GCSE Top 24

French

The following ‘Top 24’ slides contain ‘must know’ information essential for GCSE success in the summer. Whatever else you revise make sure you know the contents of these slides, starting off at number 24

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IMPORTANT

SPEAKING EXAM Mr. Jenkins - 25 April Mrs. Andrews - 27 April Task: 1 roleplay 2 conversation topics

23 CONVERSATION TOPICS A1 – Self, family and friends A2 – Education A3 – Career and future plans B1 – Environment B2 – Health B3 – Youth culture Prepare all 6. You will be asked to talk on one from each group

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ROLEPLAYS

-Revise all roleplay phrases from sheet - revise all example roleplays from past years – see your sheets

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MODULE 4 EXAM

Listening – separate exam NOT in sports hall, exam in ROSLA Reading and Writing – in sports hall

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TOPICS FOR MODULE 4

The Young Person in Society

• Character and personal relationships • The environment • Education • Careers and future plans • Social issues, choices and responsibilities Remember: the final exam can cover all 4 modules

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TOPICS FOR MODULE 3

Work and Lifestyle

• Home Life • Healthy Living • Part-time jobs and work experience • Leisure • Shopping

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TOPICS FOR MODULE 2

Holiday time and Travel

• Travel, transport and finding the way • Tourism • Accommodation • Holiday activities • Services

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TOPICS FOR MODULE 1

My World

• Self, family and friends • Interests and hobbies • Home and local environment • Daily routine • School and future plans

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VOCABULARY

•Find your vocabulary lists for all 4 modules •Set yourself tasks to help you learn these words •Work with a friend

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REVISION GUIDE

Use your revision guide – Letts GCSE success It contains all you need ( answers/guidance/advice)

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WEBSITES

Visit www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize www.s-cool.co.uk

•Go into Google and type in GCSE French revision •Select suitable revision sites to help you practise your vocabulary/reading skills in particular.

•Remember to work from French into English

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PAST PAPERS

See your teacher Download past papers (and the answers) from www.aqa.org.uk

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GRAMMAR

In particular learn:

•Question words (guide p12) •Verbs + time frames (guide p16 +17 + 38 +39 + 44 + 80 + 81) •Numbers (guide p4) •Time phrases (guide p17 - 19) •Position of adjectives (guide p25)

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WRITING

Practise writing down what you have learned for your speaking exam.

Write short paragraphs on each of the topics Always cover the 3 time frames and give opinions

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OPINIONS

Start with simple sentences and build up to more complex ones: Guide p57 – 59 Avoid repetition – use a variety of adjectives Learn a few which can be used in lots of topics

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AGREEMENTS

Adjective agreement (guide p24 + 25 + 9) Add nothing for masculine singular eg

mon

petit

fr ère Add

e

for feminine singular eg ma

petite

soeur Add s for masculine plural eg mes

petits

fr ères Add es for feminine plural eg mes

petites

soeurs

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ETRE VERBS IN THE PERFECT TENSE

Être verbs, if the person/subject is feminine, so is the past participle: elle est

sortie

- she left/has gone out. The same goes for plurals: Ils sont

sorties

They’ve left/gone out.

Elles sont

sorties

They’ve left/gone out.

Guide page 38

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MODAL VERBS

When you talk about things you want to do, can /are able to do, and must/have to do you are using modal verbs.

These are almost always followed by an infinitive.

The infinitive is the form of the verb that ends in -er, -ir or -re eg: je veux – I want to je peux – I can, am able to je dois – I must/have to.

il faut - it is necessary to Guide pages 35 + 62

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TIME FRAMES

Regular “er” verbs PRESENT: - je regard

e

– I watch/I am watching tu regard

es

– you watch/you are watching il/elle/on regard

e

– he/she/it watches/is watching nous regard

ons

– we watch/we are watching vous regard

ez

– you watch/you are watching ils/elles regard

ent

– they watch/they are watching Remember the verb endings.

Guide p8

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TIME FRAMES

Regular “ir” and “re” verbs PRESENT: je fin

is

tu fin

is

il/elle/on fin

it

nous fin

issons

vous fin

issez

ils/elles fin

issent

je vend

s

tu vend

s

il/elle/on vend nous vend

ons

vous vend

ez

ils/elles vend

ent

Remember the verb endings.

Guide p8

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Irregular verbs – Present

Some of the most useful verbs are irregular and don’t follow a pattern. You just have to learn them by heart! Here are four key verbs.

Avoir – to have Être – to be Guide p8 Aller – to go Faire – to do/to make

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Future tense

To talk about the future use ‘aller’ + infinitive.

eg –

Ce weekend je

vais sortir

avec mes copains.

Or use the future tense. To form the future tense just take the infinitive (cutting off the ‘

e

’ from ‘

re

’ verbs).

Add the following endings: je – Guide p80 tu –

ai as

il/elle/on – nous – vous –

ons ez a

ils/elles -

ont

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Perfect tense

All verbs apart from the small ‘

etre

’ group use the present tense of ‘

avoir

’ (to have), to say I have... you have etc. This is called the auxiliary.

j’

ai

jou é tu

as

joué il/elle/on

a

joué Guide p39 nous

avons

joué vous

avez

joué ils/elles

ont

joué Form them in exactly the same way as you do for ‘

etre

’ verbs: -er verbs = -

é

eg – jou

er

– joué – j’ai jou

é

-ir verbs = -

i

eg fin

ir

– fin

i

-re verbs = -

u

eg attend

re

– j’ai fin

i

– attend

u

– j’ai attend

u THE PAST PARTICIPLE NEVER CHANGES

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LITTLE WORDS

et mais donc alors puis ensuite enfin parce que comme ou sinon – and – but – so, therefore – then, therefore – then – afterwards – at last, finally – because – as, since (because) – or – otherwise, if not

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LA FIN

Bonne Chance