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Year 8 · Languages · Holidays · Lesson 2

Holiday activities (French)

Describing holiday activities in French with the perfect tense, sequencing with day phrases (le premier jour, le lendemain) and giving opinions with c'était.

Whiteboard video lesson: Holiday activities (French)

18-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Describe holiday activities in the past
  • Choose avoir or être
  • Sequence events with day phrases
  • Add opinions and reasons

The method

  1. Day phrase.
  2. avoir or être.
  3. Participle.
  4. Opinion.

Key words: holidays, activities, perfect tense, le lendemain, c'était, avoir, être.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

Translate: j'ai nagé dans la mer

  1. Step 1: nager = swim

Answer: I swam in the sea

Question 2

Translate: j'ai acheté des souvenirs

  1. Step 1: acheter = buy

Answer: I bought souvenirs

Question 3

Translate: j'ai bronzé

  1. Step 1: bronzer = to tan

Answer: I sunbathed