GCSE French Revision Techniques

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GCSE French Revision Techniques

Vocabulary

Vocab list of key words from past papersYou have already seen that you can rememberthe overwhelming majority of the words on

this list. Revise the list regularly or your

memory of the words will gradually fade.

Make sure you revise regularly during Study

Leave, or study leave will simply be

orgetting Leave. !lways begin each revision

session by going over everything you have

already revised. "se stories or images to link

the rench to the #nglish meaning. $he dafter

the story the better. %dentify words that causeyou problems each time you test yourself and

make a personal revision list just of these

words.

!"" most common words in French$hese words make up &'( of everything you will see and hear. %f you know these

words you will already be able to understand half of everything in the e)am. !gain,

revise the list regularly or your memory of the words will gradually fade. "se the

same techni*ues for other vocab. !gain, identify words that cause you problems each

time you test yourself and make a personal revision list just of these words.

Further vocab revision

urther revision can be done from the vocab revision lists in the Language shared

area. #+mail the list home to yourself. "se the same techni*ues as described above.

!lternatively you can buy -S# revision books from bookshops such as aterstones

or /orders or via the internet from suppliers such as !ma0on.

#ork smarter not harder

Start with the end in mind1ecide what it is you will achieve from your revision

session. rite it on a piece of paper or card and put it where you can see it. $his will

help you to know that you have achieved what you set out to achieve.

See the bi$ pictureLook over your te)t book and your e)ercise books. Make sure

you have everything you need nearby.

%lan the timeork out a manageable time slot for the revision session, then break it

down into chunks of no more than twenty minutes. !llow yourself short breaks

between each chunk of revision.


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Get the mood ri$htRevise where it is *uiet. ork well away from distractions such

as $2, computer games, brothers and sisters. 3uiet, gentle+paced classical or chill+out

music without vocals help the brain learn more effectively. Save your favourite music

as a reward for when you have achieved what you set out to.

Start&$he hardest bit of revision you do is the first bit. 4nce you know what youwant to achieve from the revision session, have planned your time and sorted out the

necessary resources 5start6

Chunk it down1o a bit at a time. !fter each chunk, review what you have achieved

and take a short break. /efore you start the ne)t bit briefly run through what you have

already done, and what you plan to do ne)t.

'raft and re(draft your notesin a way that helps you learn. "se different colours ofpens or paper or make a mind+map or poster. 7ut copies of the poster where you will

see it fre*uently. $he e)posure will help you learn it when you8re not even trying.

Test yourself!t the end of each revision session test yourself to see what you can

recall. Regularly test yourself on everything you have done since your first revision

session.

RehearseYour oral e)am will be more successful as a result of rehearsing yourpresentation and rehearsing e)tended answers on all the possible topics.

Reward yourself)when you8ve done what you planned. et yourself a drink, play

your favourite music, sit in the sun for ten minutes5


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*ral e+am

Common words from past role plays

Revise this list as for other vocab. 9see above: ;


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%,ST TE-SE

%t doesn8t matter whether you mean ;% bought= or ;% have bought=C it8s all the 7!S$

$#FS#.


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%RESE-T TE-SE

%t doesn8t matter whether you mean ;% play= or ;% am playing=C it8s all the 7R#S#F$

$#FS#.


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Sin$ular %lural

je parle nous parlons

tu parles vous parle0

il D elle D on parle ils D elles parlent

French Re$ular (RE Verbs

Key regular (re verbs

attendre to wait 9for:descendre to descend

entendre to hear

perdre to lose

rendre to give back, to return something

r0pondre to answer

vendre to sell

$he pattern for re verbs.

Sin$ular %lural

je descends nous descendons

tu descends vous descende0

il D elle D on descend ils D elles descendent

ere are some of the many (ir verbsthat you will soon be able to conjugate?

abolir to abolish

avertir to warn

b2tir to build

choisir to choose

0tablir to establishfinir to finish


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$rossir to get fat

nourrir to feed, nourish

r0fl0chir to reflect, think

remplir to fill

r0ussir to succeed

the pattern for ir verbs?

Sin$ular

%lural

je choisis nous choisissons

tu choisis vous choisisse0

il D elle D on choisit ils D elles choisissent

Say 3don/t4 3didn/t4 3doesn/t4 etc in French

Making sentences negative in rench is a bit different than in #nglish. $he key is

nepas. 4nce you understand nepas, you can make just about any sentence

negative.

$o make a sentence or *uestion negative, place nein front of the verb and pasafter it.-epastranslates roughly as not.


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$o form the futuretense of (ERand (6Rverbs, add the appropriate ending to the

infinitive. or (REverbs, drop the final # before adding the ending.

Sin$ular %lural

je (ai nous (ons

tu (as vous (e7

il (a ils (ont

Some important verbs are irregular in the futur

Verb Future stem

acheter ./ach8terai

aller ./irai

avoir ./aurai

devoir .e devrai

Jtre .e serai

faire .e ferai

pouvoir .e pourrai

venir .e viendrai

voir .e verrai

Le futur procheis used when the upcoming event is to occur in the near future. %t isusually translated as $oin$ to. %t is formed by simply using the verb aller9to go: with

an infinitive.


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