Week+One

Week One

Even before we start our course you need to fill a survey in order for me to know a bit more about the class. This is not a test. Please answer the questions honestly. media type="custom" key="8890336"

By the end of the year you will be able to speak about past and future activities. We are going to start by the past tense as it is the hardest bid of the year. I think it is better to start the year with what is harder as you will have longer to actually understand and use the form effectively.Thus this year you are going to learn about the "passé composé" first.

 It is then important to understand how the 'passé composé' is formed and used (by the way "passé composé" is called present perfect in English). Read this article on Wikipedia and this one

If you need to revise how to conjugate verbs at the present tense in French, follow this link.

 First look at the verbs [|AVOIR] et [|ÊTRE] at the present tense and then do the following exercises.

 exercise 1 : conjugate the verb être at the present tense  exercise 2 : conjugate the verb avoir at the present tense  exercise 3 : conjugate the verbs être and avoir at the present tense  exercise 4 : conjugate the verbs être and avoir at the present tense  exercise 5 : conjugate the verbs at the passé composé

and "pour finir" fill in this little quiz. It is very easy, it won't take you long at all

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