WALT: Describing yourself, your family and friends and
being able to use possessive adjectives
WILF:
• Be able to give a basic description of your family – grade F
• Be able to give a detailed description of your family and
yourself and give your opinion – gradeE
• Be able to give a detailed description of your family and
yourself, give your opinion and justify it – grade D
Grade booster!!! Using the comparative will help
you achieve higher grades C, B and A.
COPY THE “ADJECTIVES” IN FRENCH AND
ENGLISH WITH BOTH MASCULINE AND
FEMININE VERSIONS.
Bethany
CLAUDE
active
big
boring
busy
crazy
fast
funny
happy
intelligent
messy
neat
nervous
quiet
sad
serious
slow
small
worried
actif/ active
grand/ grande
ennuyeux/ ennuyeuse
occupé/ occupée
fou/ folle
rapide
amusant/ amusante
joyeux/ joyeuse
intelligent/ intelligente
désordonné/ désordonnée
ordonné/ ordonnée
nerveux/ nerveuse
calme
triste
sérieux/ sérieuse
lent/ lente
petit/ petite
préoccupé/ préoccupée
Remember! Use the adjective in blue when describing a boy, pink when
describing a girl. The adjectvive in black works for both genders!
THESE ARE THE
4 KEY OPINION
PHRASES THAT
YOU KNOW
FROM KEY
STAGE 3. COPY
THEM IN YOUR
BOOK IF YOU
HAVE
FORGOTTEN
THEM.
J’aime…
Je n’aime pas…
J’adore…
Je déteste….
Remember !
Expressing like and
dislike is a key
element of GCSE
French.
AT GCSE, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS AN OPINION IN MORE WAYS. LOOK AT THE
VOCABULARY BELOW AND COPY THE PHRASES INTO YOUR BOOK ON A NEW PAGE. HIGHLIGHT
THIS PAGE SO THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS REFER BACK TO IT.
Key phrases for a C grade +:
Opinions:
COPY IN
Je crois que / je pense que…..I think that….
YOUR
BOOK!
Il me paraît que I think that
Je vais + (verb)… I am going to + (verb)… (to form future tense)
Je préfère… I prefer…
À mon avis… in my opinion
Parce que c’est… / parce que ce n’est pas… because it is / because it isn’t…
Linking words:
et and
mais but
Aussi also
également also / de plus… furthermore
cependant however
néanmoins / en revanche although
WRITING TASK
Describe the following celebrities in as much detail as you can,
including opinions and justifying them to achieve up to grade D+
Remember..
parce que =
because
Also
car = because
EXTENSION:
To extend your description language even further, you can use a structure known as
“THE COMPARATIVE”. This shows that you can compare different people or things.
More ____________ than = plus _______________ que
For example:
Claude est plus préoccupé que Bethany = Claude is more worried than Bethany
Claude est plus grand que Bethany = Claude is more big than Bethany = Claude is
bigger than Bethany.
Now write 5 comparisons between Claude and Bethany or
between some of your classmates
Grade booster!!! Using the comparative will help
you achieve higher grades A & B
Online practice
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