Year 9 - French
The French Resistance: perfect tense with verbs like 'sortir' and 'choisir'
Historical events: perfect tense
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils consolidate the perfect tense with a range of known grammar and vocabulary. A key focus is revisiting prepositions of place and movement, consolidating past participle knowledge and contrasting present and perfect tenses.Inversion questions are also practised.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand and use verbs like 'sortir' and 'choisir' in the context of French history.
Key Notes
- The nasal SSCs [em/am] (pronounced as in 'temps') and [en/an] (pronounced as in 'enfant') are non-nasal before a vowel.
- Verbs like 'sortir' look and sound very different in the present and perfect tenses.
- Orally, only the presence or absence of an auxiliary verb shows whether verbs like 'choisir' are past or present tense.
- Jean Bascle was a member of the French Resistance who was arrested and sent to a concentration camp.
Vocabulary To Learn
- auxiliary verb: a form of either 'avoir' or 'être' used to form the perfect tense
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Verbs like 'sortir' and 'choisir' follow the same patterns in the present and perfect tenses.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
The nasal SSCs [em/am] (pronounced as in 'temps') and [en/an] (pronounced as in 'enfant') are non-nasal before a vowel. Verbs like 'sortir' look and sound very different in the present and perfect tenses.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'auxiliary verb'
a form of either 'avoir' or 'être' used to form the perfect tense. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Verbs like 'sortir' and 'choisir' follow the same patterns in the present and perfect tenses. Correction: Verbs like 'sortir' and 'choisir' follow the same patterns in the perfect tense - they need an auxiliary verb and a past participle ending in -i but follow different patterns in the present tense.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Concorde the history: 'sortir', 'choisir', 'venir' verbs, -ion/-ation nouns Study Guide
- Concorde the history: prepositions of place and movement Study Guide
- Occupied France: perfect tense with verbs like 'sortir' and 'choisir' Study Guide
- The French colonial empire: more practice of verbs like 'entendre' and 'venir' Study Guide
- The French colonial empire: perfect tense with verbs like 'venir' and 'entendre' Study Guide
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