1. KS3 Tenses Revision PP1

2. By the end of year 9 you should know 4 tenses in French These are:- The Present The Immediate Future The Past Perfect The Past Imperfect

3. The Present English has 2 present tenses and French only one. This makes it easy for us to learn French and much harder for French people to learn English as they have to work our which of our two tenses to use each time. I play and I am playing are both present tenses of ‘to play’ in English. BOTH are translated by the same French - Je joue

4. More examples of the Present tense in English I am We want I eat She has I can They work Do you like…? He prefers… I must… I am eating We are listening He’s watching We’re working I’m drinking Are you coming? Is she going out? It’s snowing I’m concentrating

5. The Immediate Future This works exactly the same way in both languages and is a straight forward translation Present tense of ‘to go’ + infinitive of main verb Eg I’m going to workje vais travailler He’s going to eatil va manger We’re going to playnous allons jouer

6. Some more examples… I’m going to go out He’s going to leave We’re going to watch They’re going to play Are you going to listen? Is he going to come? I’m going to work She’s going to be….

7. The Past Perfect This is where it starts to get tricky. By the end of year 9 you should know 2 past tenses – one of them ( the Perfect) you should know really well. Again, like the present tense, this one French tense translates TWO French tenses –I played AND I have played- J’ai joué –I ate AND I have eaten - J’ai mangé

8. Some more examples I played He wanted We went She had They liked I bought We hid Did you work? I drank He has played We’ve wanted They’ve gone She has had They’ve liked Have you bought? We’ve hidden Have you worked? I’ve drunk

9. The Past Imperfect This is another past tense that translates was / were or used to Both ideas are translated by one tense in French – the Imperfect. Thus I used to play and I was playing Both become the same in French Je jouais

10. Some more examples I used to be I was waiting We used to have They were travelling They used to play We used to drink Were you listening? Did you use to live… He used to want… I was watching

11. To sum up… Present – I play or I am playing Immediate Future – I’m going to play Past Perfect - I played or I’ve played Past Imperfect – I used to play or I was playing

12. Now some practice slides… For each of the following slides decide which tense you would use in French to translate it. For the first few you will be reminded of the 4 choices each time, after that you will need to remember them!

13. I ate Present / Immediate future / Perfect / Imperfect Perfect (J’ai mangé)

14. I go Present / Immediate future / Perfect / Imperfect Present (je vais)

15. I was working Present / Immediate future / Perfect / Imperfect imperfect (je travaillais)

16. I have finished Present / Immediate future / Perfect / Imperfect Perfect (J’ai fini)

17. I want Present / Immediate future / Perfect / Imperfect Present (je veux)

18. I’m coming! Present / Immediate future / Perfect / Imperfect Present (je viens)

19. I used to be Present / Immediate future / Perfect / Imperfect Imperfect (J’étais)

20. I’m going to hate Present / Immediate future / Perfect / Imperfect Immediate future (je vais détester)

21. I helped Present / Immediate future / Perfect / Imperfect Perfect (J’ai aidé)

22. I’m eating Present / Immediate future / Perfect / Imperfect Present (Je mange)

23. I ate Present / Immediate future / Perfect / Imperfect Perfect (J’ai mangé)

24. I go Present (je vais)

25. I liked Perfect (J’ai aimé)

26. I’m helping Present (J’aide)

27. I was buying Imperfect (J’achetais)

28. I used to eat Imperfect (Je mangeais)

29. I’m going to eat Immediate future (Je vais manger)

30. I’m eating Present (Je mange)

31. I’ve eaten Perfect (J’ai mangé)

32. OK – if you got all of them right try the KS4 Tenses PP If you were getting some wrong – then go back to the beginning of the PowerPoint and read the slides through again!