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11 Writing exam!

essential phrases for writing at GCSE

QuestionAnswer
Je vais I go / I am going
je suis + adjective I am (short / fat / intelligent / British)
J'ai I have
j'espère + infinitive I hope to do something
Je préfère + infinitive I prefer to do something / doing something
beaucoup de or d' A lot of (spelling. 2 x 'u'!) a noun is likely to come next!
J'ai mangé I have eaten. (remember that accented é!)
Je suis allée I went (MRS VANDERTRAMP...)
J'ai fait I've done / I did
J'ai bu I drank / I have drunk
J'irai I will go
je voudrais aller à I would like to go to
il y a there is / there are
ils / elles sont + adj (NEVER A VERB!) they are + description (or DEATH)
Parce que / puisque / lorsque / car because (4 synonyms)
grâce à Thanks do / due to / because OF...
très + adjective Very (slow / expensive etc)
J'ai joué I played / I have played
L'année dernière Last year - but spell dernière correctly with the grave accent!
L'année prochaine Next year - dernière in the feminine version with the grave accent
normalement / d'habitude normally - no 'e' at the end!
Mes parents veulent que je sois + adjective My parents want me to be ... + adjective. Subjunctive phrase!
Une journée a day
un voyage / un trajet a journey
le collège school - grave accent!
Mes vacances sont fantastiques My holidays are great! (plural in all 4 parts of the sentence!)
C'était It was
C'est It is
il fait chaud / froid / du vent It is hot / cold / windy weather (il fait NOT C'est!)
Un avantage est que / qu' on peut + infinitive One advantage is that you can do something
Un inconvénient est que / qu'on peut + infinitive A disadvantage is that you can do something. Look at inconvénient!
Un aspect positif / négatif est ... A positive / negative thing is ...
Sauf except
malgré cela despite that
avant de + infin Before ...ing X,Y, or Z
Après avoir + pp After having ...done something
donc therefore
Venir de + infinitive To have just done something
Created by: CordeliaC
 

 



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