french paper 1 - top tips and lil goodies x - from past papers etc

be careful with WHAT?

the les and des - think about it - les = the and des = sove or just if less would be wierd - but feel like its norm les

for a how quesytion? comment =- waht can answer with?

en ....ant thing

corvée

chore/task

secours

aid/help/relief

l'égard

towards/in respect to

faute/manque de

lack of

it made him feel sad and it made me feel happy

ça l'a rendu triste et ça m'a rendu heureux

Qu'est-ce que

what is it that?

mordu

fanatic

privilégier

to favour

prometteurs

promising

habitants

residents

s'entraident

they help each other/one another

démuni

destitute/poor

à leur tour

in turn ?

ville

town / city - NOT VILLAGE - and its feminine - la ville/en ville

tip?

dont say the poverty or the sovtheig because it has the le article in french - if it doesn't make sense in theenglish sentence

- eg france was getting better at resolving its the problem idk

always?

check at the end - even tho cant norm be bothered its important - so that don't acciernlty spell even an English word wrong for example, and that have translated EVERY WORD

what do alwas need?

the 's' at the end of words

parmi

among

how would you say - it will be produced, it will be launched

sera produit, sera lancée

next?

prochain

where does pas go if youwere trying to say our actors don't receive the attention that they desrve

nos acteurs n'ont PAS reçu l'attention qu'ils sont méritée

champs

fields

partout

everywhere

les rideaux

the curtains

chaleur

warmth/heat

mitigé

mixed [recpetion/results/welcove]

ne sont pas à la hauteur

not up to standard

actuels

current

inadmissible

unacceptable

for direct lifts

often in the comprehesnion questions - dont try and change it to much like use their dame wordsphrsing - but change a few things/tenses so not a direct lift

auparavant

before

nettement

clearly

sale

dirty

cortège

procession

serein

serene

atelier

workshop

infermier

nurse

n'est ce pas

is it not?

prometteur

promising

tips: for reading and listening to get the point need to make sur ethat the verb f

- to get the point need to make sur ethat the verb form is existent/correct/ccurate

- dont do untargeted lifts - need to resons exaclty to the question

-make sure that your overall response actually makes sense - not just a jumble of french words

- excessive info can invalidate your mark - so even if the first bit is right - if then weite loads more for a 1 marker - might cancel the orginial point - as not succint

- CHECKING TImE, IS TIVE WELL SPENT! - at the end evn just for 5 minutes

- keep responses direcly to the point -but can use examples if supports it from the text

- dont add extra stuff to your reposne to make it fancy - like literally use words from teh text - or like dont use intensifies like its the best x - but just say its an x idk

- ensure that your answer/lfting is targated TO THE QUESTIon

- if its a two marker - or asks for two details - GIVE TWO DIFFERENT DETAILS/points - not just one with diff parts

- CHECK CAREFULLY IF HAVE TO WRITE IN ENGISH OR FRENCH - sovetives its in english so dont be tricedj - READ THE QUESTION AND DETAILS CAREFULY

- try and do complete sentences

- clarity of answer is important

- alsways try an answer/word instead of levaing it blank

advice part 2

- read the question carefully whith attention to the specific workds

- While lifting directly from the passage, it must be borne in mind that only targeted lifts are accepted.

- Manipulation is often required. •

- Where lifting is attempted from the listening passages, again, directed responses are credited fully, but faulty attempts to transcribe from the passage, without attention to spelling or grammar, could render the response incomprehensible.

- • All French offered needs to communicate in the comprehension questions. Verb forms can be credited only if they are existent. •

- The skill of inference is tested and candidates need to be aware of this demand when selecting information directly from the passage without reference to the perhaps nuanced demand of the question. •

- The order of elements rule means that only as many elements as there are marks available are considered. Candidates are advised to offer targeted responses

atelier

workshop/stufio

on devrait

it should be

les conseillers

advisors

drapeau

flag

odieux

horrible/despicable

saccager

wrecked/destoyed etc

elle se bat

from battre -she fights or something

bête

foolish

sometives need inferences?

eg if it says she walks and shes an ecoglogist - it wil be becaue this is a more eco transport etc

appearence

l'apparence