Transcript File - Madame george: Core French

Starter
These phrases can be sorted into two groups. Can you work
out which ones go together and what the groups are?
I watched a movie
I play tennis
I visited my friend
I eat candy
I played soccer
I ate a sandwich
I watch TV
I visit my grandparents
In the past
1. One of these texts is talking about the past and one about the
present. Which is which? How did you know?
2. How do the verbs show if it’s in the past or the present?
Le weekend dernier,
Normalement le weekend
j’ai visité ma grand-mère et je visite ma grand-mère et
j’ai mangé du pizza.
je mange du pizza
Après, j’ai joué au foot.
J’ai porté un t-shirt bleu et
un short rouge.
Après, je joue au foot.
Je porte un t-shirt bleu et
un short rouge.
Le soir, j’ai nagé à la piscine Le soir je nage à la piscine
et j’ai parlé avec mes amis. et je parle avec mes amis.
VERBS IN THE PAST
When you look up a verb in the dictionary,
it will end in either ER, IR or RE.
This means ‘to _______’, e.g. ‘to play’.
To talk about the past, you have to change the ending,
e.g. to play  played.
This is called the PAST PARTICIPLE.
Look at the verbs below –how do they change?
Manger
(to watch)
mangé
(watched)
The rule for ER verbs is:
Finir
(to finish)
Fini
The rule for IR verbs is:
Répondre
(to answer)
(finished)
Répondu
(answered)
The rule for RE verbs is:
Subject
(who we’re
talking about)
Have
Verb in
the past
‘-er’ verbs
- Remove r
- Add an accent
on the last e  é
e.g. jouer  joué
‘-ir’ verbs
-Remove r
e.g. finir  fini
‘-re’ verbs
- Remove re
-Add u
e.g. vendre  vendu
Talking about the past
Change the verb in brackets to the past
participle. Look at your book for help!
1. J’ai ____________ (manger) du pizza.
2. J’ai _____________ (mentir) à mes parents.
3. J’ai _____________ (répondre) au professeur.
Now use your dictionary to look up the verb in
brackets in French, then change it to the past.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
J’ai
J’ai
J’ai
J’ai
J’ai
J’ai
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________
(play) au rugby.
(watch) un film.
(finish) mes devoirs.
(choose) un sandwich.
(wait) au cinéma.
(sell) la voiture.