AQA GCSE French vocabulary (outgoing spec)

This set should (hopefully) contain all the vocabulary you need to know for AQA GCSE French. This is for the outgoing specification with last exams in 2025 - only use this if you will be sitting the exams in 2025. For Foundation Tier, you need to know the general vocabulary and the Foundation vocabulary for all themes. For Higher Tier, you need to know the general vocabulary and both the Foundation and Higher vocabulary for all themes. General vocabulary - Comparisons: Cards 1-10; Conjunctions and connectives: Cards 11-36; Prepositions: Cards 37-66; Negatives: Cards 67-74; Numbers: Cards 75-127; Asking questions: Cards 128-147; Greetings and exclamations: Cards 148-176; Opinions: Cards 177-272; Expressions of time: Cards 273-343; Location and distance: Cards 344-370; Colours: Cards 371-378; Weights and measures: Cards 379-408; Shape: Cards 409-410; Weather: Cards 411-452; Access: Cards 453-468; Correctness: Cards 469-484; Materials: Cards 485-493; Common abbreviations: Cards 494-503 Theme 1: Identity and culture - Me, my family and friends: Foundation Cards 504-590, Higher Cards 1424-1470; Technology in everyday life: Foundation Cards 591-652, Higher Cards 1471-1493; Free-time activities: Foundation Cards 653-794, Higher Cards 1494-1518; Customs and festivals in French-speaking countries/communities: Foundation Cards 795-813, Higher Cards 1519-1523 Theme 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest - Home, town, neighbourhood and region: Foundation Cards 814-972, Higher Cards 1524-1542; Social issues: Foundation Cards 973-1055, Higher Cards 1543-1603; Global issues: Foundation Cards 1056-1116, Higher Cards 1604-1683; Travel and tourism: Foundation Cards 1117-1289, Higher Cards 1684-1746 Theme 3: Current and future study and employment - My studies: Foundation Cards 1290-1299, Higher Cards 1747-1750; Life at school/college: Foundation Cards 1300-1375, Higher Cards 1751-1763; Education post-16: Foundation Cards 1376-1386, Higher Cards 1764-1769; Jobs, career choices and ambitions: Foundation Cards 1387-1423, Higher Cards 1770-1786 Note: For verbs, only irregular forms are included (as well as the infinitive). This includes stem-changing verbs (e.g. préférer → je préfère) and verbs which change their spelling for the sake of pronunciation (e.g. manger → nous mangeons). For verbs with irregular future/conditional stems, only the je form in the future tense is included. For the perfect tense, only the perfect infinitive is included. No subjunctive is included. Note 2: Where words have multiple translations, all of the translations are included in the flashcard corresponding to the earliest instance of the word in the specification. Similarly, if a word appears multiple times in the specification, any instances of it except for the first have been deleted. This will not affect you unless you are studying the flashcards topic-by-topic, or you are sitting Foundation Tier (as occasionally a Higher Tier translation may be added into a Foundation Tier flashcard). Occasionally, I changed the translation of a word if I could not find the translation given in the specification anywhere online (e.g. the specification said produire meant ‘to provide’, but I changed it to ‘to produce’). Words and translations are from the AQA specification (8658). Verb conjugations are from lawlessfrench.com.

plus, encore de

more

moins

less

plus que

more than

moins que

less than

bon/meilleur/le meilleur

good/better/best

mauvais/pire/le pire

bad/worse/worst

bien/mieux/le mieux

well/better/best

mal/plus mal/le plus mal

badly/worse/worst

beaucoup/plus/le plus

lots/more/the most

peu/moins/le moins

few, little/less/the least

à cause de

because of

à part

apart from

ainsi

so, therefore

alors

so, therefore, then

aussi

also

car

because

cependant

however

c'est-à-dire

that is to say, i.e.

comme

as, like

d'un côté/de l'autre côté

on the one hand/on the other hand

donc

so, therefore

ensuite

next

évidemment

obviously

mais

but

même si

even if

ou

or

par contre

on the other hand

par exemple

for example

pendant que

while

pourtant

however

puis

then

puisque

seeing that, since

quand

when

sans doute

undoubtedly, without doubt, probably

si

if

y compris

including

à

to, at

à côté de

next to

à travers

across, through

au bord de

at the side/edge of

au bout de

at the end of (length)

au-dessous de

beneath, below

au-dessus de

above, over

au fond de

at the back of, at the bottom of

au lieu de

instead of

au milieu de

in the middle of

autour de

around

contre

against

de

of, from

depuis

since, for

derrière

behind

devant

in front of

en

in, within (time)

en dehors de

outside (of)

en face de

opposite

entre

between

jusqu'à

up to, until

malgré

despite, in spite of

parmi

amongst

pour

for, in order to

près de

near

sans

without

selon

according to

sous

under

sur

on

vers

towards

ne...jamais

never

ne...pas

not

ne...personne

nobody, no-one

ne...plus

no more, no longer

ne...que

only, nothing but

ne...rien

nothing

ni...ni

neither...nor

pas encore

not yet

zéro

zero

un

one

deux

two

trois

three

quatre

four

cinq

five

six

six

sept

seven

huit

eight

neuf

nine

dix

ten

onze

eleven

douze

twelve

treize

thirteen

quatorze

fourteen

quinze

fifteen

seize

sixteen

dix-sept

seventeen

dix-huit

eighteen

dix-neuf

nineteen

vingt

twenty

vingt et un

twenty-one

vingt-deux

twenty-two

trente

thirty

quarante

forty

cinquante

fifty