Year 11

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

Year 11

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

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will discuss what we did on holiday, using the perfect tense with 'être' and reflexive verbs.
  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.
Is the person who wrote this sentence male or female : 'Je suis allé aux musées'

Female
Correct answer: Male

Q2.
What do we know about the people involved in this sentence : 'On s'est promenées au bord de mer'

There is one male and one female
Correct answer: They are both female
They are both male

Q3.
When using verbs which take 'être' in the past tense, the past participle must agree in:

gender
Correct answer: gender and number
number

Q4.
Translate : 'Je me suis reposée à la plage'

I bathed at the beach
Correct answer: I relaxed at the beach
I walked at the beach

Q5.
Imagine that you are a girl. Translate : 'I walked in the mountains'

Correct answer: Je me suis promenée à la montagne
Je suis promené à la montagne
Je suis promenée à la montagne

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.
lendemain

day before yesterday
Correct answer: next day
yesterday

Q8.
autant

Correct answer: as much / as many
not enough
too much / too many

Q9.
tiers

floors
Correct answer: third
thirteen

Q10.
quart

cart
four
Correct answer: quarter

Q11.
autrefois

in the future
Correct answer: in the past
some other time

Q12.
faire

Correct answer: to do, make
to go
to have, hold

Q13.
je fais

Correct answer: I do, make
I go
I have, hold