KS4 · French · Year 11
Le Québec : relative clauses, perfect and imperfect, extended writing (Edexcel)
Travel and tourism: Révisions: la vie en francophonie
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Your learning goal
I can use imperfect and perfect tenses and relative clauses to write about Quebec.
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Le Québec : relative clauses, perfect and imperfect, extended writing (Edexcel): 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 imperfect and perfect tenses and relative clauses to write about Quebec.
Key learning points
- A relative clause provides more information about a noun from the previous clause without beginning a new sentence.
- Relative clauses can be formed using 'qui', 'que', 'quand' and 'où'.
- Using the perfect tense and imperfect tense together enables us to express ongoing and isolated events in the past.
- The BORDER acronym is a useful tool to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts.
Words to know
- relative pronoun
- a pronoun that introduces a relative clause
- BORDER
- acronym used to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts
Common mistakes
I can't use the imperfect and perfect tenses together.
The two past tenses work together well to give a full description of past events. Use the perfect tense for completed actions and the imperfect to describe what things were like.
For parents, carers and teachers
- When reviewing their extended writing, students might like to use different coloured pens or highlighters to check that their response has included the required elements.