Year 11
Year 11

Talking about school trips (3/3)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will revisit the conditional tense using the pronouns je and on to talk about potential locations for future school trips.
  2. Purpose of language use: Talking about a school trip or school exchange

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13 Questions

Q1.
Translate: I went to France

Je allé en France
Correct answer: Je suis allé en France
On allé en France
Correct answer: On est allé en France

Q2.
Translate: We stayed with a French family

Je resté avec une famille française
Je suis resté avec une famille française
Correct answer: On est restés avec une famille française
On restés avec une famille française

Q3.
Translate: We arrived on the 1st March

On arrivé le premier mars
On est arriver le premier mars
On est arrives le premier mars
Correct answer: On est arrivés le premier mars

Q4.
When using être as the auxiliary verb, what happens to the past participle?

Nothing
Correct answer: The past participle agrees with the subject of the sentence
You don't need the accent on the end

Q5.
Translate: We left one week ago

On est parti il y a une semaine
Correct answer: On est partis il y a une semaine
On parti il y a une semaine

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.
pourtant

also, in addition
carrying
Correct answer: yet, nonetheless

Q8.
moitié

entirety
Correct answer: half
quarter

Q9.
avenir

avenue
Correct answer: future
past

Q10.
presque

Correct answer: almost
near to
occasionally

Q11.
tôt

bag
Correct answer: early
late

Q12.
partout

Correct answer: everywhere
nowhere
somewhere

Q13.
pire

better, best
fire
Correct answer: worse

14 Questions

Q1.
Select the correct translation. Si pouvais organiser une sortie scolaire

Correct answer: If I could organise a school trip
If I organise a school trip
If I would organise a school trip

Translate the following verbs into the conditional tense

Q3.
I would visit

Je visitais
Correct answer: Je visiterais
Je visiterait

Q4.
We would travel

On voyager
On voyagerais
Correct answer: On voyagerait

Q5.
I would learn

Correct answer: J'apprendrais
J'apprendre
J'apprendreais

Q6.
We would go

On allait
On allerait
Correct answer: On irait

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.

Q8.
derrière

Correct answer: behind
in front
past

Q9.
demain

today
Correct answer: tomorrow
yesterday

Q10.
hier

today
tomorrow
Correct answer: yesterday

Q11.
au bord de

Correct answer: at the side of
on top of
underneath

Q12.
désormais

Correct answer: from now on
hopefully
no longer

Q13.
dehors

behind
inside
Correct answer: outside

Q14.
d'habitude

informally
unlikely
Correct answer: usually