Year 9 · French · beta

How things used to be: imperfect tense, ordinal numbers

Pupils are introduced firstly to -er verbs in the imperfect tense to describe habitual events in the past. The imperfect of common irregular verbs is added, before pupils then contrast one-off and habitual events with the perfect vs imperfect tenses, practising this with known and new vocabulary.

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Prior knowledge

  • Pupils know how to form the perfect tense with 'avoir' or ‘être’ as the auxiliary verb.
  • Pupils know how to form past participles of regular -er verbs, including feminine and plural past participle agreement.
  • Pupils can use intonation questions in the present and perfect tenses.
  • Pupils know how to negate perfect tense sentences using 'ne...pas' and 'ne…jamais'.
  • Pupils can use emphatic pronouns ‘moi’ and ‘toi’ after prepositions.
  • Pupils can use the relative pronoun ‘qui’ with subordinate clauses.
  • Pupils can use verbs like 'prendre', ‘venir’, ‘sortir’, ‘entendre’, ‘lire’, ‘choisir’ and ‘écrire’ in the present tense.

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.
  • Initiate and develop conversations, coping with unfamiliar language and unexpected responses, making use of important social conventions such as formal modes of address.
  • 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.
  • Use and manipulate a variety of key grammatical structures and patterns, including voices and moods, as appropriate.
  • Listen to a variety of forms of spoken language to obtain information and respond appropriately.
  • Express and develop ideas clearly and with increasing accuracy, both orally and in writing.

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