Year 11

Talking about school rules (Part 3/3)

Year 11

Talking about school rules (Part 3/3)

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will revisit the present and imperfect tenses of devoir, falloir and il est interdit de in order to compare rules in primary and secondary schools.
  2. Purpose of language use: Discussing school rules
  3. Grammar: Il faut + infinitive, Il est interdit de + infinitive, On doit + infinitive

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13 Questions

Q1.
Translate: it is necessary
Il est interdit de
Correct answer: Il faut
Les étudiants doivent
On doit
Q2.
Translate: it is forbidden
Correct answer: Il est interdit de
Il faut
Les étudiants doivent
On doit
Q3.
Translate: You (general group of people) must
Je dois
Les étudiants doivent
Correct answer: On doit
Tout le monde doit
Q4.
Which form of the verb follows 'il faut' and 'il est interdit de'?
A conjugated verb
The infinitive ending in ER, IR or AR
Correct answer: The infinitive ending in ER, IR, RE
Q5.
What happens to DE in the phrase 'il est interdit de' when the next verb in the sentence starts with a vowel?
Correct answer: It becomes D'
It becomes DES
It is no longer needed
It stays the same
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.
beaucoup
Correct answer: a lot
pretty
some
Q8.
chaque
Correct answer: each
money
one
Q9.
jeune
old
yellow
Correct answer: young
Q10.
travail
difficulty
travel
Correct answer: work
Q11.
femme
boy, son
girl, daughter
Correct answer: woman, wife
Q12.
eux
Correct answer: them
us
you (plural)
Q13.
soit...soit...
Correct answer: either... or...
if not... then...
neither... nor...

13 Questions

Q1.
Translate: It was necessary
Il était interdit de
Correct answer: Il fallait
Les étudiants devaient
On devait
Q2.
Translate: It was forbidden
Il est interdit de
Correct answer: Il était interdit de
Il fallait
Il faut
Q3.
Translate: You (general group of people) had to
Les étudiants devaient
Correct answer: On devait
On doit
Tout le monde devait
Q4.
Which form of the verb follows 'il fallait' and 'il était interdit de'?
A conjugated verb
The infinitive ending in ER, IR or AR
Correct answer: The infinitive ending in ER, IR, RE
Q5.
What happens to DE in the phrase 'il était interdit de' when the next verb in the sentence starts with a vowel?
Correct answer: It becomes D'
It becomes DES
It is no longer needed
It stays the same
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.
ici
easy
Correct answer: here
there
Q8.
ne ... rien
Correct answer: anything
never
no one
Q9.
nom
delicious
Correct answer: name
number
Q10.
dès
Correct answer: from, as soon
then, after
to, suddenly
Q11.
maintenant
Correct answer: now
sometimes
tomorrow
Q12.
meilleur
Correct answer: better
bigger
worse
Q13.
trop
best
Correct answer: too
top