Year 9 · French · beta

Future and past events: 2-verb structures with prepositions

Pupils revisit two-verb structures in the present tense as they talk of decisions for their future. They apply verbs with à and de before an infinitive, the question word quel and demonstrative adjective ce,cet,cette,ces. Impersonal verbs with adjectives + de, and weather expressions are practised.

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Prior knowledge

  • Pupils can use some two-verb structures, for example, ‘aimer’ plus infinitive.
  • Pupils know a number of -er, -ir and -re infinitive verbs.
  • Pupils know the interrogative ‘quel’, ‘quels’, ‘quelle’ and ‘quelles’.
  • Pupils know the demonstrative adjective ‘ce’, ‘cet’, ‘cette’ and ‘ces’.
  • Pupils know the impersonal pronoun ‘on’.
  • Pupils know the impersonal phrases ‘il n’y a pas’, ‘il n’y avait pas’ and ‘il ne faut pas’.
  • Pupils know a range of impersonal weather expressions, e.g., il fait chaud.

Source curriculum references

  • Develop and use a wide-ranging and deepening vocabulary that goes beyond their immediate needs and interests, allowing them to give and justify opinions and take part in discussion about wider issues.
  • Write prose using an increasingly wide range of grammar and vocabulary, write creatively to express their own ideas and opinions, and translate short written text accurately into the foreign language.
  • Read and show comprehension of original and adapted materials from a range of different sources, understanding the purpose, important ideas and details.
  • Identify and use tenses or other structures which convey the present, past, and future as appropriate to the language being studied.
  • Listen to a variety of forms of spoken language to obtain information and respond appropriately.
  • Speak coherently and confidently, with increasingly accurate pronunciation and intonation.
  • Transcribe words and short sentences that they hear with increasing accuracy.

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