Year 11 - French
On est prêt à tout : avant de, après avoir
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 complete a photo description task and accurately translate complex sentences using prepositions into French and into English, in the context of taking exams.
Key Notes
- Including structures such as avant de + infinitive and après avoir + past participle enhances complexity.
- Cognates help us understand the context of longer texts. Be aware of 'false friends' which don't carry the same meaning.
- Pay attention to 'little words' when translating into French, e.g. avant must be followed by 'de' before the infinitive.
- Account for every word when translating from French, but remember there might be a different number of words in English.
Vocabulary To Learn
- preposition: a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- There are always the same number of words used when translating between languages.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Including structures such as avant de + infinitive and après avoir + past participle enhances complexity. Cognates help us understand the context of longer texts. Be aware of 'false friends' which don't carry the same meaning.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'preposition'
a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: There are always the same number of words used when translating between languages. Correction: As languages are complex, many ideas are expressed differently in different languages. When translating, more or fewer words might be needed to convey the information e.g. avant de passer un examan - before sitting an exam.
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
- 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 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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