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Unit 6 · Lesson 4

Talking About Yesterday

Combine the passé composé with time expressions to tell stories about things that happened.

Common past time expressions

hier

/ yesterday

avant-hier

/ the day before yesterday

ce matin

/ this morning

ce soir

/ tonight (past)

la semaine dernière

/ last week

le mois dernier

/ last month

l'année dernière

/ last year

il y a + time

/ [time] ago (il y a trois jours = 3 days ago)

Time expressions

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French

hier

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English

yesterday

Hier, j'ai regardé un film.

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Sample paragraph

Hier, je me suis levé tôt. J'ai mangé des céréales et j'ai bu du jus d'orange. Ensuite, je suis allé à l'école à pied. Après les cours, j'ai fait mes devoirs et j'ai regardé un film avec ma famille.

Yesterday, I got up early. I ate cereal and drank orange juice. Then, I went to school on foot. After class, I did my homework and watched a film with my family.

Time expressions to English

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Click a French word, then click its English match.

Past time expressions

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Hint: yesterday

, j'ai mangé une pizza. (yesterday)

Yesterday, I ate a pizza.

Talking about yesterday quiz

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How do you say 'two weeks ago' in French?

You can talk about the past in French.

You know the passé composé with avoir and être, irregular past participles, and how to use time expressions. Take the test before moving on.