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French Pronunciation Guide Time Phrases and Connectives Really Useful French Table Tense Reference Sheet The Perfect Tense Controlled Assessments - Top Tips GCSE French - 100 most frequent mis-spellings GCSE French - 100 most frequent mis-spellings (Test yourself) How not to say intressant French Question Words Key Phrases Top Tips for Listening and Reading Learning by Heart Websites for Homework and Revision

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French Pronunciation Guide a e i o u

Often like the a sound in cat:
arriver, Paris, chat, mari

in, ain, im

Like the an sound in rang

without the g at the end: vin, prince, impossible, train

Like the a sound in above:

le, petit, regarder

Before i or e it sounds like the s in

sun: merci, France, certain

Like the ay sound in late:

t, caf, th

Before other letters it sounds like the c in cat: caf, coton, crabe

Like the a sound in care:

mme, vous tes

ch g

Like the s in sun:

garon, franais

Like the i in machine:

il, dix, police, ville

Like the sh sound in shirt:

cochon, vache, chanter, Charles

Like the o in holiday:

fromage, pomme

Before i or e it sounds like the s

sound in measure: gendarme, girafe, ge Before other letters it is like the g in get: grand, gare, guitare

Round your lips as if to say oo,

then try to say ee: du, une, plus, musique

eau, au eu ou oi on, an

Like the oa sound in toast:

eau, beau, gauche, chteau

gn j th qu h

Like the ni sound in onion:

campagne, montagne

Like the u sound in fur:

deux, bleu, cheveux

Like the soft g in girafe above:

bonjour, jeune

Like the oo sound in food:

ou, tout, beaucoup

Like the t in top:

th, thtre

Like the wa sound in whack:

voix, poisson, bote

Like the k sound in kettle:

question, musique

Like ong without the g

sound at the end: dans, bonjour, franais, Avignon

This is not pronounced:

histoire, hpital, htel

un

Like the u sound in sun.

You do not pronounce the n: un, chacun 3

A consonant at the end of a French word is not usually pronounced: franais, petit, les, tout.

For saying when le matin laprs-midi le soir neuf heures midi minuit maintenant aujourdhui in the morning in the afternoon in the evening at nine oclock at midday at midnight now today

hier hier matin avant-hier la semaine dernire lt dernier

yesterday

+ PAST TENSE

yesterday morning the day before yesterday last week last summer

demain demain soir aprs-demain le weekend prochain lanne prochaine

tomorrow

+ FUTURE TENSE

tomorrow evening the day after tomorrow next weekend next year

For narrating / sequencing dabord aprs avant pendant ensuite puis finalement first(ly) after before during / for (a length of time) next then finally

For saying how often toujours souvent quelquefois rarement tous les matins tous les soirs encore une fois une fois par jour deux fois par semaine always/still often sometimes rarely every morning every evening once again once a day twice a week

For linking clauses et ou o qui mais aussi cependant parce que car puisque donc

and or where who but also however because because since therefore

a(n)

the

some

to/at

my

your (si)

his/her

our

your (pl)

their

masculine

un

le

du

au

mon

ton

son

notre votre

leur

feminine

une

la

de la la ma ta

sa

notre votre

leur

vowel

un/une

de l l

mon

ton

son

notre votre

leur

plural

(des)

les

des

aux

mes

tes

ses

nos

vos

leurs

INFINITIVE faire - to do jouer - to play manger - to eat visiter - to visit boire - to drink lire - to read danser - to dance aller - to go

PRESENT what you do Je fais Je joue Je mange Je visite Je bois Je lis Je danse Je vais

PAST what you did Jai fait Jai jou Jai mang Jai visit Jai bu Jai lu Jai dans Je suis all(e)

FUTURE what you will do Je vais faire Je vais jouer Je vais manger Je vais visiter Je vais boire Je vais lire Je vais danser Je vais aller

s le. foi l i SE en v eux E rs. N d . u t E n. o T en nse j o rts i t o s T v a a e sp . lat. nat EN sou la d sl l e l S u . a E ais e . to e d ites tb hoco e la r o t PR Je v is d aine nal r d f n fo c r a ce des u de fait 1. Je f sem jou a . r au ec E ou trop r jai o l 2. par is le S j v alle a av EN jai ng rnie u el T J d ais izz T edi ma de e v 3. p r S i d a je ne f E PA Sam r jai k-en n u s NS vai chai ger 1. Hie ee E T je ro an E 2. Le w R che nd p is m . U 3 T an ke va U F Dim ee je 1. Le w ain 2. Dem 3.
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pl m xa

es

In order to extend your speaking and writing and gain the best marks possible, you should aim to include as many of the following as you can:
1 Wide range of verbs jouer au/ la/aux, faire du/de la/des, pratiquer, commencer, participer , russir , marquer un but, garder la forme, apprendre, gagner, perdre etc je/ j, tu, il/ elle/ on, nous, vous, ils/ elles samuser, sentraner, sinscrire , samliorer, se blesser je me, tu te, il/ elle/ on se, nous nous, vous vous, ils se

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Use of different parts of the verb (talk about others as well as yourself) Reflexive verbs (remember to include the reflexive pronoun) Negatives (remember to put these around the verb

nepas/ neplus/ ne jamais/ nerien/ nepersonne il ne joue pas il na jamais jou NB: around the helping verb in the past/ il ne va plus jouer future tense) Past tense (make sure you include the jai, tu as, il/ elle/ on a, nous avons, vous avez, ils/ elles ont correct auxiliary/ helping verb) + past participle je suis, tu es, il/ elle/ on est, nous sommes, vous tes, ils/ elles sont + past participle (+ feminine / plural agreement) Future tense (correct part of aller + infinitive) Time phrases (appropriate to tense) je vais, tu vas, il/ elle/ on va, nous allons, vous allez, ils/ elles vont + infinitive le weekend dernier, lanne dernire, hier soir le weekend, le samedi matin, le dimanche aprs-midi, tous les soirs, trois fois par semaine Lt prochain, la semaine prochaine, ce soir Jy joue depuis 5 ans Jen fais depuis 3 ans depuis lge de 10 ans/ depuis que jai 10 ans et, mais, ou, cependant, donc Je suis all directement la piscine, o jai fait de la natation pendant une heure Mon entraneur, qui est extrmement sympa mais trs strict aussi, nous oblige de faire 20 pompes avant de commencer content(e)(s) heureux/ heureuse(s) assez, trs, vraiment, trop, un peu, Je me passionne pour, Jadore, Je dteste, Jaime/ Je naime pas (beaucoup/ vraiment/ tellement) mon avis, lavantage cest (que)/ linconvnient cest (que).. because parce que/ car/ puisque it is cest it was ctait it will be ce sera more/less than plus/ moins que

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Depuis (+ present tense , even when referring to the past) Connectives

10 Subordinate clauses (use question words as connectives to introduce these) 11 Adjectives (with the appropriate m/ f/ pl ending) 12 Qualifiers 13 Opinions

14 and justifications 15 Comparatives

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GCSE French 100 most frequent mis-spellings Look - Say - Cover - Write - Check
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. la famille la mre la sur le frre le pre lalcool (m) la carotte le chocolat le djeuner le gteau les crales (f) affreux / affreuse g agrable aimable beau / belle confortable favori / favorite gratuit intressant mauvais meilleur nouveau /nouvelle paresseux / ..euse passionnant plusieurs prfr / prfre vieux / vieille mercredi samedi juillet aot la semaine une anne aujourdhui bientt maintenant cependant malheureusement quelquefois rcemment tous les jours vraiment ltranger Allemagne (f) Angleterre (f) Ecosse (f) Espagne (f) Etats-Unis (m.pl) Londres Pays de Galles (m) family mother sister brother father alcohol carrot chocolate lunch cake cereal awful old pleasant friendly beautiful comfortable favourite free (no cost) interesting bad best new lazy exciting several favourite old Wednesday Saturday July August week year today soon now however unfortunately sometimes recently every day really abroad Germany England Scotland Spain USA London Wales 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 11 amricain anglais espagnol franais o quest-ce que quel/quelle combien pourquoi a cote essayer de je reois / jai reu jespre jtudie je gagne / jai gagn je mappelle je prfre lanniversaire luniversit la bouteille la matire le mtier la musique la terrasse la vaisselle le feuilleton le problme le professeur le thtre les bonbons les cheveux (m) les vacances (f.pl) un appartement une mission quelquun quelque chose jusqu aprs pendant amitis au revoir beaucoup a ouest par exemple parce que peut-tre sil vous plat trs American English Spanish French where what which/what how much why that costs to try to I receive / I received I hope I study I earn/win, I earned/won My name is I prefer birthday university bottle subject job music terrace washing up TV series problem teacher theatre sweets hair holidays flat programme someone something until after during friendly letter ending goodbye lots that west for example because perhaps please very

GCSE French 100 most frequent mis-spellings Now test yourself!

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. family mother sister brother father alcohol carrot chocolate lunch cake cereal awful old pleasant friendly beautiful comfortable favourite free (no cost) interesting bad best new lazy exciting several favourite old Wednesday Saturday July August week year today soon now however unfortunately sometimes recently every day really abroad Germany England Scotland Spain USA London Wales _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ 12 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. American English Spanish French where what which/what how much why that costs to try to I receive / I received I hope I study I earn/win I earned/won My name is I prefer birthday university bottle subject job music terrace washing up TV series problem teacher theatre sweets hair holidays flat programme someone something until after during friendly letter ending goodbye lots that west for example because perhaps please very _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________

surprenant inutile prvisible nrvant barbant malsain propre frappant diffrent mignon rigolo parfait agrable passionnant dun calme mourir vide populaire imposant prtentieux sensationnel effrayant dgoutant fort fou (folle) reposant paisible
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surprising useless predictable annoying boring unhealthy clean striking different sweet hilarious perfect nice, enjoyable exciting deathly dull empty popular impressive pretentious stunning scary disgusting loud mad relaxing peaceful

utile dcevant stressant morne sain sale tonnant compliqu charmant drole assommant satisfaisant frustrant lent bruyant plein de monde ringard de luxe ordinaire choquant horrifiant mchant tranquille bizarre divertissant instructif

useful disappointing stressful dull (place) healthy dirty amazing complicated charming funny deadly dull satisfactory frustrating slow noisy full of people old fashioned luxurious ordinary shocking horrifying nasty (person or animal) quiet odd entertaining educational
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French Question Words

Est-ce que? Combien? O? Quand? Comment? Qui? Quel(le)? Pourquoi? = = = = = = = = Is? What? How much? Where? When? How? Who? Which/What? At what time? Why? How do I get to?
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Qu'est-ce que? =

quelle heure? = Pour aller ? =

Je voudrais...

I would like...

Tu voudrais...?

Would you like?

Quest-ce que...?

What...? Do you have? (polite) How much/ How many? How much is it?

Avez-vous?

Combien?

Cest combien?

Quelle heure est-il?

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What time is it?

...commence quelle heure?

...starts at what time? ...finishes at what time? When?

...finit quelle heure? Quand?

...ouvre quelle heure? ...ferme quelle heure? Est-ce que je peux?

...opens at what time? ...closes at what time?

Can I?

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Tu aimes?

Do you like...?

As-tu?

Do you have...? (informal)

Pour aller /au/ la? Est-ce que je peux avoir? Est-ce que je peux rserver? Est-ce que je peux essayer?

How do I get to?

Can I have...?

Can I reserve...?

Can I try?

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Learning by Heart

learn by heart

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Useful language websites for homework and revision

http://www.linguascope.com/ - Lots of great games and activities. To log on: username millthorpe, password check with your teacher http://www.zut.org.uk - Available for free before 9am and after 4pm. Lots of good exercises for revising vocabulary and grammar. www.languagesonline.org.uk Loads of very effective grammar exercises, good vocabulary revision. www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize - Lots of revision units specifically tailored towards the exam, separated into Foundation and Higher tiers. www.s-cool.co.uk Revision activities specifically tailored towards the exams. Better for Foundation than Higher. http://revisioncentre.co.uk/ - topics, exam skills, example presentations. http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/Curriculum/modlang/index_students.htm videos, exercises, links to other websites. http://www.gcse.com/ www.frenchrevision.co.uk Past papers and example exercises from exam papers. http://exercices.free.fr/francais/orth/index.htm - Good exercises for practising accuracy in writing. http://www.wildfrench.co.uk/ http://www.frenchinaclick.com/ - Only free for the first 7 days, so use it wisely! http://www.digitaldialects.com/French.htm - fun (if slightly odd) games to help you remember the basics.

http://platea.pntic.mec.es/cvera/hotpot/chansons/ - French pop songs with exercises

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