Year 11
Guided Writing (Foundation) : Holidays
Year 11
Guided Writing (Foundation) : Holidays
Link copied to clipboard
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.
These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will explore a foundation style GCSE writing question focusing on tense formation before co-constructing a written answer. There is an opportunity to practise some independent writing at the end of this lesson.
- Purpose of language use: Guided writing: Holidays (Foundation)
- Grammar: Writing using multiple tenses: present, ALLER + infinitive, simple future, imperfect (il y avait), perfect tense
Licence
This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.
Loading...
Some of our videos, including non-English language videos, do not have captions.
13 Questions
Q1.
Which of these auxiliaries should we use with the 'je' form in the pluperfect tense?
avaient
avait
Q2.
Which of these auxiliaries should you use with the 'on' form in the pluperfect tense?
avaient
avais
aviez
Q3.
'Avant de' should be followed by which form of the verb?
The auxiliary
The past participle
Q4.
Translate : 'Avant d'arriver à l'hôtel, j'avais perdu mon passeport'
Before arriving at the hotel, I had forgotten my passport
Before arriving at the hotel, I lost my passport
Q5.
Translate : 'Before leaving, I had lost my camera'
Avant d'arriver, j'avais perdu mon appareil photo.
Avant de partir, j'ai oublié mon appareil photo.
Avant de partir, j'ai perdu mon appareil photo.
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.
Q7.
aussi
fairly
with
Q8.
celui
only
they
Q9.
bien
also
new
Q10.
où
if
or
Q11.
à la fois
from time to time
sometimes
Q12.
fois
do
law
Q13.
vous
they
we
13 Questions
Q1.
What does the 'B' stand form in the 'BORDER' writing frame?
Begin your answer
Best french phrase
Q2.
What should you look out for when identifying the perfect tense in the I form?
Je + infinitive + ai
Je + infinitive + ais
Je vais + infinitive
Q3.
What should you look out for when identifying the conditional tense in the I form?
J'ai + é
Je + infinitive + ai
Je vais + infinitive
Q4.
What does the final R stand for in the 'BORDER' writing frame?
Really glad I've finished!
Reason
Repeat the question
Q5.
Focus on Form. Translate : 'Je visiterai'
I have visited
I visit
I would visit
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.
Q7.
aussi
fairly
with
Q8.
celui
only
they
Q9.
bien
also
new
Q10.
où
if
or
Q11.
à la fois
from time to time
sometimes
Q12.
fois
do
law
Q13.
vous
they
we