Year 11 - French
Après avoir préparé : 'après avoir' + past participle
Popular culture: La vie quotidienne
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Unit Summary
This unit focuses on mastering the use of reflexive pronouns and verbs. It also revisits perfect and imperfect tenses, relative clauses and negation, and introduces the past participles of modal verbs. There is a further focus on avant de + infinitive and après avoir + past participle.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand and give advice using 'après avoir' + past participle.
Key Notes
- 'Après avoir' is used with a past participle to translate the English 'after doing' something.
- If the verb takes 'être' in the perfect tense, use 'après être' instead of 'après avoir'.
- When the verb used takes 'être' in the perfect tense, the past participle must agree with the subject of the sentence.
- Reflexive verbs place the reflexive pronoun in front of 'être'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- past participle: verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The 'après avoir' + past participle structure applies to all verbs.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
'Après avoir' is used with a past participle to translate the English 'after doing' something. If the verb takes 'être' in the perfect tense, use 'après être' instead of 'après avoir'.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'past participle'
verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: The 'après avoir' + past participle structure applies to all verbs. Correction: Verbs which take 'être' in the perfect tense use the structure 'après être' + past participle. The past participle must agree with the subject of the sentence, e.g. 'après être arrivée, elle a fait ses devoirs'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Avant de passer un examen : prepositions with the infinitive Study Guide
- Ils m'inspirent : extended writing Study Guide
- Ils s'entendent bien : reflexive pronouns Study Guide
- J'ai dû attendre : irregular past participles, modal verbs present and past Study Guide
- Je sortais la poubelle quand ... :perfect, imperfect, relative clauses, negation Study Guide
- La vie quotidienne : perfect and imperfect tenses, relative clauses and negation Study Guide
- On a fait les courses : irregular past participles, perfect tense modal verbs Study Guide
- On est prêt à tout : avant de, après avoir Study Guide
- On fait les magasins et les courses : extending vocabulary Study Guide
- On peut acheter : present tense modal verbs Study Guide
- Qui a fait le ménage ? Perfect tense, relative clauses, negation Study Guide
- Une journée dans la vie d'un groupe francophone : reflexive pronouns Study Guide
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