Year 12 French Summer work Grammar: Use http://www.languagesonline.org.uk to revise the following tenses. - The regular present tense - The irregular present tense - The perfect tense with etre - The perfect tense with avoir - The imperfect tense - The conditional tense You should make notes on each tense and work through the practice exercises until you feel confident using each of these tenses. Complete grammar exercises at the end of this document. Vocabulary: Go onto: https://quizlet.com In the search engine put bentonparkmfl in the search engine and look for : AQA AS/A LEVEL FRENCH: La Famille Vocabulary this will be the first topic you study so you need to be familiar with the vocabulary Translation: Translate the following text into English. Make a vocabulary list of any unfamiliar language:
Reading: Read the text below and choose the 3 correct statements below. Make a vocabulary list of any unfamiliar words.
Reading: Read the text and decide if the statements blow are: true/false/not given
Present tense of regular and irregular verbs (revisited) Check the endings for -er, -ir and -re verbs on page 112 of the grammar reference section in the Student s Book. The present tense conveys the meaning of several different English verb tenses; for example, je vends can mean I sell, I am selling, I do sell and even do I sell?. Don t try to find a French equivalent for am or do when you translate these phrases! The present tense of irregular verbs has to be learned by heart, especially avoir, aller, être and faire. See pages 112 113 of the grammar reference section in the Student s Book for a full list. 1 Find the following infinitives: four ending in -er, two ending in -ir and two ending in -re. Write them in the first column of the table below. 2 Fill in the correct present tense forms for each of the infinitives you have chosen, following the example. infinitive je / j tu il / elle/on nous vous ils/elles jouer joue joues joue jouons jouez jouent 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1 La France (demeurer)... un pays où on va beaucoup au cinéma. 2 Le réalisateur (lancer)... son dernier film. 3 Le film (finir)... à quelle heure? 4 Nous (adorer)... les films comiques. 5 Ils (raconter)... des histoires très amusantes. 6 On (vendre)... énormément de places.
4 Translate the following sentences into French. 1 I am selling a DVD. 2 The actor is finishing the film. 3 The men act well. 4 Are you selling the ticket? 5 We are finishing work at six. 6 The women are acting well too! 5 Fill in the correct forms of these irregular verbs. je /j tu il / elle nous vous ils / elles aller avoir être boire devoir pouvoir vouloir dire faire 6 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1 Chaque Français (aller)... en moyenne trois fois au cinéma par an. 2 Le réalisateur (avoir)... beaucoup de mal à financer son dernier film. 3 Le film (être)... un grand succès. 4 Nous (boire)... toujours un coca au cinéma. 5 Ils (devoir)... réserver en avance les billets pour la séance. 6 On (pouvoir)... se donner rendez-vous devant le cinéma. 7 Ils (vouloir)... rester à la maison pour regarder le film. 8 Que (dire)... -vous du film? 9 Les Français (faire)... beaucoup pour encourager les gens à aller au cinéma.
7 Translate the following sentences into French. 10 Are we going to the cinema tonight? 11 The boys have lots of DVDs. 12 Special effects are better on a big screen. 13 What are you drinking? 14 We must see the film tomorrow. 15 They are saying that the film is good. 1 Fill in the blanks in the verb tables then learn them by heart. devoir (to have to, must) je dois tu... il / elle / on d... nous d... vous dev... ils / elles doiv... pouvoir (to be able to, can) je peux tu peux il / elle / on p... nous pouv... vous p... ils / elles peuvent vouloir (to wish, want to) je v... tu veux il / elle / on veut nous v... vous voul... ils / elles v... savoir (to know, know how to) je sais tu s... il / elle / on s... nous sav... vous s... ils / elles s... 2 Rewrite the jumbled sentences in the correct order. 1 s informer la par télé peut on 1. 2 gens ne pas nous oublier les en situation devons précaire 2. 3 défendre qui veut la télé l internet contre? 3. 4 mais regarder en direct concert elle doit veut devoirs ses faire elle le 4. 5 savent les leurs télé choisir émissions de jeunes 5.
3 Translate the following sentences into French. If you (use on) want to be less passive and more interactive, you have to watch less TV. I know that TV can make you fat and that I must read, think and develop my language and my ideas. Nevertheless, I think that the internet is more interactive than TV. I know how to choose my TV programmes: I want to watch live music and sports programmes, but I also want to write blogs, chat on-line (faire du chat) and play interactive games. 4 Write five sentences in English, using the modal verbs (devoir, pouvoir, savoir, vouloir), then challenge your partner to translate them into French.