Year 10 - French
Les champions du monde: 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 communicate in the perfect tense using four different negative structures to ask about sporting achievements in the French speaking world.
Key Notes
- [on] and [om] are nasal sounds but become non-nasal before a vowel or when part of a double consonant: [onne] or [omme].
- ne ... rien, like ne ... pas and ne ... jamais, wraps around the auxiliary verb in perfect tense.
- ne ... personne is different to other negatives in the past tense. Personne comes after the past participle.
- Sports successful in francophone nations include skiing, football, tennis, swimming, judo and ice dancing.
Vocabulary To Learn
- nasal vowel: when air passes through both the mouth and the nose to produce a vowel sound
- non-nasal vowel: when air passes only through the mouth to produce a vowel sound
- ne ... personne: not anyone, no one
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The negative structure ne ... personne is formed 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.
[on] and [om] are nasal sounds but become non-nasal before a vowel or when part of a double consonant: [onne] or [omme]. ne ... rien, like ne ... pas and ne ... jamais, wraps around the auxiliary verb in perfect tense.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'nasal vowel'
when air passes through both the mouth and the nose to produce a vowel sound. 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 formed the same way as ne ... pas and ne ... jamais in the perfect tense. Correction: Ne ... personne is unusual in that the second component (personne) comes after the past participle in the perfect tense.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Des auteurs francophones : perfect tense with 'être' Study Guide
- Le sport pour tous: 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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