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French · Grade 9

Refine Grammar, Agreement and Register

Four pieces of grammar that separate a good intermediate writer of French from an accurate one: choosing the passé composé or the imparfait in a story, agreeing the past participle (with être, and with avoir when the direct object comes first), placing object pronouns le, lui, y and en in the right order, and shifting register from a text to a friend to a formal email, including the present subjunctive after il faut que and je voudrais que. Each point is taught in context, practised with targeted feedback and applied in a formal rewrite.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 125 minutes
  • Accurate and appropriate: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, choose a reply, highlight a text, match pairs and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Choose the passé composé or the imparfait in a narrative: completed events that move the story on versus background, description, habits and actions in progress (Je lisais quand le téléphone a sonné).
  • Agree the past participle with the subject after être (elles sont parties, elle s'est levée) and with a direct object placed before avoir (les photos que j'ai prises; je les ai vues).
  • Replace nouns with the object pronouns le/la/les, lui/leur, y and en, and place them in the right order and position (je le lui ai donné; il y en a; je vais leur en parler).
  • Shift a message from informal to formal register (tu → vous, on → nous, ne restored, ça → cela, familiar words replaced) and use the present subjunctive after il faut que, je voudrais que and il est important que.

Lessons

  1. Passé composé or imparfait? 7 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  2. Agreeing the past participle 6 steps4 practiceabout 30 min
  3. Object pronouns: le, lui, y, en 6 steps4 practiceabout 30 min
  4. Register and the polite subjunctive 7 steps4 practiceabout 33 min
  5. Accurate and appropriate 10 questions at the end

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