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-oux

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cabbage (?)
flea (?)
jewel (?)
knee (?)
owl (?)
pebble (?)
toy (?)

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technology

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technologie (f.)
OU
technologies (f.)
Whether a plural is translated into the plural depends on CONTEXT.

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negation + infinitive
e.g. ‘ne’, ‘parler’, ‘pas’

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ne PAS parler
ne JAMAIS parler
ne RIEN parler
n’AUCUN parler (?)

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to play games

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jouer À DES jeux

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être in passé composé

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Devenir Descendre
Revenir Entrer
Monter Retourner
Rentrer Tomber
Sortir Rester
Passer Arriver
Parvenir
Remonter
Venir Mortir
Aller Partir
Naître

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on the Internet

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sur Internet
sur l’Internet
sur internet
sur l’internet

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Tomorrow I’ll play rugby

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Demain JE JOUE au rugby

NE DIS JAMAIS «je vais jouer» ou «je jouerai» avec ‘a specific time frame’ (e.g. demain)

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I’m thinking…

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on réfléchit…

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9
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so…

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alors…

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well…

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eh bien…

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oh, you know…

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euh, tu sais/vous savez…

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mmm, let’s see…

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mmm, voyons…

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I have lived there for five years.

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J’y habite DEPUIS cinq ans.

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propre

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own (before the noun)
OR
clean (after the noun)

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BATON

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Beauty
Age
Number
Goodness
Size

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16
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On Monday, I did…/I shall…
On Mondays, I do…

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Lundi, j’ai fait…/je vais…
Le lundi, je fais…

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17
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Martin Amis’ fifth novel

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cash: espèces (fpl.)
change: monnaie (f.)
coin: pièce (f.)
banknote: billet (m.) de banque (f.)
bill: billet (m.)

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18
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in

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dans = concrete ideas (e.g. «dans une parc»)
en = abstract (e.g. «en promotion»)
à/au/aux = rarely used for in; only in context of town/country

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worse

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ADJ. = pire
ADV. = plus mal

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few/little

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fewer/less = moins de
fewer/less than = moins que
few = peu de
little = peu

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seasons

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«Au printemps» mais «en» pour tous les autres. Cependant, tous les saisons sont masculins.

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non-declining colours

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marron/marron/marron/marron
noisette/noisette/noisette/noisette
(«châtain» declines normally, as does «orange»)

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not yet

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ne … pas encore

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nowhere

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ne … nulle part

25
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no

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ne … aucun
ne … aucune
e.g.:
‘There are no plates’ = «Il n’y a aucun assiette»
‘I see no problem’ = «Je ne vois aucun problème»
‘He has no future’ = «Il n’a aucun avenir»

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y

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replaces «à + noun»
e.g.
«Il y mange» mais «Il habite là»

27
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object form of ‘one’

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«Il se pense» = ‘He thinks of one’
«Il pense de soi» = ‘He thinks of one’

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‘what’ vs ‘which’

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«quoi» (ou «que»?) contre «quel/quelle»

29
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next/last

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prochain/prochaine
dernier/dernière
BEFORE NOUNS EXCEPT time phrases (e.g. «la prochaine examen» et «la semaine dernière»).

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to switch on/off

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allumer — to switch on
éteindre — to switch off
déteindre — UNRELATED (to fade in the wash)

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to leave

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laisser — to leave something somewhere OR to let somebody do somethinf
sortir — to go out/to come out/to leave an enclosed space
partir — to leave
quitter — to leave BUT always followed by noun (e.g. maison)

32
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pl…

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plaire (plu) — to please
pleurer (pleuré) — to cry
pleuvoir (plu?) — to rain

33
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berry

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blackberry [black raspberries] — une mûre
blueberry — une myrtille
blackcurrant [black blueberries] — un cassis

34
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rollersports

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rollerblade — faire du roller
rollerskate — faire du patin à roulettes (literally ‘to do ice-skating on rollerskates’)

35
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table

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tablemat — dessous (m.) de plat
tablecloth — nappe (f.)

36
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TO MAKE

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faire

37
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hardly

A

ne … guère

38
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that

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que — before the SUBJECT (do-er of an action) [e.g. tu es la personne que j’adore]
qui — before a VERB [e.g. tu es la personne qui me fait rire]

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when

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quand — question word/connector
lorsque — connector ONLY

40
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headteacher

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directeur — general
principal — collège
proviseur — lycée

41
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«y» et le parfait

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j’y suis allé
nous y sommes allées
etc.

42
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to marry

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se marier — to get married
épouser — to get married
marier (quelqu’un) — what a priest does i.e. to marry two people to each other

43
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pots and pans

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casseroles et poêles

44
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CCEA GCSE TENSES

A

present
perfect
imperfect
near future
future
conditional
pluperfect
imperative
perfect imperative
present participle

45
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conditional

A

Use the future stem and the following endings:
-ais
-ais
-ait
-ions
-iez
-aient

46
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imperfect — -er/-re

A

present stem and:
-ais
-ais
-ait
-ions
-iez
-aient
REMEMBER lancer/manger

47
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imperfect — -ir

A

present stem and:
-issais
-issais
-issait
-issions
-issiez
-issaient

48
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imperfect irregular

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ONLY être
j’étais
tu étais
il/elle/on était
nous étions
vous étiez
ils/elles étaient

49
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present

A

Remove -er/-ir/-re and add:
-e/-is/-s
-es/-is/-s
-e/-it/N/A
-ons/-issons/-ons
-ez/-issez/-ez
-ent/-issont/-ent

50
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perfect

A

pronoun + present avoir + past participle
REMEMBER ÊTRE + REFLEXIVES
past participle:
-er becomes -é
-ir becomes -i
-re becomes -u
Agreement: with être and/or IF direct object

51
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near future

A

pronoun + present aller + infinitive

52
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future

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infinitive (-er/-ir) OR drop final ‘e’ (-re) and add:
-ai
-as
-a
-ons
-ez
-ont

53
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imperative

A

tu/vous/nous
use the present form
EXCEPT
tu donnes — donne (-er & tu)

54
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pluperfect

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imperfect of ‘avoir’ + past participle
OR
imperfect of ‘être’ + past participle (if takes ‘être’ in perfect tense)

55
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perfect imperative

A

après OR avant de
+
avoir/être (infinitive)
+
past participle

56
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present participle

A

‘nous’ form of verb in present tense
remove -ons
add -ant

57
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irregular present participle

A

ayant (avoir)
étant (être)
sachant (savoir)

58
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present participle uses

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-adjective (REMEMBER AGREEMENT)
-present appositive (e.g. «Habitant près de Paris, je vais souvent en ville.»)
-after ‘en’ (e.g. «J’ai traversé la rue en pleurant», «En attendant ma sœur, je me suis endormi.»)

59
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PHYSICAL GRAMMAR

A

-irregular imperatives
-irregular future/conditional stems
-irregular past participles
-DR + MRS P VANDERTRAMP
-irregular present tense x14

French (GCSE) (3 decks)

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