1. The Perfect Tense in 20 minutes The Perfect Tense Revolution By Noredine Charef MFL Teacher at Dubai British School

2. The common approach Sequence 1: Perfect tense with avoir (regular verbs) Sequence 2: Perfect tense with avoir (irregular verbs) Sequence 3: Perfect tense with être (Mrs Vandertramp verbs) Sequence 4: Perfect tense with être (focus on the past participle agreement) Sequence 5: The perfect tense with avoir and être: recap lesson(s) NB: There are hundreds of resources on each of the sequences above on youtube, the tes…but they never approach them all together in one lesson.

3. Why is the common approach wrong?? Too many sequences!!!! Core elements taught seperately! High level of confusion when bringing the perfect tense together eventually…

4. Reason 1: teachers deal with avoir seperately!

5. mmon mistakes then? J’ai arrivé / je suis mangé

7. Again avoir verbs only!! participles…

8. No past participle argreement with être verbs! when us ing the être verbs in the past. Elles sont parti They forget to make the past participle agree

9. What is The Perfect Tense Revolution? All sequences must be visually accessible to pupils on the first lesson onwards! Everything starts with one question from which the learner will take a series of decisions. No more teachers’ translation of “avoir” as to have when it is used as an auxiliary in a sentence in the past such as : J’ai mangé this could have disastrous consequences with the new GCSE French in 2016 as translation. Following lessons should dwell on sentence extensions/ negative and reflexive verbs…

10. Key question: Is the verb I want to use part of the rainbow verb list below? (aka Mrsvandertramp verbs) Add a past participle As follows + MRS VAN DER TRAMP These verbs take être Mourir (to die) - mort Retourner (to return) – retourné Sortir (to go out) - sortir Venir (to come) - venu Arriver (to arrive) - arrivé Naître (to be born) - né Descendre (to go down) - descendu Entrer (to enter) - entré Rentrer (to return) - rentré Tomber (to fall) - tombé Rester (to stay) - resté Aller (to go) - allé Monter (to go up) - monté Partir (to leave) - parti DON’T FORGET to make the Past Participle agree with the subject (who is doing the action) if it goes with être. For feminine, add an extra E For masculin plural, add an S For feminine plural, add ES Eg. Elle est allée Nous sommes allé(e)s Ils sont allés Auxiliary etre Je suis Tu es Il/elle est Nous sommes Vous etes Ils/elles sont Auxiliary avoir J’ai Tu as Il/elle a Nous avons Vous avez Ils/elles ont If not then apply the rue below Is the vb you want to use IRREGULAR ? Apprendre (to learn) - appris Avoir (to have) - eu Boire (to drink) - bu Comprendre (to understand) - compris Courir (to run) - couru Dire (to say) – dit Écrire (to write) - écrit Faire (to do) – fait Lire (to read) – lu Mettre (to put) - mis Ouvrir (to open) - ouvert Prendre (to take) – pris Recevoir (to receive) - reçu Voir (to see) – vu

11. The Perfectatron ! For completed actions in the past: did, made, ate, played... J’ai joué Is your verb a MRS VAN DER TRAMP verb? These verbs take être Infinitive (English) past participle Mourir (to die) - mort Retourner (to return) – retourné Sortir (to go out) - sortir Venir (to come) - venu Arriver (to arrive) - arrivé Naître (to be born) - né Descendre (to go down) - descendu Entrer (to enter) - entré Rentrer (to return) - rentré Tomber (to fall) - tombé Rester (to stay) - resté Aller (to go) - allé Monter (to go up) - monté Partir (to leave) – parti Start here! If yes use être + past participle Je suis Tu es Il/Elle/On est Nous sommes Vous êtes Ils/Elle sont DON’T FORGET to make the Past Participle agree with the subject (who is doing the action) if it goes with être. For feminine, add an extra E For masculin plural, add an S For feminine plural, add ES Eg. Elle est allé e. Nous sommes allé (e)s. Ils sont allé s. Je me suis réveill é ( m ). Je me suis réveill ée ( f ). If no, is your verb a reflexive verb? E.g. Se réveiller = to wake up, se laver = to wash, se doucher = to shower, se coucher = to go to bed. If yes use + être + past participle No Yes If no, does the verb have an irregular past participle. Common examples: Apprendre (to learn) – appris, Avoir (to have) – eu, Boire (to drink) - bu Comprendre (to understand) – compris, Courir (to run) - couru Dire (to say) – dit, Écrire (to write) - écrit, Faire (to do) – fait, Lire (to read) – lu, Mettre (to put) – mis, Ouvrir (to open) – ouvert, Prendre (to take) – pris, Recevoir (to receive) – reçu, Voir (to see) – vu e.g. Je suis allé(e) = I went No If yes, use avoir + past participle J’ ai Tu as Il/Elle/On a Nous avons Vous avez Ils/Elles ont e.g. J’ai fait du ski = I went skiing Yes If no, your verb must have a regular past participle No For – ER verbs, take off the ER and add an É - Regarder → Regardé For – IR verbs, take off the IR and add an I - Finir → Fini For – RE verbs, take off the RE and add a U - Répondre → Répondu e.g. J’ai fini mes devoirs Negatives : Je n’ ai pas joué, je ne suis pas allé(e), je ne me suis pas lavé(e)

12. Merci!