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Conflits et solutions en famille : extended writing and speaking

I can understand and describe family events and issues using a checklist for range of language and accuracy.

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Conflits et solutions en famille : extended writing and speaking

I can understand and describe family events and issues using a checklist for range of language and accuracy.

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Key learning points

  1. The perfect tense, the imperfect tense and the present tense can be usefully combined to describe family events.
  2. Creating a checklist for range of language to use can enhance the quality of extended writing.
  3. Creating a checklist for accuracy can enhance the quality of extended writing.

Keywords

  • Present tense - describes habitual events in the present (I do) or events happening right now (I am doing)

  • Perfect tense - describes actions that have been completed in the past

  • Imperfect tense - describes habitual actions, as well as emotions or scene-setting in the past

Common misconception

The verbs refuser, demander, essayer, laisser and éviter, are followed directly by an infinitive e.g. éviter faire (to avoid doing), refuser faire (to refuse to do).

These verbs are followed by 'de' plus an infinitive e.g. éviter de faire (to avoid doing), refuser de faire (to refuse to do).


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which adjectives go before the noun?
global
moral
Correct answer: vieux
Correct answer: beau
Correct answer: joli
Q2.
What is the feminine form of 'vieux' (old)?
Correct Answer: vieille
Q3.
What is the masculine plural form of 'familial' (family as an adjective)?
Correct Answer: familiaux
Q4.
Which is the correct word order to make this sentence? He is a good and happy man.
1 - il
2 - est
3 - un
4 - bon
5 - homme
6 - heureux
Q5.
How would 'heureux' be spelt if the previous sentence were about 'une femme'?
Correct Answer: heureuse
Q6.
What is the missing word? 'Il y a un de vingt minutes pour l'arrivée du train de Paris.' (There is a 20 minute delay for the Paris train.)
pause
attente
Correct answer: retard
problème

5 Questions

Q1.
Which sentence is in the imperfect tense?
J'ai refusé de faire le ménage.
Je refuse de faire le ménage.
Correct answer: Je refusais de faire le ménage.
J'aime refuser de faire le ménage.
Q2.
Which sentence is in the perfect tense?
Correct answer: J'ai convaincu mon frère de m'aider.
Je convaincs mon frère de m'aider.
J'aime convaincre mon frère de m'aider.
Je convainquais mon frère de m'aider.
Q3.
Which is the missing word in this sentence? 'Je dois ma sœur de faire le ménage.' I have to convince my sister to do the housework.
Correct Answer: convaincre
Q4.
Which of these verbs are often followed by 'de' plus a second verb in its infinitive form?
Correct answer: éviter
manger
faire
Correct answer: refuser
Correct answer: convaincre
Q5.
Which is the correct order of the words to make this sentence? I refused to do my homework.
1 - j'
2 - ai
3 - refusé
4 - de
5 - faire
6 - mes
7 - devoirs

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