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Conjugaisons et interrogations
Contributor: Steven Fawkes
Language of text: French
Type of text: Poem
Author or source: Jean Tardieu
Intended age of students: Key Stage 4
Source reference: Text: http://www.villemagne.net/site_fr/sept-coins-du-monde-conjugaisons-et-interrogations-jean-tardieu-v32.php
Reading : available on Daily Motion
Attached files:
Text of poem
Extract:
J’irai je n’irai pas j’irai je n’irai pas
Je reviendrai Est-ce que je reviendrai ?
Je reviendrai je ne reviendrai pas
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Approaches:
Spot the different verb tenses used i the poem and getting the idea of the contrast between their meanings
Practise saying the tenses by reading the lines of the poem aloud - noting e.g. the -r- near the end of the Future and Conditional.
Rationale:
Multiple examples of tenses of French verbs
including question forms and negatives
Outcomes:
Topics or themes:
Verb forms
Grammar:
Forming questions in different tenses
Forming negatives
Use of si + Imperfect
Strategies:
How much time required: