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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
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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 frère
Add e for feminine singular
eg ma petite soeur
Add s for masculine plural
eg mes petits frères
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 regarde – I watch/I am watching
tu regardes – you watch/you are watching
il/elle/on regarde – he/she/it watches/is watching
nous regardons – we watch/we are watching
vous regardez – you watch/you are watching
ils/elles regardent – they watch/they are watching
Remember the verb endings.
Guide p8
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TIME FRAMES
Regular “ir” and “re” verbs
PRESENT: -
je finis
tu finis
il/elle/on finit
nous finissons
vous finissez
ils/elles finissent
Remember the verb endings.
Guide p8
je vends
tu vends
il/elle/on vend
nous vendons
vous vendez
ils/elles vendent
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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 – ai
tu – as
Guide p80
il/elle/on – a
nous – ons
vous – ez
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 joué
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 – jouer – joué – j’ai joué
-ir verbs = -i eg finir – fini – j’ai fini
-re verbs = -u eg attendre – attendu – j’ai attendu
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