A. Pre-listening activity Quels étaient tes passe-temps quand tu étais plus jeune? (H) With a partner, note as many hobbies, sports and free-time activities in rench as you can. Les passe-temps B. Listen and watch Listen to Louis talking about his free-time activities and tick every time you hear him use the imperfect and the present tense. or more challenge, make a note of the verbs you hear. Imperfect tense Present tense Ticks Verbs heard www.teachitlanguages.co.uk 2018 33187 Page 1 of 5
C. Listening Listen again and decide if the following statements are true (T), false () or not mentioned (NM). or more challenge, correct the false statements. 1. Louis used to spend most of his free time with his cousins. 2. Louis never organised parties in his house. 3. His friends were living nearby. 4. He used to have fun at the park. 5. Now things have changed, according to Louis. 6. He still goes to visit his friends with his parents. 7. He is very good at football. www.teachitlanguages.co.uk 2018 33187 Page 2 of 5
D. Translation into English Quels étaient tes passe-temps quand tu étais plus jeune? (H) Here is the transcript of the video clip. Translate the bold sections into English. Oui, alors, euh, mes passe-temps quand j étais plus jeune c était souvent avec mes parents, passer du temps. On allait très souvent au parc, on essayait de jouer, j essayais aussi de voir mes copains, en allant, euh, en faisant des fêtes, soit chez eux, soit chez moi, à la maison. On aimait beaucoup s amuser dans des parcs. Aujourd hui, c est un petit peu différent puisque je vais beaucoup voir mes amis sans mes parents, donc en allant au cinéma, en faisant d autres activités. On aime aussi beaucoup faire du sport parfois. Nous allons simplement jouer au football tous ensemble et c est vraiment super. 1.... 2.... 3.... E. Translation into rench Use and adapt some of the words and phrases from the transcript above to help you translate these sentences into rench. 1. We used to go to town from time to time. 2. I also used to try and organise parties at my house with my friends. 3. We used to really like watching horror films at the cinema. 4. Now it is quite different since I don t have time to go the cinema anymore. www.teachitlanguages.co.uk 2018 33187 Page 3 of 5
Teaching notes In this authentic video resource, rench student Louis talks about the activities he did in the past. The worksheet activities are designed for Higher level GCSE students. or oundation level activities on the same topic, see Quels étaient tes passe-temps quand tu étais plus jeune? (). The resource includes: a pre-listening activity to introduce the theme listening activities translation tasks. As a plenary activity, you could project the transcript below and play guess the word. Students read the transcript while they listen. You then turn the sound down to silent, wait a moment and press pause. They have to guess what the next word will be when you press play again with the volume up. Answers B. Imperfect tense Present tense Ticks Verbs heard j étais / c était / on passait / on allait / on essayait / j essayais / on aimait c est / je vais / on aime / nous allons / c est C. 1. 2. Louis used to spend most of his free time with his cousins. - with his parents Louis never organised parties in his house. - parties were organised either at his friends houses or in his home. 3. His friends were living nearby. NM 4. He used to have fun at the park. T 5. Now things have changed, according to Louis. T 6. He still goes to visit his friends with his parents. he says that he goes without them. 7. He is very good at football. NM www.teachitlanguages.co.uk 2018 33187 Page 4 of 5
D. 1. We used to go to the park very often, we tried to play, I also used to try and see my friends. 2. We used to really like having fun at the park. 3. We simply go and play football all together and it s really great. E. 1. On allait de temps en temps en ville. 2. J essayais aussi d organiser des fêtes chez moi / dans ma maison avec mes copains/copines/amis/amies. 3. On aimait beaucoup regarder des films d horreur au cinéma. 4. Maintenant c est assez différent puisque je n ai plus le temps pour aller au cinéma. Transcript Oui, alors, euh, mes passe-temps quand j étais plus jeune c était souvent avec mes parents, passer du temps. On allait très souvent au parc, on essayait de jouer, j essayais aussi de voir mes copains, en allant, euh, en faisant des fêtes, soit chez eux, soit chez moi, à la maison. On aimait beaucoup s amuser dans des parcs. Aujourd hui, c est un petit peu différent puisque je vais beaucoup voir mes amis sans mes parents, donc en allant au cinéma, en faisant d autres activités. On aime aussi beaucoup faire du sport parfois. Nous allons simplement jouer au football tous ensemble et c est vraiment super. www.teachitlanguages.co.uk 2018 33187 Page 5 of 5