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GCSE: French

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Any tips for learning GCSE French vocabulary?

I cut it up card and make some flash cards that I can keep in my pocket. When I'm on a bus ride, I can just get the cards out.

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948 GCSE French essays

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  • Peer Reviewed essays 21
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  1. Marked by a teacher

    French writing assessment - Healthy lifestyle

    5 star(s)

    This is a 5 star piece of work. It uses a variety of tenses, personal opinions, negative phrases and extended sentences. To improve and ensure the top grades, check accents…

    • Essay length: 429 words
    • Submitted: 19/03/2012
    • Marked by teacher: (?) Rachel Forest 04/02/2012
    • Reviewed by: (?) medbh4805 01/01/1970
  2. Marked by a teacher

    French - keeping fit and healthy

    5 star(s)

    This is a 5 star piece of work. The writer uses 5 different tenses, a good variety of verbs and vocabulary and some complex structures. The text flows very well,…

    • Essay length: 393 words
    • Submitted: 05/03/2012
    • Marked by teacher: (?) Sarah Benson 04/12/1999
  3. Marked by a teacher

    French - A Past Holiday

    5 star(s)

    This is a 5 star piece of work and is more like the standard required at AS Level than GCSE. It is very well written, flows well and uses a…

    • Essay length: 580 words
    • Submitted: 05/07/2009
    • Marked by teacher: (?) Sarah Benson 04/12/1999
  4. Marked by a teacher

    Les Vacances d'ete

    4 star(s)

    Overall this is a 4* piece of work with the potential to become 5*. I would recommend including some more opinions and justifications as well as making some changes…

    • Essay length: 217 words
    • Submitted: 04/04/2005
    • Marked by teacher: (?) Amanda Salaou 01/03/2013
  5. Marked by a teacher

    French Coursework – Ideal Job Of The Future

    3 star(s)

    This is a 3 star piece of work. The writer has tried to use a variety of tenses, structures and vocabulary. Work needs to be checked to make sure it…

    • Essay length: 167 words
    • Submitted: 11/07/2002
    • Marked by teacher: (?) Sarah Benson 04/12/1999
  6. Marked by a teacher

    French Oral. - Introducing Myself

    3 star(s)

    This is a 3 star piece of work. It has some variety of sentence structures, some good adjectives, and 4 different tenses (some very briefly.) Some conjunctions are used to…

    • Essay length: 294 words
    • Submitted: 11/07/2002
    • Marked by teacher: (?) Sarah Benson 28/12/1999
  7. Marked by a teacher

    Un description de ma famille

    This is a 4* piece of work which demonstrates a sound knowledge of pronouns. Opinions and justifications are also included. Correct adjectival agreement and the use of apostrophes in some…

    • Essay length: 248 words
    • Submitted: 30/08/2003
    • Marked by teacher: (?) Sara Benson 13/03/2013
  8. Marked by a teacher

    J'ai passe mes vacances a paris l'annee derniere en Septembre pour deux semaines.

    This is a 3* piece of writing. Past, present, future and conditional tenses are generally used accurately. Opinions are usually justified. To improve, accents would need to be added along…

    • Essay length: 137 words
    • Submitted: 18/08/2003
    • Marked by teacher: (?) Sara Benson 13/03/2013
  9. Marked by a teacher

    French Coursework - Family and Friends

    A three star piece of work. A reasonable range of structures used and a good range of adjectives and excellent adjective agreement. Good accuracy.
    To gain a higher grade,…

    • Essay length: 265 words
    • Submitted: 15/12/2002
    • Marked by teacher: (?) Sara Benson 13/03/2013
  10. Peer reviewed

    Home and local area Cette anne, ca fait quinze ans que jhabite a Bath. Bath est une grande ville au sud-ouest de lAngleterre,

    5 star(s)

    A very detailed response to the title of “Home and local area”, well developed and informative. The candidate has fully explored and described in detail their local area and what…

    • Essay length: 709 words
    • Submitted: 17/12/2011
    • Reviewed by: (?) banterbury_tales 19/02/2012

How to get a high grade in GCSE French

  1. 1 Give your opinion whenever you can fit it into your writing or speaking –

    J'aime -- je n'aime pas,
    j'adore -- je déteste,

    pour moi -- à mon avis,
    je pense que -- je crois que -- je trouve que.
  2. 2 Use connectives to extend your sentences –

    Et,

    mais,

    aussi,

    donc/alors,

    toutefois/cependant,

    car/parce que.
  3. 3 Use past, present and future tenses and indicate them with time phrases/adverbs. It is a good idea to start talking about what you normally do, then something you did last week and finally what you plan to do in the future.

    Hier je suis allé(e)...

    Généralement je mange...

    La semaine prochaine je vais regarder...

More tips to reach the highest grades in GCSE French

  1. 1 Check the agreements of verbs and adjectives –

    Elle est amusante,

    J'adore la musique parce que c'est intéressant,e

    Nous sommes allés à la piscine.
  2. 2 Use complex phrases to impress the examiner –

    après avoir + past participle = after having...

    venir de + infinitive = to have just...

    Il faut / On devrait ... + infinitive = You should...

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