KS4 · French · Year 10
Il m'a aidé : Direct and indirect object pronouns in the past tense
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Your learning goal
I can understand and use direct object pronouns in the perfect tense, exploring the context of immigration.
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Il m'a aidé : Direct and indirect object pronouns in the past tense: 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 understand and use direct object pronouns in the perfect tense, exploring the context of immigration.
Key learning points
- Direct object pronouns are: me, te, le/la/l', nous, vous, les. They go before the verb.
- The word for 'it' in French changes according to whether the noun it replaces is masculine or feminine.
- When 'you' (singular formal or plural) is the 'receiver' (object) of the verb, we use vous. It goes before the verb.
- When 'us' and 'them' are the 'receivers' (object) of the verb, we use nous and les.
Words to know
- direct object pronoun
- replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb e.g. me, you, it, them
- auxiliary verb
- a form of either 'avoir' or 'être' used to form the perfect tense
- past participle
- verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb
Common mistakes
There is only one word for "it" in French.
Nouns are either masculine or feminine. "It", when replacing a noun, also has a masculine and feminine form. Use 'le' for masculine nouns and 'la' for femnine nouns. 'Le' and 'la' shorten to 'l'' when the next word starts with a vowel sound.
For parents, carers and teachers
- For Task A, the piece of audio is for parts 2 and 3. You may wish to play the audio in line with the exam board your pupils will sit - two for AQA and three for EdExcel.