer: between
entrance
with

15 Questions

Q1.
To form the perfect tense, we need a pronoun, an auxiliary verb and a...

infinitive
Correct answer: past participle
present tense verb

Q2.
The past participle for a regular -er verb ends in...

Correct answer:
-er
-i
-u

Q3.
How do you say 'I (have) bought'?

Correct answer: J'ai acheté
Je acheté
Je suis acheté
On a acheté

Q4.
How do you say 'I have left'?

J'ai quitte
Correct answer: J'ai quitté
J'ai quitter
Je quitté

Q5.
How do you say 'we have met'?

On a retrouve
Correct answer: On a retrouvé
On ai retrouve
On retrouve

Q6.
How do you say 'I have drunk'?

J'ai boiré
Correct answer: J'ai bu
Je bois
Je bu

Q7.
How do you say 'I have seen'?

J'ai voi
Correct answer: J'ai vu
Je suis vu
Je vu

The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in French in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.

Q9.
premier

Correct answer: first
only
top

Q10.
vouloir

Others
to have to
to need
Correct answer: to want

Q11.
Je veux

I can
I must
Correct answer: I want

Q12.
Je voudrais

I could
I should
Correct answer: I would like

Q13.
déjà

Correct answer: already
still
yet

Q14.
grand

Correct answer: big
fancy
grand

Q15.
mon, ma, mes

his/her
Correct answer: my
your