Year 10 - French
Le sport pour tous: negation in the perfect tense
Lifestyle and wellbeing: Des personnalités francophones
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Unit Summary
This unit focuses on communicating in the perfect tense, revisiting regular and irregular past participle formation, verbs with être and past participle agreement. Pupils will meet the past participles of verbs like ouvrir, écrire and traduire, and revisit perfect tense questions and negation.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explore the importance of inclusivity in sport, expanding your sporting vocabulary and using four negative structures accurately.
Key Notes
- 'Ne ... pas', 'ne ... rien', and 'ne ... jamais' all wrap around the auxiliary verb in the perfect tense.
- 'Ne ... personne' is different to other negatives in the past tense. 'Personne' comes after the past participle.
- Present and perfect tenses can be usefully combined to talk about sporting personalities, achievements and events.
Vocabulary To Learn
- negation: two elements, e.g. 'ne ... pas', around the main verb expressing negative meaning
- ne ... personne: not anyone, no one
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The negative structure 'ne ... personne' is used in the same way as 'ne ... pas' and 'ne ... jamais' in the perfect tense.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
'Ne ... pas', 'ne ... rien', and 'ne ... jamais' all wrap around the auxiliary verb in the perfect tense. 'Ne ... personne' is different to other negatives in the past tense. 'Personne' comes after the past participle.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'negation'
two elements, e.g. 'ne ... pas', around the main verb expressing negative meaning. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: The negative structure 'ne ... personne' is used in the same way as 'ne ... pas' and 'ne ... jamais' in the perfect tense. Correction: 'Personne' goes after the past participle instead of after the auxiliary verb. Careful study and practice is required to master this structure.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Des auteurs francophones : perfect tense with 'être' Study Guide
- Les champions du monde: negation in the perfect tense Study Guide
- Qui a écrit ... ? Perfect tense with predictable and irregular past participles Study Guide
- Qui a gagné ? Yes/no questions in the perfect tense Study Guide
- Une écrivaine francophone: perfect tense verbs like ouvrir, écrire & traduire Study Guide
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