KS4 · French · Year 11
Avec des si ... : future and conditional with -er verbs (plural)
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Your learning goal
I can use the present, future and conditional to compare where I currently live and would ideally like to live in the future.
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Avec des si ... : future and conditional with -er verbs (plural): slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can use the present, future and conditional to compare where I currently live and would ideally like to live in the future.
Key learning points
- Time markers and conjunctions, combined with different verb tenses, help a reader to follow a text more easily.
- Include a range of verbs in future and conditional when describing future plans and wishes.
- The conditional can be used to compare real and ideal situations.
Words to know
- conditional
- a form of verb that expresses what would happen
Common mistakes
The conditional can always be used on its own without a prior conditional being described.
Apart from the verbs 'aimer' and 'vouloir', always use the conditional form of verb with a 'si' + imperfect sentence. It is not logical to say in French 'I would buy a villa' without an accompanying condition e.g. if I had lots of money.
For parents, carers and teachers
- It might be useful to ask students to colour code their notes for task B3 to quickly check that they have included the desirable elements e.g. present tense, 1-verb future tense, conditional verb etc.