KS4 · French · Year 10
J'ai acheté : negation
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Your learning goal
I can use negative structures in a range of tenses, when discussing holidays, to add complexity to my writing and speaking.
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J'ai acheté : negation: 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 negative structures in a range of tenses, when discussing holidays, to add complexity to my writing and speaking.
Key learning points
- Negation in French is two elements e.g. ne … pas around the main verb expressing negative meaning.
- With ne … pas, ne … jamais and ne … rien in the past, put auxiliary verb (avoir or être) between ne and pas/jamais/rien.
- ‘Un’, ‘une’, ‘du’, ‘de la’ and ‘des’ change to ‘de’ after a negative e.g. Je ne mange pas de viande.
- In formal speech, liaison can often be heard after negative structures ne … pas, ne … plus, and ne … jamais.
- Using a range of negative structures with a range of tenses adds complexity to your writing.
Words to know
- negation
- makes a word, phrase or sentence negative, typically using words like ‘not’ in English, or the two elements ne … pas in French
Common mistakes
When changing a positive to a negative statement, words like 'un', 'une', 'du', 'de la' and 'des' stay the same, e.g. 'je mange du gateau' - 'je ne mange pas du gâteau'.
When making a sentence negative, 'un', 'une', 'du', 'de la' and 'des' change to 'de', e.g. 'je mange du gâteau' - 'je ne mange pas de gâteau'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Task B2 has two version, Option 1, which is aimed at the majority of pupils, and Option 2, which is aimed at students who may need a more structured approach to the task.