Bonjour Year 7!

Today we will revise how to conjugate verbs in the present tense, and we will also

revise vocabulary for talking about our hobbies.

If you have any questions, please e-mail your teacher, we are always happy to help.

Please now play the video ‘Year 7 French 03.03.2021.mp4’.

IMPORTANT: You MUST watch the video to understand the lesson!

Like before, you can pause the video whenever needed as we move through the

lesson ☺

Teacher e-mail addresses:

Madame Walterjwalter@ttsonline.net

Madame Parryeparry@ttsonline.net

Madame Joglekarkajoglekar@ttsonline.net

Learning Objectives:

• Revise using the present tense

• Revise vocabulary for talking about hobbies

Mes passe-temps mercredi trois mars

Please write down the date and title in your book and don’t forget to underline them!

Introduce and describe myself, my family and

my friends

Describe my favourite objects

Talk about school and give my opinion about

subjects

Talk about my leisure activities

Take part in the Spelling Bee and write a letter

Use the definite and indefinite articles

Use adjectives

Use the verbs avoir and être

Use present tense verbs (-er) accurately

Use high frequency structures

Use possessive adjectives – mon/ma

/mes and use connectives

Talk in more detail about my family and my pets

Talk about my character in the past and now

Describe my town, what we can do and ask for /give

directions

Arrange to go out with a friend and tell the time

Talk about food and order food in a restaurant

Talk about clothes and the weather

Revision of adjectival agreements and present

tense – er verbs and reflexive verbs

Use prepositions

Use the partitive article (du/de la/des)

Use on peut , il faut, je voudrais + infinitive

Use negatives, high frequency phrases and

connectives

Talk about dreamholidays and past

holidays

Talk about festivals and traditions, winter and

summer sports and revision of leisure

activities

Describe body parts and sports injuries

Revision of daily routine and the time

Talk about what you willdo to help others in the

future

Revision of –er verbs and reflexive verbs

Use present tense of –ir/re verbs

Use the near future tensealler + infinitive

Use the past tense withavoir

Use the past tense withêtre (aller)

Describe countries and talk about famous

French people

Discuss TV programmes, music,

film, reading and cartoon chracters

Talk about old and new technology, the pros

and cons of the internet

Revision of present and past tenses

Comparatives and superlatives; using

direct object pronouns

faire + infinitive rendre + adjective

Give opinions using the perfect and imperfect

tenses

Revision of Adjectives

Discuss relationshipswith my parents and family, pocket money and the pressures on

teenagers

Compare what teenagelife was like in the past

Discuss the difficultiesfaced by homeless

children

Discuss healthy eating, how diet affects health

and resolutions

Talk about festivals and celebrations and plan

for a party

Use impersonal structures and the

pronoun en

Revision of the perfect, imperfect and near

future tenses

Expressions of quantity

Use the conditional: on pourrait + infinitive

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Year 8 Term 2

Describe my home, an ideal home and how I

feel about my area

Talk about employment, part time

jobs and future ambitions

Plan my Summerholiday

Using the pronoun y and the present tense

with depuis

Revision of prepositions

Si clauses + imperfect tense and conditional

Masculine and feminine forms of jobs

Using different tenses together and revision: imperfect, conditional,

present tenses

Quand with different tenses

Year 8 Term 3

YOUHE

SHEWE

YOU (pl)THEY

(m or mixed)

THEY (f)

I

Je

Vous

Elles

Ils

Nous Tu

ElleIl

CHALLENGE: Why are there two words for you? HINT: there are two reasons

Task 15 minutes

Revision – can you remember all the subject pronouns in French? Match up the English with the French, write both down in your book.

Example: I = Je

Task 210 minutes

Revision – spend some time committing the verb endings to memory. Please copy the table down into your book ☺

Task 35 minutes

Now let’s test ourselves – can you pick the verb with the correct ending for a-f? Write the letter, the subject pronoun and the correct

verb down into your book.Example: a) Ils jouent

• jouer

• finir

• regarder

• vendre

• écouter

Task 410 minutes

Practice – let’s practise conjugating –er, -ir and –re verbs. We’ll do the first one together, then I would like you to write the remaining

ones out in your book.

Je joueTu jouesIl/Elle/On joueNous jouonsVous jouezIls/Elles jouent

Jouer and faire are important verbs for talking about hobbies!

Task 510 minutes

Aller and faire – copy the green box into your book. Then have a go at matching up the letter a-f with the correct translation 1-6.

Example: a6 = Il fait = He does

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y47eSlLSxa0

These are all the important irregular verbs we have learned so far. Spend some time revising them, you can write them out in your book

or on your whiteboard if you like (optional).

Task 65 minutes

Some examples of other common irregular verbs

Present Tense

Speed Conjugations

1. I listen (écouter)

2. He lives (habiter)

3. He swims (nager)

4. They (m) eat (manger)

5. You (sg.) do (faire)*

6. We go (aller)*

7. You (sg.) talk (parler)

8. You (pl.) swim (nager)

9. I study (étudier)

10. She dances (danser)

11. We visit ( visiter)

12. They (f) drink (boire)*

13. You sg. buy (acheter)

14. We work (travailler)

15. They (m) write (écrire)*

16. I choose (choisir)

17. They (f) take (prendre)* © WE TEACH MFL

5 minutes

Challenge: How many verbs can you conjugate in 5 minutes??

Task 75 minutes

The verbs marked with a * are irregular!

Writing – Spend some time practising your French writing skills. Write a few sentences about your hobbies, use a variety of different present tense verbs that we have recapped today. You can use the

vocabulary on the last page to help you ☺

Task 810 minutes

Vocabulary

regarder to watchfinir to finishperdre to loseporter to wearjouer to playtélécharger to downloadvendre to sellécouter to listen

jouer au tennis to play tennisjouer au foot to play footballjouer du piano to play pianojouer aux échecs to play chessjouer à l’ordinateur to play computer gamesjouer avec mes copains to play with my friendsfaire du vélo to cyclefaire du judo to do judofaire les devoirs to do homeworkfaire du cheval to go horse-ridingfaire de la natation to swimregarder la télé to watch tvlire un livre to read a bookchanter to singnager to swim

faire to doaller to goboire to drinksavoir to knowvoir to seelire to readprendre to take

Hobbies Regular verbs

Irregular verbs