Year 9 · French · beta

People and places: present and perfect tense

Pupils revisit present and perfect tenses, two verb structures after aller, aimer and modal verbs and inversion questions in single and two-verb structures. The verb croire is introduced in singular persons, and feminine and plural noun formation and possessive adjectives are revised and extended.

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Prior knowledge

  • Pupils know what an infinitive is.
  • Pupils know to use aller + infinitive to talk about the near future and aimer + infinitive to say what they like doing.
  • Pupils know to use modal verbs and 'il faut' followed by the infinitive.
  • Pupils know how to negate a sentence with ne...pas and ne...jamais.
  • Pupils know how to make questions using inversion with and without question words.
  • Pupils know that feminine and plural nouns can be formed in different ways.
  • Pupils know that adjectives agree with the noun they are describing.
  • Pupils know how to conjugate verbs like 'venir' in the present tense.
  • Pupils know the possessive adjectives mon, ma, mes, ton, ta, tes, son, sa, ses.
  • Pupils know when to use 'tu' and when to use 'vous' to mean 'you'.

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.
  • Provide an accurate English translation of short, suitable material.
  • Use accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation.

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