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

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

A1 - 1 mener

A1 - 2 dessiner

A1 - 3 souligner

A1 - 4 campagne

A1 - 5 gouverner

A1 - 6 poignée

C1 - 1 J’ai fait mon lit.

C1 - 2 J’ai fait mes devoirs.

C1 - 3 Je fais une activité.

C1 - 4 Je dis bonjour à ma famille.

C1 - 5 J’ai fait une pizza.

C1 - 6 Je fais un café.

Today and yesterday: perfect tense with 'faire' and 'dire'

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

Which letters are usually silent final consonants in French?

Which places contain the sound [gn] in French?

We use the {{}} tense to refer to completed past actions in French.

Order the words to say: 'Yesterday, I went on a trip and now I'm doing the housework'.

Put the French numbers in descending order (biggest to smallest).

Write the feminine form of the adjective 'new'.

Starter Quiz