FRENCH ELEMENTARY (1) 2

• Les bonnes résolutions.
• Introduction to passé composé (with AVOIR).
• How to form the past participle of regular verbs.
• An important exception.

We started off by checking out last week’s vocab, and discussed briefly the way quantities are expressed in French. For ex:

• Beaucoup de
• Un peu de
• Assez de
• Un kilo de
• Une bouteille de

We had a look at your ‘ bonnes résolutions’ for deux mille six, using the verb ‘aller’ and the infinitive form of the chosen verb (similar to “I am going to do” in English). We then had a closer look at reflexive verbs: you can find more information about these here, thanks to Tex’s online Grammar. Finally, we read the small text I had written about my holidays, which served both as a revision of food vocab and as a basic introduction to simple Passé Composé (ie the verbs that take AVOIR in the past tense – very similar to the English present perfect ‘I have done’). DEVOIRS Practise the passé composé thanks to jigsaw (to be sent shortly) Activity – La France, vous connaisez (last page of the Dossier): check out what you know & don’t know. VOCABULAIRE

Voir Je vois Tu vois Il/elle/on voit Nous voyons Vous voyez Ils/elles voient Voyons voir A tes/vos souhaits A tes/vos amours Le/la fonctionnaire La fonction publique Réveillonner S’entendre avec quelqu'un Un neveu Une nièce Fruité[e] Une huître Un lièvre Une bûche Goûter à quelque chose Sélectionner