Year 11 - French
J'ai dû attendre : irregular past participles, modal verbs present and past
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 combine regular, irregular and modal verbs in the perfect and present tenses to describe positive and negative aspects of a trip to town.
Key Notes
- Adding modal verbs to your written and spoken work broadens communication and adds complexity.
- The irregular past participles of the four modal verbs are: dû, pu, voulu and su.
- It is helpful to practise moving between present and past tense modals e.g je peux- j'ai pu; je veux- j'ai voulu.
Vocabulary To Learn
- modal verb: verb of necessity or possibility used with a 2nd verb in infinitive e.g. must, can, want
- irregular: describes a word that does not follow the regular pattern
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- You must only use verbs in the same tense as the task question in your answer.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Adding modal verbs to your written and spoken work broadens communication and adds complexity. The irregular past participles of the four modal verbs are: dû, pu, voulu and su.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'modal verb'
verb of necessity or possibility used with a 2nd verb in infinitive e.g. must, can, want. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: You must only use verbs in the same tense as the task question in your answer. Correction: Students should practise combining different tenses of verbs when giving their answers (ensuring they give a relevant response to the task) in order to demonstrate a wider knowledge of language and to give a richer response.
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
- Ils s'entendent bien : reflexive pronouns 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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