Task 1 : Familiarise yourself with the regular verb endings for the tenses studied during KS4.
Use the verb tables below (or go online) to refresh your memory as to how the major tenses are formed.
We will go over these again in September but it is important that you give yourself a bit of a head start.
When you are reasonably confident, use the link below to practise.
http://dev.conjuguemos.com/activities/french/grammar/1
Do exercises 6-9 inclusive; 17-31 inclusive.
As you open each exercise, click on the blue box that says ‘graded practice’
Either keep a document with your percentage score for each task that you can print out, or you may decide to create an account so you can
easily print your results.
Bon courage!
REGULAR VERBS -ER
SUBJECT
PRONOUNS
je / j’
tu
il / elle / on
nous
vous
ils / elles
PRESENT
regarde
regardes
regarde
regardons
regardez
regardent
FUTURE
regarderai
regarderas
regardera
regarderons
regarderez
regarderont
CONDITIONAL
PASSÉ COMPOSÉ
IMPERFECT
regarderais
regarderais
regarderait
regarderions
regarderiez
regarderaient
ai regardé
as regardé
a regardé
avons regardé
avez regardé
ont regardé
regardais
regardais
regardait
regardions
regardiez
regardaient
CONDITIONAL
PASSÉ COMPOSÉ
IMPERFECT
PRESENT
PARTICIPLE
PAST
PARTICIPLE
en regardant regardé
REGULAR VERBS -RE
SUBJECT
PRONOUNS
je / j’
tu
il / elle / on
nous
vous
ils / elles
PRESENT
vends
vends
vend
vendons
vendez
vendent
FUTURE
vendrai
vendras
vendra
vendrons
vendrez
vendront
vendrais
vendrais
vendrait
vendrions
vendriez
vendraient
ai vendu
as vendu
a vendu
avons vendu
avez vendu
ont vendu
vendais
vendais
vendait
vendions
vendiez
vendaient
PRESENT
PARTICIPLE
en vendant
PAST
PARTICIPLE
vendu
REGULAR VERBS-IR
SUBJECT
PRONOUNS
je / j’
tu
il / elle / on
nous
vous
ils / elles
SUBJECT
PRONOUNS
PRESENT
finis
finis
finit
finissons
finissez
finissent
FUTURE
finirai
finiras
finira
finirons
finirez
finiront
CONDITIONAL
finirais
finirais
finirait
finirions
finiriez
finiraient
PASSÉ COMPOSÉ
ai fini
as fini
a fini
avons fini
avez fini
ont fini
IMPERFECT
PRESENT
PARTICIPLE
finissais
finissais
finissait
finissions
finissiez
finissaient
en finissant
PAST
PARTICIPLE
fini
PRESENT
FUTURE
CONDITIONAL
PASSÉ COMPOSÉ
IMPERFECT
PRESENT
PARTICIPLE
PAST
PARTICIPLE
look(s)
is looking
do(es) look
will / shall look
would look
did look / looked /
have or has looked
used to look /
was looking /
looked
(while) looking
on looking
by looking
looked
Task 2: Reading the French press
Using one of the links below (or using any other suitable news site), choose 3 news stories that are featured here and/or in the French-speaking world.
http://www.francetvinfo.fr/
http://www.franceinfo.fr/
http://www.metronews.fr/info/monde/
Translate 6-8 key phrases from each story to give a summary of the event. Write or type out the sentences next to the translations.
Try to do stories from different days in the holidays, so that you read frequently.
Task 3 :Cinéma – extrait d’Etre et Avoir de Nicolas Philibert (2002)
Watch this short extract from the film ETRE ET AVOIR:
http://www.vodkaster.com/Films/Etre-et-avoir/18277
Try to use the extract to help you translate the following sentences. Remember that a word for word translation does not always work !
1.
Are they clean ? They were cleaner than that earlier.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
2.
Did you rub them to get them clean?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
3.
So what should you do?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
4.
Come back with your hands all white and clean.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
5.
I can’t reach the sponges.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
6.
Don’t slam the door when you go out, eh? You can leave it open anyway. There!
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
7.
Go and wash your hands please
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
8.
Now I’m going to wipe it with the cloth.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
9.
The little finger and the thumb are all clean.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
10.
What do you call that one? The index finger.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………