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Où habiter : extended writing

I can write about different places to live using a writing frame for support.

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Où habiter : extended writing

I can write about different places to live using a writing frame for support.

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Key learning points

  1. Moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles are used to mean me, you, him, her, us, you and them as emphatic pronouns.
  2. It is important to plan both the ideas and language needed and to think about structure when writing a longer text.

Keywords

  • Imperfect tense - tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past, or to say what was happening

  • Conditional - verb form used to mean what could or would happen under certain conditions

  • Emphatic pronoun - used to emphasize a person, or when the pronoun stands alone, or after certain prepositions

Common misconception

Sentences such as 'when I was little, I would do the shopping with my mother' can be translated by using both the imperfect tense and the conditional mood.

In French, when writing or translating sentences about what used to happen, all verbs should be in the imperfect tense. 'Used to' and 'would' (meaning habitually) are translated by the imperfect.


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Mini whiteboards and pens would be useful if available. Students will require paper for the extended writing task.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which words are feminine nouns?
rôle
Correct answer: sortie
Correct answer: veille
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timide
Q2.
Which sentence is in the imperfect tense?
Je vais en ville avec mes amies.
Je voudrais aller en ville avec mes amies.
Correct answer: Je voulais aller en ville avec mes amies.
Je suis allée en ville avec mes amies.
Q3.
Match the imperfect verb endings with the subject pronouns.
Correct Answer:tu,-ais
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-ais

Correct Answer:elle,-ait
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-ait

Correct Answer:elles,-aient
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-aient

Correct Answer:nous,-ions
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-ions

Correct Answer:vous,-iez
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-iez

Q4.
Match the French and the English verb phrases.
Correct Answer:j'allais,I used to go
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I used to go

Correct Answer:j'étais,I used to be, was
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I used to be, was

Correct Answer:j'avais,I used to have
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I used to have

Correct Answer:je voyais,I used to see
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I used to see

Correct Answer:je faisais,I used to do, make
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I used to do, make

Correct Answer:je buvais,I used to drink
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I used to drink

Q5.
Complete the translation: 'Réussir à l'école est difficile '. (Succeeding at school is difficult for her)
Correct Answer: pour elle
Q6.
Put the words in order to make a sentence.
1 - ils
2 - aiment
3 - aller
4 - aux
5 - fêtes
6 - comme
7 - nous

4 Questions

Q1.
Which tense is needed to write this sentence in French? When I was young, I would eat vegetables.
Correct Answer: Imperfect, Imperfect tense
Q2.
Translate the missing part of the sentence into French: 'Quand j'étais petit(e), à l'école'. (When I was little, I would walk to school)
Correct Answer: je marchais
Q3.
What does the O in BORDER stand for?
Ordinary
Order
Correct answer: Opinion
Onomatopoeia
Original
Q4.
Which sentence contains an example of Development?
J'aime ma ville.
Il y a beaucoup de choses à faire.
Correct answer: Mes parents n'aiment pas habiter ici.
Je vais souvent en ville avec eux et ça me plait beaucoup.

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