Year 11

Talking about a disastrous holiday (Part 3/3)

Year 11

Talking about a disastrous holiday (Part 3/3)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will continue to discuss holiday problems, using the perfect and pluperfect tenses.
  2. Purpose of language use: Talking about a disastrous holiday
  3. Grammar: Avant de. Using the perfect and pluperfect.

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13 Questions

Q1.
Complete this statement : the expression 'avant de' needs to be followed by an ... verb.

Correct answer: infinitive
irregular
unusual

Q2.
Translate : 'Avant d'arriver au restaurant...'

Correct answer: Before arriving at the restaurant
Before I arrived at the restaurant
Before we arrived at the restaurant

Q3.
When does 'avant de' change to 'avant d''?

When it precedes a consonant
Correct answer: When it precedes a vowel
When it precedes an infinitive

Q4.
Translate : 'Avant d'oublier mon passeport...'

Before breaking my passport
Correct answer: Before forgetting my passport
Before losing my passport

Q5.
Translate : 'Before visiting the beach...'

Avant de visite la plage
Avant de visiter la mer
Correct answer: Avant de visiter la plage

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.
leur

Correct answer: their
they
time

Q8.
y

and
Correct answer: there
yes

Q9.
elle

fashion
he
Correct answer: she

Q10.
devoir

to be able to
Correct answer: to have to
to want to

Q11.
on doit

one/you/we can
Correct answer: one/you/we must
one/you/we should
with

Q12.
avant

after
Correct answer: before
during

Q13.
même

meme
Correct answer: same, even
some, odd

13 Questions

Q1.
Which of these auxiliaries should we use with the 'je' form in the pluperfect tense?

avaient
Correct answer: avais
avait

Q2.
Which of these auxiliaries should you use with the 'on' form in the pluperfect tense?

avaient
avais
Correct answer: avait
aviez

Q3.
'Avant de' should be followed by which form of the verb?

The auxiliary
Correct answer: The infinitive
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
Correct answer: Before arriving at the hotel, I had lost 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.
Correct answer: Avant de partir, j'avais 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

Correct answer: also
fairly
with

Q8.
celui

only
Correct answer: the one
they

Q9.
bien

also
new
Correct answer: well

Q10.

if
or
Correct answer: where

Q11.
à la fois

Correct answer: at the same time
from time to time
sometimes

Q12.
fois

do
law
Correct answer: time

Q13.
vous

they
we
Correct answer: you