Year 11 - French
Ils m'inspirent : extended writing
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 describe the daily life of a famous Francophone group or individual, incorporating a range of reflexive verbs and pronouns.
Key Notes
- Reflexive pronouns enable us to express an action done to oneself or two or more subjects acting upon one another.
- Infinitives of reflexive verbs are always preceded by se or s'. Choose the correct pronoun when conjugating the verb.
- The negative component 'ne' goes before the reflexive pronoun. 'Pas' goes after the verb.
- Extend answers by giving and justifying opinions and using a variety of adjectives, adverbs, pronouns and intensifiers.
Vocabulary To Learn
- reflexive pronoun: used to indicate doing something to yourself, words like 'myself' and 'yourself'
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Reflexive pronouns are only used to talk about actions done to oneself.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Reflexive pronouns enable us to express an action done to oneself or two or more subjects acting upon one another. Infinitives of reflexive verbs are always preceded by se or s'. Choose the correct pronoun when conjugating the verb.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'reflexive pronoun'
used to indicate doing something to yourself, words like 'myself' and 'yourself'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Reflexive pronouns are only used to talk about actions done to oneself. Correction: Reflexive pronouns are also used with verbs to indicate a reciprocal (shared) action between two or more subjects. Verbs can only be reciprocal with plural subjects, i.e. 'nous', 'vous' and 'ils/elles'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Après avoir préparé : 'après avoir' + past participle Study Guide
- Avant de passer un examen : prepositions with the infinitive 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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