IB FRENCH EXAM 2025 FLASH CARDS

📚 KEY VOCABULARY TO KNOW

General / Academic Vocabulary

  • un concours – competition

  • un but – goal

  • la maĂ®trise – mastery

  • envisager – to consider

  • dĂ©cerner – to award

  • souffrir de – to suffer from

  • lancer un appel – to make a plea

  • empĂŞcher / s’empĂŞcher – to prevent

  • des dons – talents

  • propice – conducive

  • faible – weak

  • aggravĂ© – 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 rĂ©duction des dĂ©chets – reduction of waste

  • le gaspillage – waste

  • effet de serre – greenhouse effect

  • rĂ©chauffement climatique – global warming

  • canicule – heatwave

  • une amende – a fine

  • les rĂ©fugiĂ©s – 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: nuclĂ©aire, monoparentale, recomposĂ©e

  • Advantages & disadvantages of each

3. La Technologie et Vous
  • Smartphones (iPhone)

  • Internet

  • Sommes‑nous trop connectĂ©s ?

    • Avantages: communication, information

    • InconvĂ©nients: dĂ©pendance, 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:

  • Ă€ mon avis…

  • Je pense que…

  • Par exemple…

  • D’un cĂ´té… de l’autre cĂ´té…


📝 ESSAY STRUCTURE (SAFE IB FORMAT)

  1. Introduction (restate topic + opinion)

  2. Paragraph 1 – Idea + example

  3. Paragraph 2 – Idea + example

  4. Paragraph 3 – Opposing view (optional)

  5. 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