Monsieur McKenna

Teacher of French

On ne change pas une équipe qui gagne. -French proverb

“One does not change a winning team.” In other words, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Email: mckennaj@lcmrschools.com | Phone: (609) 884-3475

LCMR School District - 687 Route 9, Cape May, NJ 08204

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Unité 1

Qui suis-je?

cafe

Leçon 4:

Ça, c’est drôle!

OBJECTIVES

Students will be able …

Communicative Functions and Topics

To talk about where one is going and what one is going to do
To talk about where one is coming from and what one has just done
To discuss how long things have been going on
To read for pleasure and draw conclusions
To expand vocabulary and use context clues to guess new words

Linguistic Goals

To use the verb aller and aller + infinitive
To use places after the verb aller
To use the verb venir and venir de + infinitive
To use time expressions
To use the present tense + depuis

Cultural Goals

To learn about French cafés and greeting customs

Vidéo

Warm up activities

1 & 2

3 & 4

A. Le verbe aller; la construction aller + infinitif

Review the forms of the verb aller (to go) in the following sentences.

aller                                                     aller + INFINITIVE

Je        vais      à la plage.                     Je         vais nager à la piscine.
Tu        vas       chez toi.                       Tu        vas dîner au restaurant.
Alice va       au stade                       Elle       va regarder un match de foot.

Nous    allons à Paris.                         Nous    allons visiter le musée d’Orsay.
Vous    allez     au musée.                    Vous    allez regarder des sculptures.
Mes amis vont au café.                       Ils        vont retrouver des copains.

To express what they ARE GOING (OR NOT GOING) TO DO, the French use the construction:

aller + INFINITIVE

Je vais jouer au foot. I am going to play soccer.
Nous n’allons pas travailler. We are not going to work.

→ Note the expression:

aller chercher to go get Alice va chercher son cousin à l’aéroport.

to pick up Je dois aller chercher un livre à la bibliothèque.

B. Le verbe venir; la construction venir de + infinitif

Review the forms of venir (to come) in the following sentences.

Je viens du café. Nous venons du restaurant.

PRESENT Tu viens de la plage. Vous venez de l’hôtel.

Alice vient de Lyon Mes amis viennent du stade.

→ The following verbs are conjugated like venir:

devenir to become Vous devenez très bons en français! Bravo!
revenir to come back Ma copine revient de Monaco demain!

To express what they HAVE JUST DONE, the French use the construction:

venir de + INFINITIVE

Je viens de rencontrer Marc.                          I (have) just met Marc.
Ton frère vient de téléphoner.                       Your brother (has) just called.
Mes copains viennent d’arriver.                     My friends (have) just arrived.

C. Le présent avec depuis

Read the following pairs of sentences. In each pair, the first sentence describes what people are doing. The second sentence describes how long they have been doing this. Compare the verbs in French and English:

Nous habitons à Genève.                               We live in Geneva.
Nous habitons à Genève depuis mai.            We have been living in Geneva since May.

J’étudie le français.                                         I am studying French.
J’étudie le français depuis deux ans.             I have been studying French for two years.