KS3 · French · Year 9
The French Revolution: present and perfect tenses, 'ne…jamais'
Past and present events: perfect tense, negation, questions
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Your learning goal
I can use a range of adverbs in the perfect tense and talk about what already/never happened.
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I can use a range of adverbs in the perfect tense and talk about what already/never happened.
Key learning points
- Adverbs that tell us when and where are usually positioned at the start or end of the sentence.
- Adverbs that tell us how (often) are usually positioned straight after the first verb in the sentence.
- The perfect tense can be translated into the simple past/present perfect in English depending on the context.
- 'Jamais' means never. In perfect tense sentences, ne …jamais surrounds the first verb (avoir), just like ne ...pas does.
Words to know
- adverb
- word that describes a verb or an adjective
- negation
- two elements e.g. ne … pas around the main verb expressing negative meaning
Common mistakes
Adverbs always come in the same place in a sentence.
The type of adverb tells us where to place it. When and where adverbs usually come at the beginning or end of a sentence and how (often) adverbs usaully come straight after the first verb in a sentence.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Speaking Task B5 could be adapted to directly prompt students to give answers using certain adverbs. Students could also make notes on what their partner says and use their answers in a follow up written task.