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Punctuation rules! •Use a capital letter at the beginning of every sentence. •Use a full stop at the end of a statement sentence. •Use a question mark at the end of a question. •Use an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence if you want to make it show surprise or give a command. Common Spelling Mistakes beaucoup la soeur la famille confortable intéressant juillet mercredi au revoir Openers, Connectives & Extenders These are great words to use to help you to extend your writing. et and mais but avec with sans without aussi also cependant however parce que c’est … because it’s car c’est… as it’s donc so si if bien que although where ou or par contre on the other hand après after d’abord firstly enfin lastly puis then encore again ensemble together ensuite then Accuracy checklist Does it make sense? Have you checked your spelling? Have you used correct punctuation? Have you used the accents in the right places? Have you put an –s on the end of any plurals (if they need them)? Have you put an –e on the feminine adjectives? Weird and wonderful things about writing in French •You only use a capital letter at the start of a sentence and for proper nouns. Days of the week, months of the year and subject names don’t have capital letters in French. •French speech marks look like this: « speech » •You use a comma instead of a decimal point when writing a decimal number: in English, you’d write 3.5 – in French you’d write 3,5 instead. AIDE-MÉMOIRE D’ALPHABÉTISATION EN FRANÇAIS

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Page 1: Punctuation rules! Use a capital letter at the beginning of every sentence. Use a full stop at the end of a statement sentence. Use a question mark at

Punctuation rules!•Use a capital letter at the beginning of every sentence.

•Use a full stop at the end of a statement sentence.

•Use a question mark at the end of a question.

•Use an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence if you want to make it show surprise or give a command.

Common Spelling Mistakes

beaucoup la soeur

la famille confortable

intéressant juillet

mercredi au revoir

Openers, Connectives & ExtendersThese are great words to use to help you to extend your writing.

et andmais butavec withsans withoutaussi alsocependant howeverparce que c’est … because it’scar c’est… as it’sdonc sosi ifbien que althoughoù whereou orpar contre on the other handaprès afterd’abord firstlyenfin lastlypuis thenencore againensemble togetherensuite then

Accuracy checklist

• Does it make sense?

• Have you checked your spelling?

• Have you used correct punctuation?

• Have you used the accents in the right places?

• Have you put an –s on the end of any plurals (if they need them)?

• Have you put an –e on the feminine adjectives?

Weird and wonderful things about writing in French

•You only use a capital letter at the start of a sentence and for proper nouns. Days of the week, months of the year and subject names don’t have capital letters in French.

•French speech marks look like this: « speech »

•You use a comma instead of a decimal point when writing a decimal number: in English, you’d write 3.5 – in French you’d write 3,5 instead.

AIDE-MÉMOIRE D’ALPHABÉTISATION EN FRANÇAIS

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C’est : it isC’était: it wasCe sera: it will be

Positive adjectives

parce que c’est… because it’s …

agréable pleasantamusant funchouette greatdrôle funnyépoustouflant mind-blowingexcellent excellentextraordinaire extraordinaryfacile easyfantastique fantasticformidable tremendousintéressant interestingmerveilleux marvellousparfait perfectpassionnant exceitingpratique practicalsensass sensationalsplendide splendidsympa nice

Negative adjectives

parce que c’est… because it’s …

affreux awfulbête stupidcasse-pieds a waste of timedésagréable unpleasantdifficile difficultembêtant annoyingennuyeux boringbarbant really boringépouvantable dreadfulfaible weakmoche uglynul rubbishridicule ridiculousstupide stupid

Verb – infinitive

In the past In the present

In the future

Avoir To have

J’ai eu / J’avaisI had / I used to have

J’aiI have

Je vais avoir / J’auraiI am going to have / I will have

ÊtreTo be

J’étaisI was

Je suisI am

Je vais être / Je seraiI am going to be / I will be

Faireto do

J’ai fait / Je faisaisI did / I was doing

Je faisI do / I make

Je vais faire / Je feraiI am going to do / I will do

AllerTo go

Je suis allé(e) / J’allaisI went / I was going

Je vaisI go

Je vais aller / J’iraiI am going to go / I will go

JouerTo play

J’ai joué / Je jouaisI played / I was playing

Je joueI play

Je vais jouer / Je joueraiI am going to play / I will play

MangerTo eat

J’ai mangé / Je mangeaisI ate / I was eating

Je mangeI eat

Je vais manger / Je mangeraiI am going to eat / I will eat

Opinions - sentence startersJ’adore … I love…J’aime … I like …J’aime bien … I really like …

Je n’aime pas… I don’t like …Je déteste … I hate …

Je pense que … I think that …

Time indicatorsPast:Hier - yesterdayLe weekend dernier - last weekendLa semaine dernier – last weekPresent:Aujourd’hui – todayNormalement – usuallyLe lundi – On a MondayFuture:Demain – tomorrowLe weekend prochain – next weekendLa semaine prochaine – next week