KS3 · French · Year 8
Having breakfast: perfect tense 'prendre' verbs, 'déjà' and 'ne…pas encore'
Past events: the perfect tense, questions
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I can use the verb 'prendre' in the perfect tense to say what I had for breakfast.
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Having breakfast: perfect tense 'prendre' verbs, 'déjà' and 'ne…pas encore': 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 use the verb 'prendre' in the perfect tense to say what I had for breakfast.
Key learning points
- The verb 'prendre' (to take, taking) has an irregular past participle: pris - j'ai pris une photo.
- Other verbs like 'prendre' (comprendre, apprendre) have the same past participle ending: il a compris la tâche.
- To talk about 'having' a meal, food or drink in French, use the verb 'prendre', not 'avoir': tu as pris un café hier.
- The adverb 'déjà' means 'already': j'ai déjà mangé. In a question, it can also mean 'yet': tu as déjà mangé ?
- Adverb 'encore' means 'again': j'ai encore joué. In a negative sentence, it means 'not yet': je n'ai pas encore joué.
Words to know
- prendre
- to take, taking
- perfect tense
- verb tense that describes completed actions in the past e.g. I (have) listened, you (have) played
- past participle
- verb that forms the perfect tense, usually together with a present tense form of 'avoir'
- encore
- adverb meaning 'again or 'yet'
- déjà
- adverb meaning 'already' or 'yet'
Common mistakes
Like in English, to talk about 'having' a meal, food or drink in French, use the verb 'avoir': j'ai le petit-déjeuner (I am having breakfast).
To talk about 'having' a meal, food or drink in French, use the verb 'prendre', not 'avoir': je prends le petit-déjeuner.
For parents, carers and teachers
- In exercise A1, as an extension, ask pupils to create their own silly story using all of the revisited vocabulary words.