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A typical day: partitive, liaison, perfect tense questions

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I can ask and answer 'est-ce que' questions in the perfect tense to describe daily life.

I can pronounce a range of sound-symbol correspondences and liaison confidently.

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A typical day: partitive, liaison, perfect tense questions

Learning outcomes

I can ask and answer 'est-ce que' questions in the perfect tense to describe daily life.

I can pronounce a range of sound-symbol correspondences and liaison confidently.

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Key learning points

  1. You can pronounce a usually silent final consonant if it is followed by a vowel; this is liaison.
  2. Use the partitive article with uncountable nouns/ non-specific amounts; change to 'de' after quantities/negatives.
  3. Use 'est-ce que' at the beginning of a sentence to signal questioning.
  4. To make perfect tense sentences negative, put 'ne … pas' around the form of avoir.

Keywords

  • Liaison - pronouncing a usually silent final consonant because a word starting with a vowel follows

  • Partitive article - refers to parts of things; often means 'some' in English

  • Est-ce que - questioning device

Common misconception

Ne ... pas goes around the main verb (the past participle) in perfect tense sentences.

Just like in other double verb sentences, ne...pas goes around the first verb; in the perfect tense, that's the conjugated form of 'avoir'.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match up the French and the English words.
Correct Answer:créer,to create, creating
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to create, creating

Correct Answer:fermer,to close, closing
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to close, closing

Correct Answer:passer,to spend, spending
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to spend, spending

Correct Answer:poème,poem
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poem

Correct Answer:projet,plan
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plan

Correct Answer:apporter,to bring
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to bring

Q2.
Which of these words are definite articles?
Correct answer: le
un
Correct answer: la
une
Correct answer: les
Q3.
Match the beginnings and ends of the sentences which make the most sense.
Correct Answer:Je mange,du chocolat.
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du chocolat.

Correct Answer:Je bois,du lait.
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du lait.

Correct Answer:Je joue dans,la salle moderne.
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la salle moderne.

Q4.
Put the sentence in order.
1 - mon
2 - animal
3 - préféré
4 - c'est
5 - le
6 - chien
Q5.
Fill the gap in this sentence with the correct form of 'faire': Nous la cuisine.
Correct Answer: faisons
Q6.
Put the sentence in the correct order.
1 - je
2 - ne
3 - regarde
4 - pas
5 - le
6 - film

6 Questions

Q1.
Match up the French and the English.
Correct Answer:cuisine,kitchen, cooking
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kitchen, cooking

Correct Answer:mère,mother
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mother

Correct Answer:sœur,sister
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sister

Correct Answer:salle,room
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room

Q2.
Match the noun with the correct partitive article.
Correct Answer:limonade (f),de la
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de la

Correct Answer:eau (f),de l'
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de l'

Correct Answer:thé (m),du
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du

Q3.
Which of these things are uncountable?
Correct answer: eau
Correct answer: lait
Correct answer: viande
pizza
fenêtre
Q4.
What can you add to the beginning of this sentence to turn it into a closed question? 'Tu aimes les maths.'
Correct Answer: est-ce que
Q5.
In which phrases would there be liaison?
Correct answer: Mon animal est noir.
Mon chat joue.
Les chats sont grands.
Correct answer: Les chats sont intelligents.
Q6.
Put this sentence in the correct order.
1 - il
2 - n'
3 - a
4 - pas
5 - écouté
6 - la
7 - radio

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