IGCSE French Module 2.4

Question 1

un HLM

Answer 1

local authority block of flats, common in poorer French susburbs. Short of habitation à loyer modéré. The acronym is masculine, although the word habitation itself is feminine, as it ends in -tion

Question 2

le quartier

Answer 2

local area in town/neighbourhood (literally quarter)

Question 3

je préférerais

Answer 3

I would prefer (conditional tense)

Question 4

vivre

Answer 4

to live

Question 5

les gens (masculine)

Answer 5

people

Question 6

là où j’habite

Answer 6

where I live

Question 7

loin de

Answer 7

far from

Question 8

la pièce

Answer 8

theatre play

Question 9

le champ

Answer 9

field

Question 10

je vis

Answer 10

I live (vivre, to live)

Question 11

la vie

Answer 11

life

Question 12

plein

Answer 12

complete, full 

Question 13

ennuyeux

Answer 13

boring

Question 14

plus de

Answer 14

more (of…)

Question 15

le magasin

Answer 15

shop

Question 16

le mur

Answer 16

wall

Question 17

le donjon

Answer 17

keep (of a castle)

Question 18

à vrai dire

Answer 18

to tell the truth

Question 19

Loches me plaît

Answer 19

I like Loches (literally Loches pleases me)

Question 20

un avantage

Answer 20

an advantage

Question 21

un inconvénient

Answer 21

a disadvantage

Question 22

un endroit

Answer 22

place

Question 23

(sur) la côte

Answer 23

(on) the coast

Question 24

la plage

Answer 24

beach

Question 25

la mer

Answer 25

sea

Question 26

pollué(e)

Answer 26

polluted

Question 27

tous les week-ends

Answer 27

every weekend

Question 28

trop de

Answer 28

too much/many

Question 29

le marché

Answer 29

market

Question 30

la gare

Answer 30

station

Question 31

tranquille/calme

Answer 31

quiet

Question 32

avoir envie de (+ infinitif)

Answer 32

to want to do/fancy doing something

Question 33

déménager

Answer 33

to move house

Question 34

(dans) l'ouest

Answer 34

(in) the west

Question 35

le sud (au sud de)

Answer 35

south (to the south of)

Question 36

ici

Answer 36

here

Question 37

pittoresque

Answer 37

picturesque

Question 38

savoir

Answer 38

to know (a fact/skill/how to do something)

Question 39

connaître

Answer 39

to know (a person/place)

Question 40

avoir besoin de 

Answer 40

to need (literally to have need of)

Question 41

mal 

Answer 41

bad

Question 42

heureusement

Answer 42

fortunately

Question 43

malheureusement

Answer 43

unfortunately

Question 44

je me sens (+ adjectif)

Answer 44

I feel (myself)...

Question 45

seul

Answer 45

alone

Question 46

le bruit

Answer 46

noise

Question 47

bruyant

Answer 47

noisy

Question 48

la nuit

Answer 48

night

Question 49

souvent

Answer 49

often

Question 50

quelque chose

Answer 50

something

Question 51

marcher

Answer 51

(machine/vehicle) to be working, functioning, moving
(person) to walk

Question 52

l'ascenseur

Answer 52

lift

Question 53

l'espace (f)

Answer 53

space

Question 54

j'aimerais

Answer 54

I would like (conditional tense)