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FRENCH SUMMER EXAM REVISION BOOKLET

Year 7

Name: ................................................................................................ Form ...............

Teacher: .................................................................................................

This revision booklet is meant for

revision in class and some of the work

will be set for prep. Therefore, please

do not go ahead and complete tasks

unless you have specifically been asked

to do so by your teacher. Revision of

tasks already completed in class and/or

for prep is obviously fine and

encouraged.

The Year 7 French Summer Exam

The Year 7 exam consists of 4 parts:

Part 1: Reading

This is a reading comprehension where you must read a letter carefully and

then answer questions (in English) based on the text.

Part 2: Writing

The writing paper is split into 2 sections:

Section 1: Grammar

You will need to fill in various exercises based on the grammar points in this

booklet.

Section 2: Writing

You will need to write a paragraph on 5 separate topics:

Paragraph 1: Moi

Paragraph 2: Ma famille

Paragraph 3: Mes passe-temps

Paragraph 4: Le week-end dernier

Paragraph 5: Le week-end prochain

Part 3: Listening

This part is a listening comprehension paper.

Part 4: Speaking

You will need to answer ten basic questions in French. Your teacher will help

you to prepare these in class after you have completed the other parts of the

exam.

Contents

Section 1: Grammar notes

You will find notes and exercises on the following grammar points:

1. Masculine and feminine nouns

2. How to say to and at

3. How to say some

4. How to say in (and to)

5. Basic adjectives: Position and agreement

6. The present tense: Regular verbs

7. Two very important verbs: avoir and être

8. Possessive adjectives (mon / ma / mes etc)

9. Reflexive verbs in the present tense

10. The present tense: Irregular verbs

11. Negatives (ne … pas)

12. Modal verbs

13. The near future tense (going to)

14. Quantities

15. The perfect tense (with avoir)

16. The perfect tense (irregular past participles)

17. The perfect tense (with être)

18. MRS VAN DE TRAMP

19. Time phrases and tenses

20. Reflexive verbs in the perfect tense

Section 2: Vocabulary

The following lists, some of which are from last year, must be learnt/revised as well as the

lists you have learnt over the past year:

1. Sports and hobbies: jouer or faire?

2. Shops

3. Going food shopping

4. Countries in Europe

5. Means of transport

6. Magic words and phrases

Section 1: Grammar notes

Masculine and feminine nouns

In French every noun is either masculine or feminine. The dictionary (or

www.wordreference.com) will tell you as it will have either nm (noun masculine) after

it or nf (noun feminine).

A

Using a dictionary, find out whether the following nouns are masculine or feminine:

cahier m / f maison m / f

lapin m / f vélo m / f

baguette m / f eau m / f

As you can see, there is no pattern to know for definite whether a noun is masculine or

feminine just by looking at it so it is vital you look it up and check it.

B

When using nouns in your writing, you will very often use the words a or the, and these

change depending on the gender of the noun. Fill out the grid below in French:

meaning masc.

sing.

fem.

sing.

Before a vowel

masc. sing. fem.

sing.

masc.

plur.

fem.

plur.

a

the

C

Now do the practice exercise below, using a dictionary to help you check the genders of

the nouns.

1. a skirt = ___________________ 6. a desk = ___________________

2. a bed = ___________________ 7. the egg = ___________________

3. the towers = ___________________ 8. the rain = ___________________

4. the monkey = ___________________ 9. a boy = ___________________

5. a computer = ___________________ 10. the ear = ___________________

INTERNET PRACTICE : www.languagesonline.org.uk

Français – Encore Tricolore 1 – Unité 1 – Exercise 23

http://www.wordreference.com/

http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/

How to say to and at

The word à (meaning to or at) must agree with the place or thing that comes after it. The

different forms are:

masculine feminine before a vowel plural

(à + le) au (à + la) à la (à + l’) à l’ (à + les) aux Par exemple : At the park = Au parc

1. At the cinema = ___________________________________

2. At the ice rink = ___________________________________

3. I’m going to the shops = ___________________________________

4. We are going to the church = ___________________________________

5. I am at the stadium = ___________________________________

Vocabulaire:

cinema = le cinéma ice rink = la patinoire shop = le magasin

stadium = le stade church = l’église

How to say some

The word for some in French must agree with the noun that follows it.

The different forms are:

masculine feminine before a vowel plural

du de la de l’ des

Par exemple: Some milk = Du lait

1. Some stamps = ___________________________________

2. Some jam = ___________________________________

3. Some butter = ___________________________________

4. Some water = ___________________________________

5. Some bread = ___________________________________

Vocabulaire:

stamp = un timbre jam = la confiture butter = le beurre

water = l’eau (f) bread = le pain

How to say in (and to): à, dans, en and au(x)

J’habite … / Je suis …

à + name of village/town/city - Londres, Paris, Dulwich

la campagne (in the countryside)

la montagne (in the mountains)

dans + somewhere you are physically in - une maison, une ferme, une ville,

un village

en + feminine country - Angleterre, France, Écosse, Irlande (du Nord)

ville (in/to town)

au + masculine country - pays de Galles, Canada, Mexique

centre-ville (in/to the town centre)

bord de la mer (by the sea / at/to the seaside)

aux + plural country – États-Unis, Pays Bas

NOTE – à, au, aux and en can also mean ‘to’ eg Je suis en France (I am in France)

Je vais en France (I am going to France)

1. They live in a town = ___________________________________________

2. We are in the USA = ___________________________________________

3. I went to Germany = ___________________________________________

4. She’s in the town centre = ___________________________________________

5. They went to town = ___________________________________________

6. Do you live in Canada? = ___________________________________________

7. He lives in Streatham = ___________________________________________

8. His house is in the countryside = ___________________________________________


Français – Encore Tricolore 1 – Unité 2 – Exercise 13


Basic adjectives: Position and agreement

There are two main things to remember when using adjectives in French:

1 - the adjective comes after the thing it is describing eg. le stylo bleu = the blue pen

2 – the adjective must ‘agree’ with the noun (masculine/feminine and singular/plural)

The general rule is that you add e to the end of an adjective if it is describing something

feminine, you add s for something masculine plural and es for something feminine plural.

There are some exceptions:

if an adjective already ends in e you don’t need to add another for feminine sing/plur

however, if it ends in é then you do need to add another for feminine sing/plur

there are many irregular adjectives (blanc, vieux, marron etc) which you need to look up

The grid below shows what happens to some common regular adjectives

masculine

singular

feminine

singular

masculine

plural

feminine

plural

blue bleu bleue bleus bleues fun amusant amusante amusants amusantes

friendly agréable agréable agréables agréables easy facile facile faciles faciles

favourite préféré préférée préférés préférées

tired fatigué fatiguée fatigués fatiguées Translate the sentences below, thinking carefully about position and agreements

1. the happy girl = _______________________________________ (content)

2. some dirty bedrooms = _______________________________________ (sale)

3. the strong boys = _______________________________________ (fort)

4. an old-fashioned skirt = _______________________________________ (démodé)

5. the black spiders = _______________________________________ (noir)

6. some old men = _______________________________________ (âgé)


Français – Grammar – Adjectives (Les adjectifs) – Exercises 1 & 2


The present tense: Regular verbs

The present tense in French is used when describing:

things which are happening now (eg I am eating dinner)

things which happen on a regular basis (eg everyday I play football)

things which are long term/don’t change (eg I have two brothers)

To form the present tense for regular verbs, we take the infinitive of the verb and remove

the er / ir / re from the end to form our ‘stem’. We then add the following endings:

jouer finir vendre

je joue finis vends

tu joues finis vends

il/elle/on joue finit vend

nous jouons finissons vendons

vous jouez finissez vendez

ils/elles jouent finissent vendent

Pour pratiquer:

1. we are working (travailler) = _________________________________

2. I watch (regarder) = _________________________________

3. he is waiting (attendre) = _________________________________

4. they choose (choisir) = _________________________________

5. she is listening (écouter) = _________________________________

6. you (tu) are living (habiter) = _________________________________

7. they are filling (remplir) = _________________________________

8. you (vous) reply (répondre) = _________________________________


Français – Grammar – The present tense (Le présent) – Exercises 1 – 3


Two very important verbs: avoir and être The two most important verbs in the French language are probably avoir (to have) and être (to be). They are both irregular and must be learnt by heart. They conjugate as follows:

avoir être

j’ai je suis

tu as tu es

il a il est

elle a elle est

on a on est

nous avons nous sommes

vous avez vous êtes

ils ont ils sont

elles ont elles sont

Fill in the gaps below using the correct part of either avoir or être.

1. Je _________________ grand.

2. Il _________________ deux frères.

3. Elle _________________ amusante.

4. J' _________________ une sœur.

5. Vous _________________ un frère?

6. Ils _________________ sportifs?

7. J' _________________ dix ans.

8. Nous _________________ timides.

Make 3 sentences of your own using either avoir or être (or both!).

1. ______________________________________________________________ .

2. ______________________________________________________________ .

3. ______________________________________________________________ .


Français – Grammar – The present tense (Le présent) – Exercise 9


Possessive adjectives (mon / ma / mes etc)

The possessive adjective (my, your etc) in French must agree with the noun it is describing,

masculine or feminine and singular or plural.

masculine feminine plural meaning

mon ma mes my

ton ta tes your (sing)

son sa ses his/her/its

notre notre nos our

votre votre vos your (plur)

leur leur leurs their

Par exemple:

my brother = mon frère but my sister = ma soeur

1. your (sing) pencils = _______________________________

2. our house = _______________________________

3. their pens = _______________________________

4. his pencil case = _______________________________

5. your (plur) parents = _______________________________

6. her books = _______________________________

7. our mum = _______________________________

8. their calculator = _______________________________

9. my blue ruler = _______________________________

10. our black rubbers = _______________________________

11. their grey computers = _______________________________

12. your (sing) brown bags = _______________________________

13. her white pencil cases = _______________________________

14. your (plur) yellow book = _______________________________


Français – Encore Tricolore 1 – Unité 8 – Exercises 24 – 26

ALSO: Français – Encore Tricolore 1 – Unité 10 – Exercises 34 – 36


Reflexive verbs in the present tense

Reflexive verbs are identifiable by the se in their infinitive. Most conjugate like regular er

verbs but must have their reflexive pronoun (me, te, se etc).

Reminder of reflexive pronouns

Je me (lave)

Tu te (couches)

Il/Elle/On se (douche)

Nous nous (habillons)

Vous vous (réveillez)

Ils/Elles se (dépêchent)

Common reflexive verbs

se réveiller = ___________________________________

se lever = ___________________________________

se doucher = ___________________________________

se laver = ___________________________________

se brosser les dents = ___________________________________

se raser = ___________________________________

s’habiller = ___________________________________

se déshabiller = ___________________________________

se préparer = ___________________________________

se terminer = ___________________________________

se coucher = ___________________________________

se disputer = ___________________________________

se dépêcher = ___________________________________

s’ennuyer = ___________________________________

s’arrêter = ___________________________________

se trouver = ___________________________________

s’entendre (bien) (avec) = ___________________________________


Français – Grammar – Reflexive verbs – Exercises 1 – 8


The present tense: Irregular verbs

acheter (to buy)

j'achète

tu achètes

il achète

nous achetons

vous achetez

ils achètent

aller (to go)

je vais

tu vas

il va

nous allons

vous allez

ils vont

avoir (to have)

j'ai

tu as

il a

nous avons

vous avez

ils ont

boire (to drink)

je bois

tu bois

il boit

nous buvons

vous buvez

ils boivent

conduire (to drive)

je conduis

tu conduis

il conduit

nous conduisons

vous conduisez

ils conduisent

connaître (to know someone)

je connais

tu connais

il connaît

nous connaissons

vous connaissez

ils connaissent

courir (to run)

je cours

tu cours

il court

nous courons

vous courez

ils courent

croire (to believe)

je crois

tu crois

il croit

nous croyons

vous croyez

ils croient

devoir (to have to)

je dois

tu dois

il doit

nous devons

vous devez

ils doivent

dire (to say)

je dis

tu dis

il dit

nous disons

vous dites

ils disent

dormir (to sleep)

je dors

tu dors

il dort

nous dormons

vous dormez

ils dorment

écrire (to write)

j'écris

tu écris

il écrit

nous écrivons

vous écrivez

ils écrivent

être (to be)

je suis

tu es

il est

nous sommes

vous êtes

ils sont

faire (to do / make)

je fais

tu fais

il fait

nous faisons

vous faites

ils font

falloir (to be necessary)

il faut

lire (to read)

je lis

tu lis

il lit

nous lisons

vous lisez

ils lisent

mettre (to put)

je mets

tu mets

il met

nous mettons

vous mettez

ils mettent

partir (to leave)

je pars

tu pars

il part

nous partons

vous partez

ils partent

pleuvoir (to rain)

il pleut

pouvoir (to be able to)

je peux

tu peux

il peut

nous pouvons

vous pouvez

ils peuvent

prendre (to take / have)

je prends

tu prends

il prend

nous prenons

vous prenez

ils prennent

recevoir (to receive)

je reçois

tu reçois

il reçoit

nous recevons

vous recevez

ils reçoivent

savoir (to know something)

je sais

tu sais

il sait

nous savons

vous savez

ils savent

sortir (to go out)

je sors

tu sors

il sort

nous sortons

vous sortez

ils sortent

suivre (to follow)

je suis

tu suis

il suit

nous suivons

vous suivez

ils suivent

venir (to come)

je viens

tu viens

il vient

nous venons

vous venez

ils viennent

voir (to see)

je vois

tu vois

il voit

nous voyons

vous voyez

ils voient

vouloir (to want (to))

je veux

tu veux

il veut

nous voulons

vous voulez

ils veulent


Français – Grammar – The present tense (Le présent) – Exercises 4 – 10


Negatives (ne … pas)

To say things that we do not do rather than things we do, we need to make the verb

negative. To do this, we use ne (or n’ before a vowel) and pas and place them around the

verb.

Par exemple:

I play football = je joue au foot

I don’t play football = je ne joue pas au foot

We like cats = nous aimons les chats

We don’t like cats = nous n’aimons pas les chats

Pour pratiquer:

1. She doesn’t drink lemonade =

_________________________________________________________________

2. They don’t do their homework at school =

_________________________________________________________________

3. My brother doesn’t go to the cinema =

_________________________________________________________________

4. I haven’t got a car =

_________________________________________________________________

5. My parents do not speak French =

_________________________________________________________________

6. _______________________________________________________________




Modal verbs (devoir / pouvoir / vouloir)

devoir (to have to/must) / pouvoir (to be able to/can) / vouloir (to want to)

All three of these verbs are followed by an infinitive. They are irregular and conjugate as

follows in the present tense (you must learn them by heart):

devoir pouvoir vouloir

je dois peux veux

tu dois peux veux

il/elle/on doit peut veut

nous devons pouvons voulons

vous devez pouvez voulez

ils/elles doivent peuvent veulent

Des exemples:

1. We have to buy a present.

___Nous devons acheter un cadeau_____________________________________

2. They want to eat at the restaurant.

______________________________________________________________

3. I can play football this evening. ______________________________________________________________

Pour pratiquer:

1. My brother must work hard at school.

___________________________________________________________________

2. Claude wants to watch a film.

___________________________________________________________________

3. We can go to the park.

___________________________________________________________________

4. My grandparents want to go to the café.

___________________________________________________________________

5. We must buy some croissants.

___________________________________________________________________

6. You can come to my house, if you want.

___________________________________________________________________

7. My friend Paul can not come because he is ill.

___________________________________________________________________

8. We don’t want to stay at home.

___________________________________________________________________


Français – Grammar – The present tense (Le présent) – Exercise 5


The near future tense (going to)

One way of talking about the future is by using the present tense of the verb aller followed

by an infinitive to mean ‘going to …’.

In case you have forgotten, the verb aller conjugates as follows:

aller – to go

je vais

tu vas

il/elle/on va + infinitive

nous allons

vous allez

ils/elles vont

All we need to do is take the part of aller we want and follow it with the verb of whatever

it is that the person is ‘going to’ do in the infinitive.

Par exemple:

I’m going to eat some chips = Je vais manger des frites

He’s going to read a novel = Il va lire un roman

They’re going to play the drums = Ils vont jouer de la batterie

Pour pratiquer:

1. We’re going to sell our house = _____________________________________

2. She’s going to buy a new car = _____________________________________

3. I’m going to clean my room = _____________________________________

4. They’re going to stay at home = _____________________________________

5. You (pl) are going to go to the cinema = ___________________________________

6. ______________________________ = _________________________________

7. ______________________________ = _________________________________


Français – Grammar – Le future proche – Aller + infinitif – All exercises


Quantities

Quantities in French are always followed by either de (or d’ before a vowel).

Par exemple:

a packet of biscuits = un paquet de biscuits

too many sweets = trop de bonbons

a box of eggs = une boîte d’œufs

Des quantités:

beaucoup de = _________________________

un peu de = _________________________

assez de = _________________________

trop de = _________________________

une bouteille de = _________________________

une boîte de = _________________________

un paquet de = _________________________

(500) grammes de = _________________________

une tranche de = _________________________

un morceau de = _________________________

Pour pratiquer:

1. lots of people = _______________________________

2. a slice of ham = _______________________________

3. two litres of lemonade = _______________________________

4. a piece of cheese = _______________________________

5. three bottles of water = _______________________________

ATTENTION!

The same is true of negatives in that they are followed by de (or d’).

Par exemple:

There are some biscuits in the tin = Il y a des biscuits dans la boîte

There aren’t any biscuits in the tin = Il n’y a pas de biscuits dans la boîte


Français – Grammar – Various grammar points – Exercises 6 & 7

ALSO: Français – Encore Tricolore 2 – On fait du shopping – Exercises 5 – 10


The perfect tense (with avoir)

The perfect tense (le passé compose) is the most common of the past tenses and is used to

talk about a completed action in the past (eg Last night I watched a film).

To form it, we use avoir as the auxiliary verb, followed by the past participle of the main

verb. We form the past participle for regular verbs in the following way:

infinitive past participle

-er verbs parler parlé

-ir verbs finir fini

-re verbs vendre vendu

Regular verbs will therefore conjugate as follows in the perfect tense:

-er verbs -ir verbs -re verbs

j’ai parlé (I spoke) j’ai fini (I finished) j’ai vendu (I sold)

tu as parlé (you spoke) tu as fini (you finished) tu as vendu (you sold)

il/elle/on a parlé (he/she/we spoke) il/elle/on a fini (he/she/we finished) il/elle/on a vendu (he/she/we sold)

nous avons parlé (we spoke) nous avons fini (we finished) nous avons vendu (we sold)

vous avez parlé (you spoke) vous avez fini (you finished) vous avez vendu (you sold)

ils/elles ont parlé (they spoke) ils/elles ont fini (they finished) ils/elles ont vendu (they sold)

Pour pratiquer:

1. She found (trouver) = __________________________________

2. We chose (choisir) = __________________________________

3. I waited (attendre) = __________________________________

4. They seized (saisir) = __________________________________

5. You (tu) replied (répondre) = __________________________________

6. He ate (manger) = __________________________________

7. You (vous) filled (remplir) = __________________________________

8. We worked (travailler) = __________________________________


Français – Grammar – The perfect tense for beginners – All exercises


The perfect tense (irregular past participles)

There are a number of verbs which use avoir as their auxiliary verb but have irregular

past participles. The most common ones are listed below:

Infinitive Meaning Past participle

avoir to have eu

boire to drink bu

courir to run couru

devoir to have to dû

dire to say dit

écrire to write écrit

être to be été

faire to do/make fait

lire to read lu

mettre to put mis

ouvrir to open ouvert

pouvoir to be able pu

prendre to take pris

recevoir to receive reçu

savoir to know (something) su

tenir to hold tenu

voir to see vu

vouloir to want (to) voulu

Par exemple:

1. We drank coke = Nous avons bu du coca

2. I did my homework = J’ai fait mes devoirs


Français – Grammar – The perfect tense (le passé composé) – Exercises 4 & 5


The perfect tense (with être)

There are a number of verbs which do not use avoir as their auxiliary verb, but rather use

être. As a quick reminder, the verb être conjugates as follows:

Être

je __________ nous __________

tu __________ vous __________

il/elle/on __________ ils/elles __________

A good way of remembering the verbs which use être in the perfect tense is by memorising

the mnemonic MRS VAN DE TRAMP. Each letter stands for one of the 13 main verbs

which use être. (See page opposite)

ATTENTION (1)

What we must remember about verbs which use être in the perfect tense is that the past

participle of the verb must agree with the subject, just like an adjective.

Therefore you add the following endings to the past participle:

masculine singular + _____ masculine plural + _____

feminine singular + _____ feminine plural + _____

ATTENTION (2)

As well as the MRS VAN DE TRAMP verbs, any compounds of these (revenir, rentrer,

devenir etc) will also use être, as will ALL REFLEXIVE VERBS.

Pour pratiquer:

1. He went = __________________________________

2. I stayed = __________________________________

3. She left = __________________________________

4. We arrived = __________________________________

5. Marie and Sophie fell = __________________________________

6. My parents went out = __________________________________

7. I was born = __________________________________

8. You (vous) went up = __________________________________

9. They died = __________________________________

10. She went in = __________________________________

MRS VAN DE TRAMP (verbs that use être)

M_______________ = to _______________

R_______________ = to _______________

S_______________ = to _______________

V_______________ = to _______________

A_______________ = to _______________

N_______________ = to _______________

D_______________ = to _______________

E_______________ = to _______________

T_______________ = to _______________

R_______________ = to _______________

A_______________ = to _______________

M_______________ = to _______________

P_______________ = to _______________


Français – Grammar – The perfect tense – Exercise 6


Time phrases and tenses

The following are often followed by the PRESENT tense:

normalement = _______________________________

d’habitude = _______________________________

généralement / en général = _______________________________

tous les jours = _______________________________

souvent = _______________________________

de temps en temps = _______________________________

quelquefois / parfois = _______________________________

en ce moment = _______________________________

The following are most often followed by the PERFECT tense:

hier = _______________________________

le week-end dernier = _______________________________

la semaine dernière = _______________________________

l’année dernière = _______________________________

il y a (quatre) (jours) = _______________________________

The following are most often followed by the FUTURE tense:

demain = _______________________________

le week-end prochain = _______________________________

la semaine prochaine = _______________________________

l’année prochaine = _______________________________

dans (trois) (ans) = _______________________________


Français – Grammar – Various tenses practice – Exercises 8 & 9

ALSO: Français – Grammar – Various grammar points – Exercises 3 & 4


Reflexive verbs in the perfect tense

The first thing to remember when using a reflexive verb in the perfect tense is that all

reflexive verbs use être as their auxiliary verb. There are three important things to

remember:

1) include the correct reflexive pronoun (me/te/se/nous/vous/se)

2) use the correct part of être

3) the past participle (lavé, couché, habillé etc) of verbs which use être in the perfect

tense must agree with the person doing it, just like an adjective does:

masculine singular + /

feminine singular + e

masculine plural + s

feminine plural + es

This is how a reflexive verb will conjugate in the perfect tense:

Je me suis lavé(e)

Tu t’es couché(e)

Il/Elle/On s’est habillé(e)

Nous nous sommes levé(e)s

Vous vous êtes douché(e)s

Ils/Elles se sont dépêché(e)s

Pour pratiquer:

1. She went to bed = ______________________________________

2. They (m) showered = ______________________________________

3. We (f) got up = ______________________________________

4. I (m) got dressed = ______________________________________

5. Marie and Claire woke up = ______________________________________

ATTENTION!

If the verb is negative, the negative parts (eg, ne…pas) will go around the reflexive pronoun

(me/te/se etc) and the auxiliary verb (suis/es/est etc)

par exemple: je ne me suis pas réveillé à neuf heures


Français – Grammar – Reflexive verbs – Exercises 10 & 11


Section 2: Vocabulary

Sports and hobbies: jouer or faire?

Sports and activities

jouer …

au tennis aux échecs sur l’ordinateur

au golf aux cartes

au basket aux jeux vidéo

au foot

au rugby

au cricket

au ping-pong

au hockey

_________________________________________________________________

faire …

du skate de la gymnastique des photos

du cyclisme de la natation

du vélo de la planche à voile les courses

du VTT de la voile les achats

du roller de la peinture les magasins

du ski

du théâtre de l’équitation

du dessin de l’athlétisme

de l’escalade (BUT – aller à la pêche)

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Musical instruments jouer … de la contrebasse

du saxophone de la flûte

du piano de la batterie

du violon de la flûte à bec

du violoncelle de la trompette

du clavier de la guitare




Vocabulary revision

The following four vocabulary topics were learnt last year but must be revised for

the exam.

Shops

1. la boucherie = butcher’s

2. la boulangerie = baker’s

3. la charcuterie = delicatessen

4. l’épicerie (f) = grocer’s

5. la librairie = bookshop

6. le marchand de glaces = ice cream seller

7. le marchand de légumes = greengrocer’s

8. le marchand de fruits = greengrocer’s

9. la papeterie = stationer’s

10. la pâtisserie = cake shop

11. la pharmacie = chemist’s

12. la poissonnerie = fish shop

13. le (bureau de) tabac = tobacconist’s

14. un magasin = shop

Going food shopping

1. du beurre = some butter

2. du jambon = some ham

3. du pain = some bread

4. du poulet = some chicken

5. du saucisson = some sausage meat

6. du sucre = some sugar

7. de la confiture = some jam

8. de la salade = some lettuce

9. de la viande = some meat

10. de l’aspirine = some aspirine

11. de l’eau (minérale) = some (mineral) water

12. des cartes postales = some postcards

13. des chips = some crisps

14. des journaux = some newspapers

15. des timbres = some stamps

Countries in Europe

1. l’Allemagne (f) = Germany

2. l’Angleterre (f) = England

3. l’Autriche (f) = Austria

4. la Belgique = Belgium

5. le Danemark = Denmark

6. l’Écosse (f) = Scotland

7. l’Espagne (f) = Spain

8. la France = France

9. la Grèce = Greece

10. l’Irlande (du Nord) (f) = (Northern) Ireland

11. l’Italie (f) = Italy

12. les Pays-Bas (m pl) = the Netherlands

13. le pays de Galles = Wales

14. le Royaume-Uni = UK

15. la Suisse = Switzerland

Means of transport

1. les transports (en commun) = (public) transport

2. (en) avion (m) = (by) plane

3. (en) bateau (m) = (by) boat

4. (en) bus (m) = (by) bus

5. (en) car (m) = (by) coach

6. (en) métro (m) = (by) underground

7. (en) taxi (m) = (by) taxi

8. (en) train (m) = (by) train

9. (en) tramway (m) = (by) tram

10. (en) voiture (f) = (by) car

11. (à/en) moto (f) = (by) motorbike

12. (à) pied (m) = (on) foot

13. (à) vélo (m) = (by) bike

14. (à) mobylette (f) = (by) moped

Magic words and phrases

In every essay you write should try to include as many of the words below as you can. They make

your essay read more smoothly and make it more varied and can also help to structure it better.

Essentially, if used correctly, these words and phrases will improve your mark in your essays.

très = very extrêmement = extremely

vraiment = really assez = quite

tellement = really tout à fait = completely

plutôt = rather trop = too

un peu = a bit ( mon frère est un peu timide = my brother is a bit shy)

peu = not very (mon frère est peu travailleur = my brother is not very hard-working)

mais = but parce que = because

puis = then car = because

puisque = since, because comme = such as

donc = therefore pendant que = while

alors = so/therefore sauf = except

aussi = also presque = almost

en plus = what’s more (mal)heureusement = (un)fortunately

surtout = especially cependant = however

toujours = always de temps en temps = from time to time

quelquefois/parfois = sometimes d’une part … d’autre part = on the one hand …on the other

par contre = on the other hand beaucoup de = lots of

plein de = lots of pas mal de = quite a few

un tas de = loads of de nombreux/-euse = numerous

plusieurs = several c’est à dire = that is to say

par exemple = for example à mon avis = in my opinion

je pense (que) = I think (that) selon (moi) = according to (me)

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