French Year 11 Holiday work SPEAKING EXAM PREPARATION FOR CONVERSATION Advice for the speaking exam 1. Make sure you have prepared for the theme thoroughly, with reasons and opinions 2. You have to talk as much as possible and justify your answers 3. Remember you need to ask the teacher a question 4. Practise recording yourself. It is a good way of making sure that you speak clearly and loudly enough. Use the recording device on your phone to practise your answers. 5. Revise all the key verbs in the 3 main tenses: present, past and future. 6. Make sure you know the following key words and phrases: C était génial/formidable/agréable C était nul/affreux/ennuyeux Est-ce-que tu l as aimé? Oui, parce que/car Non, Je ne l ai pas aimé parce que Il y a Il y avait Je vais Je suis allé(e) Où? Quand? Comment? Pourquoi? C est comment? A quelle heure? D où? A mon avis Je crois que Je suis It was great/ super/ pleasant It was boring Did you like it? Yes, I liked it because No I did not like it because There is / there are There was/ were I go/ I am going I went Where? When? How? Why? What is it like? At what time? Where from? In my opinion I think I am
C est C etait J ai eu/il a eu Je voudrais J aimerais It is It was I had/ he had/ it had I would like I would like TIME MARKERS la semaine dernière ce matin Le matin L après-midi A quatre heures le lendemain Quelques jours plus tard Il y a deux mois Après Avant D abord Finalement Le mardi Hier Avant hier Hier soir Le weekend prochain L anneé prochaine En juin last week this morning in the morning in the afternoon at 4pm the day after tomorrow a few days later two months ago afterwards before firstly finally on Tuesday yesterday the day before yesterday last night the next weekend next year In June
TENSES PRESENT J achete, nous allons I buy, we go FUTURE Je vais faire, je ferai I m going to do, I will do. PRETERITE J ai mangé, nous sommes sortis I ate, we went out IMPERFECT(description/continu ous events in the past/what you used to do) CONDITIONAL L hotel avait Il pleuvait J allais a la plage tous les samedis Je voudrais Je voudrais habiter The hotel had. It was raining I used to go to the beach every Saturday I would like I would live AGREEMENTS Singular nouns need singular adjectives and pronouns, and plural ones must agree too: La maison blanche the white house Mes parents my parents DIFFERENT PRONOUNS Do not just use the Je form. Talk about other people, ma famile, mes amis, mes parents Nous sommes allés, instead;; of je suis allé, etc.
OPINIONS AND JUSTIFYING WHY Me lo pasé bien Me gustó porque I had a good time I liked it because No me gustó nada porque I didn t like it at all because Creo que/ pienso que/ en mi opinión/ a mi parecer my opinion/ from my point of view I think/ I believe/ in Es/ era/ será It is/ it was/ it will be genial, estupendo, entretenido, emocionante great, fantastic, entertaining, exciting aburrido, un rollo, espantoso, boring, a real bore, horrendous, Afortunadamente/ por desgracia/ menos mal que thank goodness that ) Luckily,/ unfortunately/ LINKING WORDS O or con with y and cuando when que who, that, which si if porque because pero but entonces/pues then sin embargo however por eso because of that mientras que while por supuesto of course a pesar de in spite of recientemente recently también also, as well tampoco neither normalmente usually una vez más once again WEATHER PHRASES Hace buen tiempo/ Hizo sol/ hará frío the weather is good/ it was sunny/ it will be cold Hizo bueno casi todo el tiempo, pero el lunes llovió. generally good, but it rained on Monday. The weather was
FREQUENCY ADVERBS Siempre always a menudo often a veces sometimes nunca never raras veces rarely casi siempre nearly always en alguna ocasión rarely MAKING COMPARISONS Plus que.more. than moins.que. less..than. aussi..que..as..as.. SPECIAL STRUCTURES Comme j ai deja dit... Quelqu un m a dit as I have already said Someone has told me that J en ai assez I m fed up with J etudie le francais depuis quatre ans I ve been studying French for 4 years Je viens de lire un livre fantastique I ve just read a great book Ce que m interesse. Ce que je prefere est Chez mon ami(e) La voiture de mon père what I m interested in is what I prefer is at my friend s house my dad s car DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS LE it (masc. sing.) LA it (fem. sing.) LES them (masc. plural) LES them (fem. plural) Je l ai acheté pour l anniversaire de mon père I bought it for my dad s birthday J ai vu les bottes et je les ai achetés I saw the boots and I bought them
NEGATIVES Je ne joue pas au tennis I don t play tennis Je ne joue jamais au tennis I never play tennis Je ne joue plus au tennis Je ne fais rien I don t play tennis any more I don t do anything EXPRESSIONS Quelle cauchmar! Quelle chance! Quelle perte de temps! What a nightmare! What luck! What a waste of time Quelle mauvaise chance! Quel dommage! What bad luck! What a shame! et mais MAKING LONGER SENTENCES And But Puis/ensuite D abord où quand pendant que Parce que lo que avant après comme si Bien que ou Then/ afterwards First of all Where When While Because What Before After As/like If Although or
Theme 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest Topic 1: Home, town, neighbourhood and region Topic 2: Social issues Charity/voluntary work Healthy/unhealthy living Topic 3: Global issues The environment Poverty/homelessness Topic 4: Travel and tourism MARKING CRITERIA CONVERSATION
Topic 1: Home, town, neighbourhood and region 1. Où habites-tu? Where do you live? Where do you live exactly? 2. Comment est ta ville? What is your town like? Describe your town
3. Qu est-ce qu on peut faire? What is there of interest for young people in your town? How can they enjoy themselves? Where can they go to have fun? 4. Est-ce qu il y a des magasins près de chez toi? Où vas tu? What shops are there near your home? If you want to go shopping, Where do you go? 5. Et pour les touristes? What is there for the tourist?
6. Tu aimes ta ville? Pourquoi? Do you like your town? Why? Why not? 7. Quels sont les avantages et les inconvients de ta ville? What is the best and the worst of your town? 8. Pour combien de temps as-tu habité ici? Où habitáis tu avant? How long have you been living in.. Where did you use to live?
9. Tu préfères habiter à la campagne où en ville? Pourquoi? Do you prefer to live in the country side or in the city? Why? 10. Comment était ta ville dans le passé? How was your town in the past?
11. Est-ce que tu aimerais habiter dans une grande ville? Would you like to live in a big city? Why? Why not? 12. Comment serait ta ville idéale? What would be your ideal city?
13. Si tu avais le choix, ou habiterais tu et pourquoi? If you could choose, Where would you live and why? 14. Qu est-ce que tu aimerais avoir pres de chez toi? What would you like to have near your home and why?
Topic 2 Social issues Healthy/unhealthy living 1. Est-ce que tu penses que tu es en bonne forme? Do you think you lead a healthy lifestyle? 2. Qu est-ce que tu fais pour te rester en forme? What do you do to keep yourself in shape?
3. Manges-tu equilibré? Do you have a balanced diet? Do you think you eat well? 4. A ton avis, qu est-ce que il faut faire pour rester en forme? In your opinion, what do you have to do in order to lead a healthy lifestyle?
5. Que penses-tu des drouges? L alcool et le tabagisme? Tu fumes? Tu bois? Et tes amis? What is your opinion on drugs? Are you aware of smoking and alcohol? Do you smoke or drink? Do you know anyone that smokes or drinks? 6. Quand tu étais petit(e) tu étais en forme? Have you always led a healthy lifestyle? 7. Et l avenir? Qu est-ce que tu feras pour rester en forme? How do you see your life in the future?
8. As-tu des conseils pour les jeunes qui se drougent? What would you do so young people wouldn t get into smoking/drinking to excess/taking drugs?