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Controlled assessment checklist IMPROVING YOUR GRADE Use what you have prepared in your blue book Read the feedback and act upon it Break down each bullet point (What can you write/talk about) Use opinions in every paragraph Justify your answer Use a variety of vocab (no repetitions) Use a variety of tenses (C: 3 tenses ; A: 5+ tenses) Use complex structures balanced throughout the assessment Use some plurals for variety Made comparisons Check accuracy (ask a friend to read it!!) Check in a dictionary that the genders are correct Check the general structure (Do you jump from one thing to another or if somebody who doesn't know reads it, will he/she understand what you are writing/talking about?) Connectives: These will help you building longer sentences. Use them when you practise and recycle them when preparing your assessment. et and donc so mais but par exemple for example aussi also depuis since comme as / like pendant for/during pas seulement not only puisque since mais aussi but also car because parce que because si if à part except from quand when où where néanmoins nonetheless bien que although d'ailleurs incidentally/ by the way alors que whereas avant before y compris including après after puis then dont which d'une part... d'autre part on one hand... on the other hand étant donné que given that

Complex structures: Possessive adjectives but not only mon, ma and mes (my). Think of the other forms son, sa, ses, nos, notre, leurs... Object pronouns : Ma maison est bleue. On la voit de loin depuis la rue. (My house is blue. One can see it from afar in the stress.) Ma mère a fait des biscuit et nous les avont mangé en toute vitesse. (My mum baked biscuits and we ate them really quick.) Comparison and superlatives: plus... que : more... than. Ma ville est plus jolie que Londres. (My town is prettier than London) moins... que : less... than. mais c'est plus petit que Londres. (but it's less big than London.) le/la plus : the most. Ma chambre est la plus cool. (My bedroom is the coolest) le/la moins : the least. Mon chien est le moins actifs de tous les chiens. (My dog is the least active of all the dogs.) Infinitve structures with a verb: on peut + inf : one can + inf. Ici, on peut faire du ski nautique. (Here, one can water ski.) on doit + inf : one must + inf. On doit écouter ses parents. (One must listen to her/her parents) J'essaie de + inf : I try to. J'essaie d'aider à la maison. (I try to help at home) Il vaut mieux + inf : it's better. Il vaut mieux vivre ici qu'à la ville. (It's better to live her than in the city) je préfère + inf : I prefer to + inf. Je préfère aller à la piscine à pied. (I prefer to go to the pool walking) je viens de + inf : I just + past participle verb. Je viens de déménager. (I just moved house) j'aime/je déteste + inf : I like/hate + inf. J'aime jouer dans mon jardin. (I like to play in my garden.) Il faut+ inf : it's necessary to+inf. Il faut participer à la vie du village. (It's necessay to participate to the village's life) Infinitve structures after a preposition: Pour + inf : In order to + inf. Pour me détendre, j'aime écouter de la musique. (In order to relax, I like to listen to music) adj à + inf : adj to + inf. C'est facile à faire. (It's easy to do) beaucoup à + inf : a lot to + inf. Il y a beaucoup à voir dans ma région. (There is a lot to see in my region) avant + inf + de: before/after + verb -ing. Avant de vivre ici... (Before living here...) adverbial phrases: Using en+ gerond. En arrivant ici, je ne connaissais personne. (Arriving here, I knew nobody.)

Subjunctives: (please don't spend too much time trying to make sense of it and just memorise few set phrases) Il faut que je fasse mes devoirs. (I must do my homework) Je ne crois pas que ce soit une bonne idée. (I don't think it is a good idea) Je regrette qu'il n'y ait pas plus pour les jeunes. (I regret that there isn't more for young people) Je doute que ma ville soit la plus interessante. (I doubt that my town is the most interesting) Je suis content que mes parents aient décidé de venir vivre ici. (I'm happy my parents decided to come live here.) Some random ones: Je pense que: I think that selon moi/ ma mère/ mes parents: according to me/my mum/my parents Je crois que...: I think/believe that... d'habitude: usually Je suis fière de + inf: I am proud to +inf. Je suis fière d'appartenir à ma communauté. (I'm proud to belong to my community) depuis/ pendant: J'ai habité à Manchester pendant un an. (I lived in Manchester for a year.) Je vis ici depuis cinq ans. (I've been living here for five years.) J'ai besoin de : I need alors parfois : so sometimes... J'aime jouer au hockey alors parfois on se donne rendez-vous avec mes copines pour jouer. (I like to play hockey so sometimes I meet up with my friends to play) Ce que j'aime/déteste: what I like/hate. Ce que j'aime c'est passer mes après-midi dans le hammac. (What I like is to spend my afternoons in the hammoc) en revanche : however (but nicer). Je passe beaucoup de temps avec mes copains, en revanche je rend visite à ma grand-mère tous les dimanche. (I spend a lot of time with my friends however I visit my grandma every Sunday.) ce que je trouvais: which I found. I y avait un beau jardin ce que je trouvais très agréable. (There was a big garden, which I found very pleasing.)

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