Title: WALT: Talk about the past with leisure phrases, the verb
1WALT 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.
Match these words up Aujourdhui In the
mornings En ce moment Normally Le
matin Usually Le soir Today Dhabitude Last
year Normalement At the moment Lannée
dernière Yesterday Hier In the evenings
Extension which words would you use to describe
the past tense?
2RECAP
In the past tense, there is a subject, an
auxiliary verb and a past participle.
Jai joué au football
subject
(Je)
past participle
auxiliary verb
(joué)
(ai)
3The auxiliary verb (the helping verb) is usually
avoir which means to have. Copy the following
in to your books.
I HAVE
JAI
YOU HAVE
TU AS
IL / ELLE A
HE/SHE HAS
ONE HAS
ON A
WE HAVE
NOUS AVONS
YOU HAVE
VOUS AVEZ
THEY HAVE
ILS / ELLES ONT
4PAST PARTICIPLES
Mostly, past participles end in one of three
possibilities
u
i
é
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.
5Which part of avoir is missing? Complete the 4
sentences with the correct part. Remember, each
sentence will be in the past.
Write the English next to them
6What past participle is missing from each
sentence? Choose the best one from the choices
below and translate each sentence into English.
joué
gagné
fini
vendu
travaillé
regardé
7GIVE ONE GET ONE
Make up your own sentence in the past and then
write the English translation below it
8Pour finir
What was the WALT and WILF?
EXIT PASS
Write down 2 things you have learnt today and
give it to Miss Berry as you go out of class
4 minutes