Year 11 - French
Ils s'entendent bien : reflexive pronouns
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 texts about daily routine using reflexive verbs and also texts discussing relationships and interactions with reciprocal verbs.
Key Notes
- The verb spellings of regular reflexive verbs are the same as regular -er, -ir and -re verbs in the present tense.
- Some verbs have a secondary meaning that uses a reflexive pronoun.
- Some verbs use reflexive pronouns in French when their English translation doesn't include a reflexive idea.
- Sometimes the reflexive pronoun indicates the action is exchanged between two or more subjects acting upon one another.
Vocabulary To Learn
- reflexive: describes an action where the subject and object of the verb are the same
- reciprocal: describes an action that is two-way or mutual
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All verbs using reflexive pronouns are reflexive.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
The verb spellings of regular reflexive verbs are the same as regular -er, -ir and -re verbs in the present tense. Some verbs have a secondary meaning that uses a reflexive pronoun.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'reflexive'
describes an action where the subject and object of the verb are the same. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: All verbs using reflexive pronouns are reflexive. Correction: Reciprocal verbs use the reflexive pronouns 'se', 'nous' and 'vous'. They are used to express actions that two or more people perform with, or for, each other, e.g. 'nous nous écrivons souvent' - 'we often write to each other'.
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 m'inspirent : extended writing 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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