Need a creative way for students to learn which verbs use être as a helping verb in the passé composé? This engaging French lesson includes an original story with comprehensive listening, reading, and writing activities. After this lesson, your students will know and understand the 17 Dr. & Mrs. P. Vandertramp verbs. Here's a fun game that you can use to have your students practice conjugating these verbs.

EXPECT YOUR STUDENTS TO:

• identify verbs that use être as a helping verb
• strengthen listening comprehension at their level
• remember to make agreement on past participles
• learn new vocabulary by reading in French
• be amused by this creative story

STEP 1:

• Download, print, and distribute the Dr. & Mrs. P. Vandertramp chart.
• 17 verbs that use être as a helping verb are written in French with English translations.
• Past participles are included.

STEP 2:

• Listen to an audio recording of an original story that uses all 17 verbs that use être in the passé composé to work on listening comprehension, and to see how much students can understand.
• Download worksheet #1 and have students fill in the blanks (subjects, helping verbs, and past participles) as they listen to the story again.
• Download, print, and distribute the full text (2 pages) and have students read along as they listen again.
• Download worksheet #2 and have students fill in the blanks (helping verbs and past participles only - subjects and infinitives are included) NOT while listening to the story. 

STEP 3:

• Dictée - Listen to the audio recording and have students write everything they hear on the lines provided.
• This is a good exercise in listening comprehension, and they'll need to pay close attention to number and gender to spell the past participles correctly.
• Subject pronouns along with number and gender are included on the student response sheet.
• As they listen, they will write helping verbs and past participles.

What some teachers are saying about this lesson:

"Amazing resource! This was so comprehensive and hit all the aspects of language I was assessing at the time. I'm going to use this for the rest of my career."

"Great breakdown of the PC and of Vandertramp verbs. The audio recording was a great exercise, the right "level" of challenge for my grade 9s."

Dr. & Mrs. P. Vandertramp Verbs - Être Auxiliary Verb:

• descendre
• rentrer
• monter
• rester
• sortir
• partir
• venir
• arriver
• naître
• devenir
• entrer
• retourner
• tomber
• rentrer
• aller
• mourir
• passer

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