La vie en ville : extended writing and speaking, photo description | French

Starter quiz

Match the imperfect verb forms with the subjects.

je

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mangeais ✓

il

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mangeait ✓

nous

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mangions ✓

vous

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mangiez ✓

elles

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mangeaient ✓
Match the imperfect verb endings with the subjects.

tu

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-ais ✓

elle

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-ait ✓

ils

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-aient ✓

vous

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-iez ✓

nous

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-ions ✓
Which statement is a disadvantage (un inconvénient)?

Il y a beaucoup de magasins en ville et faire les magasins est ma passion.

Les bus arrivent souvent en retard. ✓

Ma ville est grande et belle.

Il y a beaucoup de choses à faire pour les jeunes.
Which sentences describe the way things used to be?

Nous aimons faire les magasins en ville.

Tu aimais visiter le musée de temps en temps. ✓

Ils allaient souvent à Paris pour visiter les monuments. ✓

Nous regardons parfois des films au cinéma.

Je me disputais tout le temps avec mon frère. ✓
Match the French verbs with their English meanings.

invente

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invent, invents (I, you, he, she) ✓

souhaitons

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wish (we) ✓

conseillaient

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used to advise (they) ✓

inventais

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used to invent (I, you) ✓

souhaitions

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used to wish (we) ✓

conseillent

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advise (they) ✓
What is the missing verb in this sentence? 'Je ______ mes amis à bien travailler en classe'. I used to advise my friends to work hard in class.

'conseillais' ✓

Exit quiz

What is the acronym to remind us of things to talk about when describing a photo?

'PALM' ✓
Which sentence refers to the future?

J'habite dans une petite ville loin de Paris.

J'habitais à Paris.

J'aimais habiter à la campagne.

Je voudrais habiter dans une grande ville. ✓

Je voulais habiter à Paris.
What is the imperfect stem of 'être' to be, being?

'ét' ✓
Put these words in order to make the sentence: He often used to go cycling with Pierre.

1

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il

2

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faisait

3

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souvent

4

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du

5

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vélo

6

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avec

7

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Pierre
Which word is missing to make this question about the future? 'Tu ______ aller en ville avec moi samedi ?'

'voudrais' ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

We use present tense for describing a photo, but a range of tenses, including imperfect, to extend the discussion.
Use 'plus' and 'moins' followed by adjectives and 'plus de' and 'moins de' followed by nouns for contrasts.
Immediate repetition of a speaking task, with reduced support, improves performance.
It's important to plan to incorporate a range of past, present and future tenses when writing an extended text.

Common misconception

Only the near future and future tenses can be used to refer fo the future.

It is possible to refer to the future using the conditional mood: phrases like 'je voudrais' and 'il voudrait' which are followed by an infinitive. This creates the idea of what someone would like to do, clearly referring to possible future events.

Keywords

Imperfect tense - tense used to describe how things were or used to be in the past, or to say what was happening
Adjective - a word that gives more information about a noun
Noun - word for a person, place, or thing