This is a useful list of French phrases, structures, words, verbs and grammar points to help you achieve the highest of grades in GCSE French. Using some of my phrases in your exam will help stand you out to the examiner as an exemplary student with a very good grasp of the French language and how ...
Si + PRESENT, je + FUTURE:
EG: si je peux, j’irai à Londres - If I can, I will go to London
Si je m’entraîne souvent, je deviendrai (bonne an netball).- If I train often, I will become..
J’aime bien pouvoir dire ce que je pense - I like saying what I think
J’ai du mal + INFINITIVE - I struggle to…. + INFINITIVE
EG: 1. J’ai du mal à éviter le sucre quand je suis fatiguée - I struggle to avoid sugar when I
am tired
2. J’ai du mal à comprendre pourquoi - I struggle to understand why……
J’ai hâte de + INF - I can’t wait… + INF
J’ai l’intention de + INF - I have the intention to…
Je ne suis pas sûre.. - I am not sure
Je suis en train de + INF - I am in the process of….
D’un côté ………… de l’autre côté - On the one hand…….. On the other hand
Ma mère dit que je suis accro (aux réseaux sociaux) - My mum says that I am addicted…
Une source de distraction - a source of distraction
Selon moi, la technologie est formidable, mais ça veut dire que nous passons moins de
temps avec les autres - In my opinion technology is amazing, but means that we spend less
time with others.
Ça peut augmenter le niveau de stress - it can increase stress levels
Ça peut mener á…. - it can lead to……
C’est un moyen du (+ infinitive) - It is a way to… / it’s a means to….
Dans certaines circonstances - in certain circumstances
Il m’est très utile en cas d’urgence - It is very useful to me in case of emergency (Phone etc)
Les vacances/le week-end/ le jour dont je me souviens le plus - The holiday/ the
weekend/the day that I remember the most
Faire la grasse matinée - have a lie in
J’ai fait la grasse matinée - I had a lie in
, Ça me plaît - That pleases me / I enjoy it
Ça m’a plu - I enjoyed it
Faire du lèche-vitrine - ‘to go’ window shopping
J’ai fait du lèche-vitrine - I went window shopping
Ça me permet de décrocher - it allows me to switch off
Ça m’a permis de décrocher - it allowed me to switch off
J’en ai marre - I am fed up
J’en ai eu marre - I was/got fed up
Ça m'inquiète - it worries me
Ça m’a inquièté - it worried me
Quand on y réfléchit - when you think about it
Ce qui n’est pas le cas - which is not the case
Je ne suis pas contre - I am not against
Ça me suffit - That is enough for me
Il y a - there is
Il y a eu - there has been
Je n’aime pas - I don’t like it
Je n’aime plus - I don’t like it anymore
Je n’aime jamais - I never like
Le meilleur ………que j’aie vu/que je connaisse - the best ...… that I have seen/that I know
Bien qu'il soit une bonne idée de… - although it is a good idea to……
Autant que je sache,... - to my knowledge……
Je me souviens/ Je me rappelle - I remember..
Quoi qu'il en soit, …- anyway
…pour que je puisse…- so I could
Le NOUN que j’ai VERBé la semaine dernière - the NOUN that I had VERB last week
EG: La musé que j’ai regardé/vu/visité la semaine dernière …………...
La NOUN que j’ai VERBée la semaine dernière - FEMININE
que j’ai regardée/vue/visitée la semaine dernière - ……………..
celui/celle de - the one of
ceux/celles de - those of
sentir bon/mauvais - smell good/bad
Le plus dépayasant à mon avis - The most mesmerizing/escapism feeling in my opinion.
Le cercle vicieux - vicious circle
C’est meilleur marche - It is cheaper
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