Passé, présent, futur
Before getting into conjugation, it is important for students to be able to distinguish the words that indicate whether a sentence is in the past, present or future tense. So, I show a few words to remember (formerly, yesterday, now, tomorrow, etc.) that I group together in a mental map. Exercises are used to check whether the concept has been understood. Then I point out that the verbs also allow us to know what tense the sentence is in. For the moment, the distinction is only made by ear and we are not yet getting into conjugation.