IB FRENCH EXAM 2025 FLASH CARDS
📚 KEY VOCABULARY TO KNOW
General / Academic Vocabulary
un concours – competition
un but – goal
la maîtrise – mastery
envisager – to consider
décerner – to award
souffrir de – to suffer from
lancer un appel – to make a plea
empêcher / s’empêcher – to prevent
des dons – talents
propice – conducive
faible – weak
aggravé – worsened
Daily Life & Descriptions
des cauchemars – nightmares
des cernes – dark circles
avaler – to swallow
un regard – a look
grimper – to climb
Environment / Society (Listening + Reading)
la réduction des déchets – reduction of waste
le gaspillage – waste
effet de serre – greenhouse effect
réchauffement climatique – global warming
canicule – heatwave
une amende – a fine
les réfugiés – refugees
centre d’accueil – welcome center
s’entendre bien – to get along well
✍ PART B: WRITTEN TASK (ESSAY)
Topics to Review
1. Greetings: France 🇫🇷 vs USA 🇺🇸
La bise vs handshake
Tu vs vous
Formality and cultural expectations
2. Family Life
Types of families: nucléaire, monoparentale, recomposée
Advantages & disadvantages of each
3. La Technologie et Vous
Smartphones (iPhone)
Internet
Sommes‑nous trop connectés ?
Avantages: communication, information
Inconvénients: dépendance, stress, isolement
đź§ľ TEXT TYPES YOU MUST MASTER
Text Type | Key Features |
|---|---|
Journal intime | Personal, emotions, 1st person |
Blog | Informal, opinions, engaging tone |
Courriel | Greeting + closing, semi‑formal |
Email / mél | Modern, tone depends on audience |
Revue de film | Summary + opinion |
Brochure / dépliant | Persuasive, headings, informative |
âš Wrong format = lost points
âś” Vocabulary memorized
âś” Text types reviewed
âś” Essay outlines practiced
âś” Listening strategies ready
âś” Speaking phrases memorized
🎧 LISTENING COMPREHENSION TIPS
Focus on main idea first
Listen for key words & repetition
Don’t panic if you miss one word
Answer only what is asked
đź—Ł SPEAKING MOCK IA PREP
Review themes studied in class
Practice:
Giving opinions
Justifying ideas
Using examples
Useful phrases:
À mon avis…
Je pense que…
Par exemple…
D’un côté… de l’autre côté…
📝 ESSAY STRUCTURE (SAFE IB FORMAT)
Introduction (restate topic + opinion)
Paragraph 1 – Idea + example
Paragraph 2 – Idea + example
Paragraph 3 – Opposing view (optional)
Conclusion – Summary + personal reflection
âś… FINAL CHECKLIST
✨ If you want, I can:
Write model essays for each topic
Create IB-style reading & listening practice
Make a 1-page cram sheet
MORE VOCAB *
A. Vocabulaire pratique pour la partie 1, compréhension écrite, (text handling) :
1. un concours competition
2. un but a goal
3. la lecture reading
4. notoire noteworthy
5. rechigner object to doing, do something grudgingly
6. les connaissances knowledge, understanding, grasp
7. lexicale relating to words or vocabualry of a language
8. la maitrise mastering
9. souffrir, souffrent, suffer from something
10. le cadre structure or framework
11. lancer un appel call for help, support from
12. modalités mode, form, methode
13. acquis acquired
14. antérieurement, earlier or previously
15. envisager, contemplate or consider
16. décerner, attribuer
17. la pluie toute noire bleek and rainy
18. se pointer to clock in, or arrive
19. s'empĂŞcher to stop someone or oneself, hinder
20. le savoir knowledge
21. des dons gifts or talent. I am gifted and talented
22. mon double my body double
23. les cauchemars, nightmares
24. des boutons hives, pimples, rash
25. des cernes dark circles
26. avaler to swallow
27. un regard a look
28. grimper climb
29. rayonnement radiate/ shine
30. aggravé made worse
31. propice. condus
Vocabulaire pour la compréhension orale
1. la réduction des déchets a reduction in trash/ waste/ garbage
2. le gaspillage waste
32. faible weak
33. empĂŞcher prevent
34. effet de serre, greenhouse gas effect
35. Rechauffement climatique, global warming
36. Le vent wind
37. propice, conducive
38. caniculaire/ canicule. Scorching / heatwave
39. tardivement late
40. precocement prematurely
3. une loi oblige the law requires
4. tirer, non-triés to sort
5. les verres en plastique plastic bottles
6. des cannettes de soda soda cans
7. mélangé mixed
8. le Camion poubelle the garbage truck
9. une amende a fine (he has to pay a fine for parking in the wrong
place)
10. auditeur/ auditrice listeners
11. les refugies refugees
12. vĂŞtements chauds warm clothes
13. centre d’accueil a welcome center
14. une entreprise a business
15. enseignants bénévoles volunteer teachers
16. plus de more
17. une famille bénévole a volunteer family – ( a host family)
18. s’entendre bien get along well
19. lançons un appel make a plea