GCSE French exam skills
14 lessons. Each has a full explanation, worked examples, practice questions with answers and the mistakes students make.
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Grade 3 Pronunciation: sounds, silent letters and liaison
The sounds that matter most in French: vowels, nasal vowels, the French r, silent letters, liaison, accents and rhythm, with words to hear and say.Grade 3 Writing: photo sentences and short messages
Describe a photo in four or five accurate sentences, and write a short message of 20 to 50 words that covers every point and gives opinions.Grade 4 Communication strategies: understand, rephrase, repair
What to do when you do not understand or do not know a word: ask for repetition, describe the word, rephrase, use fillers, correct yourself and keep going in French.Grade 4 How each paper is marked
What examiners look for in listening, reading, translation, writing and speaking, in plain words, so you know exactly what earns the marks.Grade 4 Listening: how to get the marks
Use the reading time, predict, catch numbers and times, spot tense, negatives and changes of mind, take notes and write clear answers.Grade 4 Reading: how to get the marks
A method for the reading paper: question first, key words, cognates and context, tricky question types, tenses, opinions and distractors.Grade 4 Speaking: the photo card and the picture task
Describe a photo with Sur la photo, il y a ..., say what people are doing, give an opinion and answer the follow-up questions with detail.Grade 4 Speaking: the role play
Read the role-play card, choose tu or vous, give the right message for each task, deal with the unexpected question and use phrases for shops, hotels, restaurants and directions.Grade 5 Speaking: the general conversation
Develop every answer, use past, present and future, give opinions with reasons, ask the examiner a question and sound natural and spontaneous.Grade 5 Translating English into French
A method for the English into French translation: find the verbs, choose the tense, build with safe French and check agreement, articles and negatives.Grade 5 Translating French into English
A method for the French into English translation: chunk, translate meaning, get tenses right, avoid false friends and write natural English.Grade 5 Writing: formal and informal letters and emails
Choose tu or vous, open and close a letter or email correctly, and write formal requests, applications and complaints and informal messages to friends.Grade 5 Writing: the 90 word answer
A plan for the structured writing task of about 90 words with four bullet points: cover every point, explain opinions, use three time frames and stay accurate.Grade 7 Writing: the 150 word extended answer
Plan, structure and polish an extended answer of 130 to 150 words: develop two or three points with range and accuracy, use complex structures and finish well.
The sounds that matter most in French: vowels, nasal vowels, the French r, silent letters, liaison, accents and rhythm, with words to hear and say.Grade 3 Writing: photo sentences and short messages
Describe a photo in four or five accurate sentences, and write a short message of 20 to 50 words that covers every point and gives opinions.Grade 4 Communication strategies: understand, rephrase, repair
What to do when you do not understand or do not know a word: ask for repetition, describe the word, rephrase, use fillers, correct yourself and keep going in French.Grade 4 How each paper is marked
What examiners look for in listening, reading, translation, writing and speaking, in plain words, so you know exactly what earns the marks.Grade 4 Listening: how to get the marks
Use the reading time, predict, catch numbers and times, spot tense, negatives and changes of mind, take notes and write clear answers.Grade 4 Reading: how to get the marks
A method for the reading paper: question first, key words, cognates and context, tricky question types, tenses, opinions and distractors.Grade 4 Speaking: the photo card and the picture task
Describe a photo with Sur la photo, il y a ..., say what people are doing, give an opinion and answer the follow-up questions with detail.Grade 4 Speaking: the role play
Read the role-play card, choose tu or vous, give the right message for each task, deal with the unexpected question and use phrases for shops, hotels, restaurants and directions.Grade 5 Speaking: the general conversation
Develop every answer, use past, present and future, give opinions with reasons, ask the examiner a question and sound natural and spontaneous.Grade 5 Translating English into French
A method for the English into French translation: find the verbs, choose the tense, build with safe French and check agreement, articles and negatives.Grade 5 Translating French into English
A method for the French into English translation: chunk, translate meaning, get tenses right, avoid false friends and write natural English.Grade 5 Writing: formal and informal letters and emails
Choose tu or vous, open and close a letter or email correctly, and write formal requests, applications and complaints and informal messages to friends.Grade 5 Writing: the 90 word answer
A plan for the structured writing task of about 90 words with four bullet points: cover every point, explain opinions, use three time frames and stay accurate.Grade 7 Writing: the 150 word extended answer
Plan, structure and polish an extended answer of 130 to 150 words: develop two or three points with range and accuracy, use complex structures and finish well.
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