WALT: Talk about the past with leisure phrases, the verb “avoir” and time expressions. WILF: To be able to recognise when a phrase is in the past tense for a C grade level.

RECAP… J’ai joué au football In the past tense, there is a subject, an auxiliary verb and a past participle. J’ai joué au football subject (Je) auxiliary verb past participle (joué) (ai)

J’AI I HAVE TU AS YOU HAVE IL / ELLE A HE/SHE HAS ONE HAS ON A WE HAVE The auxiliary verb (the helping verb) is usually “avoir” which means “to have”. Copy the following in to your books. J’AI I HAVE TU AS YOU HAVE IL / ELLE A HE/SHE HAS ONE HAS ON A WE HAVE NOUS AVONS YOU HAVE VOUS AVEZ THEY HAVE ILS / ELLES ONT

u é i PAST PARTICIPLES joué = played fini = finished vendu = sold Mostly, past participles end in one of three possibilities… é i u joué = played fini = finished vendu = sold For example… So to identify a phrase in the past tense, look for a part of “avoir” and a “past participle”.

Which part of “avoir” is missing Which part of “avoir” is missing? Complete the 4 sentences with the correct part and translate into English. Remember, each sentence will be in the past.

joué choisi fini vendu travaillé regardé What “past participle” is missing from each sentence? Choose the best one from the choices below and translate each sentence into English. joué choisi fini vendu travaillé regardé

There are also other clues available to work out the tense of a phrase There are also other clues available to work out the tense of a phrase. Read and note down these important phrases.

Read the 3 texts. Who did the activities below? Read them again. Who do the phrases below apply to?

EXTENSION: Translate the texts into English.