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Des plats typiques : use of 'y' and 'en'
Pupil outcome: I can recognise a range of typical French foods and dishes and can use 'y' and 'en' with correct word order. Key learning points: - [y] sounds like 'y' in 'physique' - Y can replace the object of a verb followed by à e.g....
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J'ai acheté : negation
Pupil outcome: I can use negative structures in a range of tenses, when discussing holidays, to add complexity to my writing and speaking. Key learning points: - Negation in French is two elements e.g. ne … pas around the main verb...
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La diversité religieuse dans les pays francophones : extending vocabulary
Pupil outcome: I can understand texts about religious diversity and can describe some Francophone customs and traditions. Key learning points: - Listening and reading texts can be exploited to enrich our topic-specific vocabulary. -...
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Sentences in the perfect present, past and future tense
Pupil outcome: I can identify the perfect tense and write a range of sentence types in the perfect present tense. Key learning points: - The verb carries the tense of a sentence. - The perfect tense can denote present, past or future...
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Perfect tense revision
Pupil outcome: I can practise perfect tense test questions. Key learning points: - The verb carries the tense of a clause. - The perfect tense uses auxiliary verbs based on 'to have' and a past tense form of the main verb.
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Die Ferien: perfect tense with adverbs
Pupil outcome: I can use time adverbials in the perfect tense to add more detail to discussions about holidays. Key learning points: - Use time adverbials 'schon', '(noch) nie', 'noch', 'schon einmal' with the perfect tense to provide...
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Lebenserfahrung: simple past with früher, gern, lieber, am liebsten, reflexive verbs
Pupil outcome: I can use reflexive verbs and adverbs in the perfect and imperfect tenses in the context of studies and work. Key learning points: - In two-verb structures, the reflexive pronoun normally comes after the first verb. - In...
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Es war toll! Perfect tense with 'sein', 'haben' and questions, inversion
Pupil outcome: I can use word order 2 and form questions in the perfect tense in the context of interesting past experiences. Key learning points: - To make a yes/no question in the perfect tense, swap the form of ‘sein’ or ‘haben’ with...
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Où habiter : extended writing
Pupil outcome: I can write about different places to live using a writing frame for support. Key learning points: - Moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles are used to mean me, you, him, her, us, you and them as emphatic pronouns. -...
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Avec mes amis: verbs like connaitre in present and perfect tense
Pupil outcome: I can use a range of verbs like connaitre in the present and perfect tense to discuss friendships. Key learning points: - The past participles of most verbs like connaitre are formed with a 'u' ending e.g. connu, disparu,...
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Writing sentences in the perfect present tense
Pupil outcome: I can write a range of sentence types using the perfect present tense. Key learning points: - The verb carries the tense of a sentence. - The perfect tense can denote present, past or future action. - The perfect tense is...
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Last summer: singular perfect tense with weak and some strong verbs
Pupil outcome: I can use the German perfect tense of weak and strong verbs with 'haben' to say what I, you and he or she did and to ask questions. Key learning points: - 'Welch-' is a determiner and question word which needs to agree...
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Ser de otro país: perfect tense -ar regular -ado, irregular past participles
Pupil outcome: I can use the perfect tense in the context of the societal integration of Latin American immigrants. Key learning points: - The perfect tense is used to express what has happened. - To conjugate singular forms of the...
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Hemos venido de Puerto Rico: perfect tense -er/ir regular -ido
Pupil outcome: I can use the perfect tense to discuss the experiences of 'los Nuyoricans'. Key learning points: - Using knowledge of vocabulary and grammar is a useful strategy for completing gap-fill tasks. - The perfect tense is used...
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¿Alguna vez has ... ? Develop conversations with perfect and preterite tenses
Pupil outcome: I can develop past-tense conversations using the perfect and preterite tenses. Key learning points: - The 'look, cover, write, check' method is a useful way to revisit vocabulary. - You can develop past-tense conversation...
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Ser de otro país: perfect and preterite tenses
Pupil outcome: I can distinguish between the perfect and preterite tenses in the context of the societal integration of Latin American immigrants. Key learning points: - The perfect tense is used to express what has happened, e.g. 'I...
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Dos idiomas, dos culturas: develop reading, practise transcription
Pupil outcome: I can interpret past, present and future time frames in reading comprehension questions about 'los Nuyoricans'. Key learning points: - You can use adverbs of time and verb tenses to interpret time frames in reading...
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Conflits et solutions en famille : extended writing and speaking
Pupil outcome: I can understand and describe family events and issues using a checklist for range of language and accuracy. Key learning points: - The perfect tense, the imperfect tense and the present tense can be usefully combined to...
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Karrieregespräche: perfect tense strong verbs, 'mochte', 'gefallen' vs 'gemocht'
Pupil outcome: I can use irregular verbs in the perfect tense and ‘mochte’ in the imperfect tense in the context of career choices. Key learning points: - Some past participles are irregular. - In the imperfect tense, the stem of 'mögen'...
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Que faisais-tu quand ... ? : the imperfect tense with regular verbs ('BE' + ing)
Pupil outcome: I can describe what I and others 'were doing' and what 'was happening' using the imperfect tense. Key learning points: - The imperfect tense is used to describe what 'was happening' or what you 'were doing' when something...
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Matthias Maurer: yes/no questions in the perfect and imperfect tenses
Pupil outcome: I can form yes/no questions in the perfect and imperfect tenses to ask questions about famous German speakers. Key learning points: - [er] at the end of a word is unstressed and sounds like the English ‘uh’. - The [r] in...
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This summer: present vs past, perfect tense weak verbs 1st person singular
Pupil outcome: I can use past and present tenses to understand about holiday experiences in German. Key learning points: - [ei] and [ie] are tricky German sounds and need to be read, written and pronounced correctly. - To understand what...
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Today and yesterday: perfect tense with 'faire' and 'dire'
Pupil outcome: I can use the perfect tense with 'avoir' to talk about what I did yesterday and compare it to what I am doing today. Key learning points: - [gn] sounds like 'ligne'. - Use the perfect tense to say what you did in the past....
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Sentences in the simple, progressive and perfect present, past and future tense
Pupil outcome: I can identify and use the simple, progressive or perfect present, past or future tense. Key learning points: - The simple, progressive and perfect tense can denote present, past or future action. - The progressive tense...