Year 11

Saying what you do and did on holiday (Part 3/4)

Year 11

Saying what you do and did on holiday (Part 3/4)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will consolidate our understanding of the perfect tense using 'avoir' with regular and irregular past participles. We also explore the position of ne and pas in the perfect tense.
  2. Purpose of language use: Saying what you do and did on holiday
  3. Grammar: Present and perfect tense verbs in the 'I' form.

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13 Questions

Q1.
Translate : 'On n'a pas visité les monuments'

I didn't visit the monuments
I visited the monuments
Correct answer: We didn't visit the monuments
We visited the monuments

Q2.
What does 'ne...pas' mean in French

Never
No longer
Correct answer: Not
Only

Q3.
In the past tense, 'ne...pas' goes either side of which verb?

Correct answer: The auxiliary verb
The past participle

Q4.
We change 'ne' to 'n'' when it precedes a...

consonant
pronoun
verb
Correct answer: vowel

Q5.
Translate : 'I didn't do sailing'

J'ai fait de la voile
J'ai ne pas fait de la voile
Correct answer: Je n'ai pas fait de la voile
On n'a pas fait de la voile

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.
surtout

Correct answer: especially, above all
on top of that
when all's said and done

Q8.
propre

belonging to
Correct answer: clean, proper
dirty, improper

Q9.
plutôt

earlier
planet
Correct answer: rather

Q10.
souvent

occasionally
Correct answer: often
sometimes

Q11.
assez

Correct answer: enough, quite
lots of
with

Q12.
d'abord

all aboard
Correct answer: first of all
on top of

Q13.
loin

close
Correct answer: far
near