KS3 Exams Flashcards
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When an adjective describes a feminine noun…
The adjective’s spelling and sometimes sound changes, the most common change is an e on the end of the adjective
SFC
Silent final consonant - when the last letter of a word is not pronounced since it is a consonant
B.A.G.S.
Adjectives for beauty, age, goodness and size come before a noun
Yes/No questions
In French when you ask a question you should raise your voice unless the verb and pronoun are swapped which in that case you don’t raise your voice
Elision
The omission of a letter for example le homme become l’homme
Liason
Normally silent final consonant is used but when the next word starts with a vowel the sfc is pronounced, for example c’est sounds like se but c’est une sounds like set oon
Un/Une/Le/La/Les
These refer to gender to describe a word so Un and Le are masculine and mean a and the whereas Une and La mean the same thing but are feminine, les is plural of the
To form a question with quoi (what), we…
Put quoi after the verb
In French the present simple is…
Used with all verbs
Two verb structure
When a liking verb such as aimer is used the other verb becomes infinitive, for example, J’aime passer
à
à sometimes means at but it can also mean to French never misses out to but sometimes in English we do, for example, Bob gives amir a present but in French they use à and don’t miss it
Il y a
There is/ there are
Des
Some (plural)
Plurals
Add S
Possessive adjectives (Mon, Ma, Mes, Ton, Ta, Tes)
When you use possession in French it describes the thing you possess and not yourself so it would be feminine my for my sister and not masculine because you are masculine. Mes is for talking about something plural
à (2)
To a place varies in French depending on the gender of the place, for example, au for masculine, à la for feminine, aux for plural and à l’ for an omission
à(3)/en
These can mean in such as en Angleterre meaning in England used for countries and à Londres meaning in London for towns and cities
De/d’
Both mean of but the second is used for omissions
Transitive
Verbs that need an object
Intransitive
Verbs that don’t need an object
De(2)
Can mean from
Negation
Ne pas used to show do not, for example, je n’aime pas chocolat meaning I don’t like chocolate. The order is a bit like a sandwich with ne and pas being the bread and the verb being whatever is inside the sandwich
Future tense (Aller + infinitive)
In French to say the future you start with a pronoun use the conjugation of to go which matches the pronoun put in the infinitive of a verb and you have the future tense, for example, je vais devenir is I’m going to become
Inversion questions
Sometimes in French we swap the pronouna and first verb to ask a question, like, aimes-tu is do you like
