a verb tense that describes completed actions in the past e.g. 'I said', 'she played'

verb form that forms the perfect tense, usually together with 'avoir'

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Today and yesterday: perfect tense with 1st person -er verbs + avoir

French

In this unit, knowledge of -er verbs in the present tense is embedded, and intonation and inversion questions with and without question words are revisited. Pupils contrast present and perfect tenses with 'avoir' for -er verbs, faire and dire. The SSCs um,un and -gn- are taught.

Everyday life: -ER verbs in the present and past

Match up the nouns in French and English.

Match the subject pronouns with the correct verbs.

Order the sentence 'The secretary is quite hard working but he's arriving late again' in French.

Tick any of the sound-symbol correspondences contained in the sentence 'Je parle espagnol, mais il parle français'.

To make the perfect tense in French, you need the present tense of the verb {{}} and a past participle which is formed by changing the infinitive ending from -er to -é

Fill in the missing word in the sentence I used the computer on the desk. 'J'ai {{}} 'l'ordinateur sur le bureau.'

Match up the first person verbs in French and English.

Put the last six months of the year in sequence.

What does the verb 'envoyer' mean in English?

Order the sentence 'Today, I'm eating my lunch at the office' in French.

Fill in the missing French word in the sentence 'J'ai {{}} au revoir à mon ami Amir'.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Today and yesterday: perfect tense with 1st person -er verbs + avoir

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.