Saying what you do and did on holiday (Part 3/4)

Saying what you do and did on holiday (Part 3/4)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will consolidate our understanding of the perfect tense using 'avoir' with regular and irregular past participles. We also explore the position of ne and pas in the perfect tense.
  2. Purpose of language use: Saying what you do and did on holiday
  3. Grammar: Present and perfect tense verbs in the 'I' form.

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13 Questions

Q1.
Translate : 'On n'a pas visité les monuments'
I didn't visit the monuments
I visited the monuments
Correct answer: We didn't visit the monuments
We visited the monuments
Q2.
What does 'ne...pas' mean in French
Never
No longer
Correct answer: Not
Only
Q3.
In the past tense, 'ne...pas' goes either side of which verb?
Correct answer: The auxiliary verb
The past participle
Q4.
We change 'ne' to 'n'' when it precedes a...
consonant
pronoun
verb
Correct answer: vowel
Q5.
Translate : 'I didn't do sailing'
J'ai fait de la voile
J'ai ne pas fait de la voile
Correct answer: Je n'ai pas fait de la voile
On n'a pas fait de la voile
The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in French in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.
Q7.
surtout
Correct answer: especially, above all
on top of that
when all's said and done
Q8.
propre
belonging to
Correct answer: clean, proper
dirty, improper
Q9.
plutôt
earlier
planet
Correct answer: rather
Q10.
souvent
occasionally
Correct answer: often
sometimes
Q11.
assez
Correct answer: enough, quite
lots of
with
Q12.
d'abord
all aboard
Correct answer: first of all
on top of
Q13.
loin
close
Correct answer: far
near

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UnitFrench / Holidays

French