IGCSE Edexcel French Theme B - 1 (School life and routine)

abandonner (verb)

drop (a subject)

à l'heure (adv)

on time

allemand (m)

German

améliorer (verb)

to improve

anglais (m)

English

apprendre (verb)

to learn

arts plastiques (m pl)

art (subject)

asseyez-vous (verb)

sit down

assistant(e) (de français)

(French) language assistant

bac(/baccalauréat) (m)

school leaving diploma (= A-levels)

bâtiment (m)

building

bavarder (verb)

to chat/to chatter

bic (m)

ballpoint pen

bien (adv)

well

biologie (f)

biology

bulletin scolaire (m)

end-of-term report

bureau (m)

office/large desk

cahier (m)

exercise book

calculatrice/calculette (f)

pocket calculator

cantine (f)

dining room

cartable (m)

school bag

casque (à écouteurs) (m)

headphones

CDI (m)

school library

changer de vêtements

to change clothes

chaussette (f)

sock

chaussure (f)

shoe

chemise (f)

(boy's) shirt

chemisier (f)

(girl's) blouse

chimie (f)

chemistry

classeur (m)

folder, file

collant (m)

(pair of) tights

collège (m)

11-15 school

commencer (verb)

to start

conseiller(~ère) d'orientation (m/f)

careers adviser

copier (verb)

to copy

cour (f)

playground, yard

cours (m)

lesson (c)

court de tennis (m)

tennis court

cravate (f)

tie

crayon (m)

pencil

déjeuner (m)

lunch

design (m)

design (school subject)

dessin (m)

drawing

dessiner (verb)

to draw

devoirs (m pl)

homework

dictionnaire (m)

dictionary

difficile (adj)

difficult

directeur/directrice (m/f)

head teacher, principal

discuter (verb)

to discuss, to debate

durer (verb)

to last

échange (m)

exchange

école maternelle (f)

infants' school

école primaire (f)

primary school

école secondaire (f)

secondary school

écrit(e)

written, in writing

éducation civique (f)

citizenship

élève (m/f)

pupil, student

emploi du temps (m)

timetable

ennuyeux(~euse) (adj)

boring

en retard (adv)

late

enseignement (m)

education

épreuve (f)

test/part of an examination

EPS (f)

physical education

espagnol (m)

Spanish

être en retenu(e)/collé(e)

to have a detention

étudier (verb)

to study

études (f pl)

studies

exemple (m)

example

expliquer (verb)

to explain

facile (adj)

easy

faible (adj)

weak

faire l'appel (v + m)

to take the register

faute (f)

error, mistake

finir (verb)

end, finish

fort(e) en (adj)

good at

français (m)

French

gomme (f)

rubber

géographie (f)

geography

grandes vacances (f pl)

summer holidays

gymnase (m)

gymnasium

heure (f)

hour/lesson period

histoire (f)

history

informatique (f)

computer (science)

intéressant(e) (adj)

interesting

instituteur/institutrice (m/f)

primary school teacher (i)

interro(gation) (f)

test (in class)

italien (m)

Italian

journée (scolaire) (f)

(school) day

jupe (f)

skirt

laboratoire (m)

laboratory

langue (f)

language

leçon (f)

lesson (l)

livre (m)

book

lycée (m)

15-19 school

magnétoscope (m)

video recorder

maître d'école/maîtresse d'école

primary school teacher

manuel (m)

textbook

maths (m pl)

maths

matière (f)

subject

moderne (adj)

modern