Year 8 · French · beta

Past events: the perfect tense, questions

In this unit, pupils extend their knowledge of the perfect tense as they practise asking intonation, inversion and est-ce que questions in the perfect tense. They learn irregular past participles, practise the two English translations (I did, I have done) for the French perfect tense

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Prior knowledge

  • Pupils can recognise the perfect tense of common regular and irregular verbs in the je, tu and il/elle forms.
  • Pupils know how to translate the perfect tense using the English simple past.
  • Pupils know the verb 'avoir' in full in the present tense.
  • Pupils know that regular -er verbs form their past participles with the ending -é.
  • Pupils know the past participles of the verbs 'faire' and 'dire'.
  • Pupils can form questions using intonation and est-ce que... in the perfect tense.

Source curriculum references

  • Read literary texts in the language [such as stories, songs, poems and letters], to stimulate ideas, develop creative expression and expand understanding of the language and culture.
  • 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.
  • Speak coherently and confidently, with increasingly accurate pronunciation and intonation.
  • Use accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation.

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