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Year 11 - French

Une visite à Cannes : past versus present, conversation (AQA)

Communication and the world around us: Révisions: la vie en francophonie

Unit Summary

This unit begins formal revision, with known grammar and vocabulary reactivated throughout. Pupils apply knowledge of regular and irregular verbs in the present, perfect and imperfect tenses, reflexive verbs, feminine and plural noun formations as well as revisiting articles and pronouns.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use present and perfect tenses, including reflexive verbs, to describe a visit to Cannes.

Key Notes

  • Combining the perfect tense and the present tense is a useful way to contrast past and present activities.
  • When translating, it's important to pay attention to the gender and number of nouns and alter endings accordingly.
  • In conversation, it is useful to combine tenses when giving an answer to develop the conversation.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • perfect tense: a verb tense that describes completed actions in the past, e.g. 'I said', 'she played'

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • I can only answer conversation questions in the same tense as the question.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

Combining the perfect tense and the present tense is a useful way to contrast past and present activities. When translating, it's important to pay attention to the gender and number of nouns and alter endings accordingly.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'perfect tense'

a verb tense that describes completed actions in the past, e.g. 'I said', 'she played'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: I can only answer conversation questions in the same tense as the question. Correction: After responding appropriately to the initial question, it is a good idea to use different tenses in your answer to develop your response and to give interesting detail.

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