WALT: Recognise and use phrases in the past tense with leisure activities.

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WALT Recognise and use phrases in the past tense
with leisure activities.
WILF To be able to see the difference between
the present tense and the past tense. You must be
able to recognise 3 different tenses for grade C
and above.
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You have already learnt many phrases for leisure
activities. These have been in the present tense.
For example
I play football
Je joue au football
I watch TV
Je regarde la télé
I listen to music
Jécoute de la musique
I do skiing
Je fais du ski
I go to the pool
Je vais à la piscine
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Look at the same phrases, but this time they are
in the past tense.
Jai joué au football
I played football
Jai regardé la télé
I watched TV
Jai écouté de la musique
I listened to music
Jai fait du ski
I did skiing
Je suis allé à la piscine
I went to the pool
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Note how the phrases are different in each tense.
Present Tense
Past Tense
Jai joué au football
Je joue au football
Jai regardé la télé
Je regarde la télé
Jai écouté de la musique
Jécoute de la musique
Jai fait du ski
Je fais du ski
Je vais à la piscine
Je suis allé à la piscine
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In the present tense, there is a subject and a
verb.
Je joue au football
subject
verb
In the past tense, there is a subject, an
auxiliary verb and a past participle.
Jai joué au football
Mostly, the auxiliary verb comes from avoir
(to have), but in some cases it will come from
être (to be).
subject
past participle
auxiliary verb
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The key to recognising the past tense is to look
out for an auxiliary verb and a past participle.
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Read the email on the right and find the French
past tense phrase for the ones in English below.
They are in bold in the text.
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Put the words in each sentence into the right
order to make a phrase in the past tense. Match
it to the correct picture and translate into
English.
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Writing
Write a paragraph in French saying what you did
last week based on the diary. Use the vocabulary
below to help.
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Extension Task
Translate the text into English.