Starter quiz
- Which adjectives go before the noun?
- global
- moral
- vieux ✓
- beau ✓
- joli ✓
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- What is the feminine form of 'vieux' (old)?
- 'vieille' ✓
- What is the masculine plural form of 'familial' (family as an adjective)?
- 'familiaux' ✓
- Which is the correct word order to make this sentence? He is a good and happy man.
- 1⇔il
- 2⇔est
- 3⇔un
- 4⇔bon
- 5⇔homme
- 6⇔heureux
- How would 'heureux' be spelt if the previous sentence were about 'une femme'?
- 'heureuse' ✓
- What is the missing word? 'Il y a un ______ de vingt minutes pour l'arrivée du train de Paris.' (There is a 20 minute delay for the Paris train.)
- pause
- attente
- retard ✓
- problème
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Exit quiz
- Which sentence is in the imperfect tense?
- J'ai refusé de faire le ménage.
- Je refuse de faire le ménage.
- Je refusais de faire le ménage. ✓
- J'aime refuser de faire le ménage.
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- Which sentence is in the perfect tense?
- J'ai convaincu mon frère de m'aider. ✓
- Je convaincs mon frère de m'aider.
- J'aime convaincre mon frère de m'aider.
- Je convainquais mon frère de m'aider.
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- Which is the missing word in this sentence? 'Je dois ______ ma sœur de faire le ménage.' I have to convince my sister to do the housework.
- 'convaincre' ✓
- Which of these verbs are often followed by 'de' plus a second verb in its infinitive form?
- éviter ✓
- manger
- faire
- refuser ✓
- convaincre ✓
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- Which is the correct order of the words to make this sentence? I refused to do my homework.
- 1⇔j'
- 2⇔ai
- 3⇔refusé
- 4⇔de
- 5⇔faire
- 6⇔mes
- 7⇔devoirs
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Key learning points
- The perfect tense, the imperfect tense and the present tense can be usefully combined to describe family events.
- Creating a checklist for range of language to use can enhance the quality of extended writing.
- Creating a checklist for accuracy can enhance the quality of extended writing.
Common misconception
The verbs refuser, demander, essayer, laisser and éviter, are followed directly by an infinitive e.g. éviter faire (to avoid doing), refuser faire (to refuse to do).
These verbs are followed by 'de' plus an infinitive e.g. éviter de faire (to avoid doing), refuser de faire (to refuse to do).
Keywords
Present tense - describes habitual events in the present (I do) or events happening right now (I am doing)
Perfect tense - describes actions that have been completed in the past
Imperfect tense - describes habitual actions, as well as emotions or scene-setting in the past
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