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The Perfect T ense in 20 minutes T he Perfect T ense Revolution By Noredine Charef MFL Teacher at Dubai British School. The common approach. Sequence 1: Perfect tense with avoir (regular verbs) Sequence 2: Perfect tense with avoir (irregular verbs)
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The Perfect Tense in 20 minutesThe Perfect Tense RevolutionBy NoredineCharefMFL Teacher at Dubai British School
The common approach • Sequence 1: Perfect tense with avoir (regular verbs) • Sequence 2: Perfect tense with avoir (irregular verbs) • Sequence 3: Perfect tense with être(Mrs Vandertramp verbs) • Sequence 4: Perfect tense with être (focus on the past participle agreement) • Sequence 5: The perfect tense with avoir and être: recap lesson(s) NB: There are hundreds of resources on each of the sequences above on youtube, the tes…but they never approach them all together in one lesson.
Why is the common approach wrong?? • Too many sequences!!!! • Core elements taught seperately! • High level of confusion when bringing the perfect tense together eventually…
mmon mistakes then? Plenary on avoir avoirverbsonly J’aiarrivé / je suismangé
Starter : onlyfocuses on avoir verbs ….thiswill lead to confusion
No past participle argreement with être verbs! • when us • ingthe être verbs in the past. Ellessontparti They forget to make the past participle agree
What is The Perfect Tense Revolution? • All sequences must be visually accessible to pupils on the first lesson onwards! Everything starts with one question from which the learner will take a series of decisions. • No more teachers’ translation of “avoir” as to have when it is used as an auxiliary in a sentence in the past such as : J’aimangé this could have disastrous consequences with the new GCSE French in 2016 as translation. • Following lessons should dwell on sentence extensions/ negative and reflexive verbs…
Key question: Is the verb I want to use part of the rainbow verb list below? (aka Mrsvandertramp verbs) THE PERFECT TENSE +MRS VAN DER TRAMP These verbs take être Mourir (to die) - mort Retourner (to return) – retourné Sortir (to go out) - sortir Venir (to come) - venu Arriver (to arrive) - arrivé Naître (to be born) - né Descendre (to go down) - descenduEntrer (to enter) - entré Rentrer (to return) - rentré Tomber (to fall) - tombé Rester (to stay) - resté Aller (to go) - allé Monter (to go up) - monté Partir (to leave) - parti DON’T FORGET to make the Past Participle agree with the subject (who is doing the action) if it goes with être. For feminine, add an extra E For masculin plural, add an S For feminine plural, add ES Eg. Elle est allée Nous sommes allé(e)s Ils sont allés Auxiliary avoir J’ai Tu as Il/elle a Nous avons Vous avez Ils/elles ont Auxiliary etre Je suis Tues Il/elleest Nous sommes Vousetes Ils/ellessont Is the vb you want to use IRREGULAR ? Apprendre (to learn) - appris Avoir (to have) - eu Boire (to drink) - bu Comprendre (to understand) - compris Courir (to run) - couru Dire (to say) – dit Écrire (to write) - écrit Faire (to do) – fait Lire (to read) – lu Mettre (to put) - mis Ouvrir (to open) - ouvert Prendre (to take) – pris Recevoir (to receive) - reçu Voir (to see) – vu -er verbs: er= é -ir verbs: = i If not then apply the rue below Add a past participle As follows -re verbs: re = u
The Perfectatron! J’ai joué For completed actions in the past: did, made, ate, played... Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes