La vie en ville : extended writing and speaking, photo description
I can describe a town in detail, using the imperfect and present tenses. I can describe a photo and draw comparisons between two photos.
La vie en ville : extended writing and speaking, photo description
I can describe a town in detail, using the imperfect and present tenses. I can describe a photo and draw comparisons between two photos.
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Key learning points
- We use present tense for describing a photo, but a range of tenses, including imperfect, to extend the discussion.
- Use 'plus' and 'moins' followed by adjectives and 'plus de' and 'moins de' followed by nouns for contrasts.
- Immediate repetition of a speaking task, with reduced support, improves performance.
- It's important to plan to incorporate a range of past, present and future tenses when writing an extended text.
Keywords
Imperfect tense - tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past, or to say what was happening
Adjective - a word that gives more information about a noun
Noun - word for a person, place, or thing
Common misconception
Only the near future and future tenses can be used to refer fo the future.
It is possible to refer to the future using the conditional mood: phrases like 'je voudrais' and 'il voudrait' which are followed by an infinitive. This creates the idea of what someone would like to do, clearly referring to possible future events.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
mangeais
mangeait
mangions
mangiez
mangeaient
-ais
-ait
-aient
-iez
-ions
invent, invents (I, you, he, she)
wish (we)
used to advise (they)
used to invent (I, you)
used to wish (we)
advise (they)