FRENCH Details of exam Reading and Writing: 1 hour – for the writing you will have some short exercises where you will have to include a variety of tenses including present, near future and preterit tenses. You will also have to translate some short texts from French into English and English into French. Make sure you answer the questions for the reading in the language stated in the instructions.
Topics to revise •
Family members
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Furniture
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School subjects
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Age
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Rooms in the house
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Opinions about school subjects
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Possessive adjectives e.g. mon, ma, mes.
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Negatives
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Optional and compulsory subjects
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Ideal house
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Perfect tense with avoir
Adjectives for describing someone’s character
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Conditional tense
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Choisir/decider de/laisser
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Reflexive verbs to talk about relationships i.e. se fâcher, se disputer, s’entendre
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Town
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Devoir + infinitive
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On peut + infinitive
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Il faut + infinitive
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Comparatives and superlatives
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Il y a
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School day
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Best friend
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Describing where you live
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Ideal town
Saying what you did at school yesterday
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My region
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School rules
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Present tense
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Perfect tense with avoir and être
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Time phrases
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Negatives
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Genres of TV and film
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Opinions and infinitives
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Present tense
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Hobbies
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Weekend
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Past tense
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Future tense
Revision tasks to be completed • • •
Grammar revision using www.languagesonline.org.uk Français – Quick Links – Grammar Quizlet -Year 9 French Photocard description and role-plays
Other tips • • •
Active revision – making notes, completing online activities, flashcards, testing a friend, mindmaps. Learning vocabulary little and often Look at Topics on Sparkjar.
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