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-oux

A

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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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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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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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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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

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no
ne … aucun ne … aucune e.g.: ‘There are no plates’ = <> ‘I see no problem’ = <> ‘He has no future’ = <>
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y
replaces <<à + noun>> e.g. <> mais <>
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object form of ‘one’
<> = ‘He thinks of one’ <> = ‘He thinks of one’
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‘what’ vs ‘which’
<> (ou <>?) contre <>
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next/last
prochain/prochaine dernier/dernière BEFORE NOUNS EXCEPT time phrases (e.g. <> et <>).
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to switch on/off
allumer — to switch on éteindre — to switch off déteindre — UNRELATED (to fade in the wash)
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to leave
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)
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pl…
plaire (plu) — to please pleurer (pleuré) — to cry pleuvoir (plu?) — to rain
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berry
blackberry [black raspberries] — une mûre blueberry — une myrtille blackcurrant [black blueberries] — un cassis
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rollersports
rollerblade — faire du roller rollerskate — faire du patin à roulettes (literally ‘to do ice-skating on rollerskates’)
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table
tablemat — dessous (m.) de plat tablecloth — nappe (f.)
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TO MAKE
*faire*
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hardly
ne … guère
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that
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
quand — question word/connector lorsque — connector ONLY
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headteacher
directeur — general principal — collège proviseur — lycée
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<> et le parfait
j’y suis allé nous y sommes allées etc.
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to marry
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
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pots and pans
casseroles et poêles
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CCEA GCSE TENSES
present perfect imperfect near future future conditional pluperfect imperative perfect imperative present participle
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conditional
Use the future stem and the following endings: -ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient
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imperfect — -er/-re
present stem and: -ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient *REMEMBER lancer/manger*
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imperfect — -ir
present stem and: -issais -issais -issait -issions -issiez -issaient
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imperfect irregular
ONLY être j’étais tu étais il/elle/on était nous étions vous étiez ils/elles étaient
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present
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
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perfect
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
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near future
pronoun + present aller + infinitive
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future
infinitive (-er/-ir) OR drop final ‘e’ (-re) and add: -ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont
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imperative
tu/vous/nous use the present form EXCEPT tu donnes — donne (-er & tu)
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pluperfect
imperfect of ‘avoir’ + past participle OR imperfect of ‘être’ + past participle (if takes ‘être’ in perfect tense)
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perfect imperative
après OR avant de + avoir/être (infinitive) + past participle
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present participle
‘nous’ form of verb in present tense remove -ons add -ant
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irregular present participle
ayant (avoir) étant (être) sachant (savoir)
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present participle uses
-adjective (REMEMBER AGREEMENT) -present appositive (e.g. <>) -after ‘en’ (e.g. <>, <>)
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PHYSICAL GRAMMAR
-irregular imperatives -irregular future/conditional stems -irregular past participles -DR + MRS P VANDERTRAMP -irregular present tense x14

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