form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to yourself

form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to others

describes what you did or have done in the past

describes what you do habitually or what you are doing now

Assane

Amadou

Moussa

le voyage

je suis tombé

La journée d'un jeune migrant : Extended writing and speaking

French

This unit examines the use of direct and indirect object pronouns in the past tense, infinitives used as nouns, and the perfect tense when used as the equivalent of the present perfect. Furthermore, pupils will meet the present tense with depuis, être en train de, and venir de + infinitive.

Communication and the world around us: mon nouveau pays

Which of these phrases describes a point in the past?

J'ai fait la cuisine depuis l'âge de cinq ans.

Je fais la cuisine depuis l'âge de cinq ans.

J'aime faire la cuisine depuis l'âge de cinq ans.

Je faisais la cuisine depuis l'âge de cinq ans.

Which is the correct translation? I have been cooking since the age of five.

Which verb phrase completes this sentence? '{{}} au foot depuis août.' I have been playing football since August.

Which verb phrase completes this sentence? '{{}} au foot depuis ce moment-lâ.' I have been playing football since that moment.

Match the first and third person words. There is a mixture of conjugated verb forms, possesive adjectives and pronouns.

Write this sentence in the third person. 'Je me suis mis à préparer.' I started to prepare.

Match the verb forms of 'avoir' and 'être' with the subject pronoun.

talking about what you did for a while in the past.

talking about what you have been doing since a time in the past and still do. 

talking about how long you have been doing something for.

talking about when you started doing something.

I am studying French since more than three years ago.

I have studied French since more than three years ago.

I have been studying French since more than three years ago.

I have been studying French for more than three years.

Which is the most appropriate translation for this sentence? 'J'étudie le français depuis plus de trois ans.'

Il a joué du violon depuis l'âge de sept ans.

Il aime jouer du violon depuis l'âge de sept ans. 

Il joue du violon depuis l'âge de sept ans.

Il va jouer du violon depuis l'âge de sept ans.

Which French translation is correct? He has been playing the violin since the age of seven.

Which is the correct word order to make the sentence: They have been going to school for ten years.

Starter Quiz