KS3 · French · Year 9
Everyday activities: verbs with 'à' before the infinitive
Future and past events: 2-verb structures with prepositions
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Your learning goal
I can discuss future activities using a range of two-verb structures.
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Everyday activities: verbs with 'à' before the infinitive: 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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I can discuss future activities using a range of two-verb structures.
Key learning points
- [ç/c] is pronounced as in 'ici'
- Some verbs, like 'apprendre', 'aider' and 'commencer', form two-verb structures with 'à' followed by an infinitive.
- Opinion verbs, modal verbs and 'aller' don't require 'a'; they are followed directly by an infinitive.
Words to know
- [ç/c]
- pronounced as in 'ici'
- infinitive
- form of the verb giving its general meaning
Common mistakes
All two-verb sentences have à (to) before the infinitive.
Modal verbs, verbs of like/dislike and 'aller' are followed directly by an infinitive to form two-verb structures but some verbs form two-verb structures with 'à' + infinitive; for example, 'aider', 'apprendre' and 'commencer'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Phonics and vocabulary can be easily and usefully combined in 'register routines' whereby pupils are given a sound-symbol correspondence, e.g. [ç/c] and have to respond to the register with a French word containing that sound. Stipulating no repeated words keeps pupils listening to others, too.