Verulam School. Easter Miss Adams

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1 Verulam School Easter 2007 Miss Adams

2 Revision Tip : Use tenses + time tags Past Present Near Future Imperfect Future Conditional faire aller jouer regarder manger boire rester écouter être avoir Time Tags

3 Revision Tip : Brainstorm each main topic Les vacances Au collège

4 Mes loisirs Ma famille et mes amis

5 Ma maison Ma ville

6 Revision Tip : Know your question words 1) Comment? a) Where? 2) Aimes-tu? b) What time? 3) Où? c) Do you prefer? 4) Quand? d) How..? 5) Préfères-tu? e) Who? 6) Combien? f) Do you like? 7) À quelle heure? g) What? 8) As-tu? h) When? 9) Qu est-ce que? i) What? 10) Qui? j) How much/many? 11) Quel/Quelle? k) Have you got? d 1) t appelles-tu? 6) travailles tu? 2) Le film commence? 7) est la date de ton anniversaire 3) les Maths? 8) des frères ou des sœurs? 4) aime le foot? 9) les Maths ou l anglais? 5) tu as fait hier? 10) âge as-tu? 1) Look for words you already know 2) Look for the context (what is the topic?) 3) Look for Cognates 4) Look for Tenses 5) Don t get tricked by false friends or misleading words 6) Be logical about your answer

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9 Revision Tip : Link your sentences together Check you know the meanings of the following connectives and use them to join your phrases and sentences to make your writing more interesting Aussi Bien sûr En fait En plus Heureusement Malheureusement Peut-être pourtant avant ensuite Tout de suite quand si ou Comme d habitude De temps en temps En ce moment Normalement Quelquefois Régulièrement Tous les jours après enfin Tout d abord mais donc Parce que puis

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11 GCSE Revison: present, perfect, imperfect or future? To show skill in the language and to get high marks in the exam you MUST show skill with verb tenses. Doing well on the writing paper is largely about recycling simple language and adapting it to the question. Translate these sentences the verb to use is given in brackets. Reminder: I play/i m playing = je joue I played = J ai joué I shall play = Je jouerai I m going to play = Je vais jouer I used to play/i was playing = je jouais 1. Yesterday I played football with my friends. (jouer) 2. In general I listen to music in my bedroom. (écouter) 3. At two o oclock I start my lessons. (commencer) 4. Last night I went out with my parents. (sortir) 5. When I was young I used to go to primary school. (aller) 6. Tomorrow I shall catch the train at (prendre) 7. Last weekend I caught the bus in front of the cinema. (prendre) 8. In the morning I get up at (se lever) 9. Yesterday morning I got up at (se lever) 10. Next week I shall play rugby for the school. (jouer) 11. During the holidays I visited a museum. (visiter) 12. This evening I am going to watch TV. (regarder) 13. Now I m doing an exercise. (faire) 14. I was doing my homework yesterday. (faire) 15. Last Monday I won a competition. (gagner) 16. Next Tuesday I shall do an exam. (faire) 17. I am 16 years old. (avoir) 18. Next year I shall be 17. (avoir) 19. I m interested in computers. (s intéresser à) 20. Ten years ago I used to like pop music. (aimer) 21. I went into town last Saturday. (aller) 22. Tomorrow I shall go to the cinema. (aller) 23. Tomorrow morning I am going to have breakfast at (prendre) 24. This morning I had cereals. (prendre) 25. I also drank a cup of coffee. (boire) 26. Often I drink orange juice or tea. (boire) 27. I used to play the guitar. (jouer) 28. During the Christmas holidays I stayed at home. (rester) 29. Next Christmas I shall go away to France. (partir) 30. Normally I spend the day with my family. (passer)

12 Exam Tip : Tick off each part of the questions when you ve done it Salut, Normalement, je me lève vers sept heures. Je mange dans la cuisine, je me lave et je m habille. L après-midi, je rentre chez moi à 16h. D habitude, Je regarde la télé et je fais mes devoirs. Sam

13 Now cover up the example and have a go yourself

14 St albans, 3 avril Bonjour! Ma région est assez belle et en général j aime y habiter. Il y a beaucoup de chose à faire, on peut aller à Londres et il y a plein de magasins. Malheureusement, il n y a pas de cinéma et il y a trop de pollution en ville. Le week-end dernier, je suis allé en ville pour faire du shopping. Dans la rue principale, il y a un magasin de musique, des cafés, des magasins de vêtements, et bien sûr, des supermarchés. J ai acheté un DVD et un nouveau jean. Ce week-end je vais jouer au foot avec mes copains et je vais aussi faire mes devoirs. Au revoir Peter

15 It s your turn now. Don t forget to tick off each part of the task

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17 I have checked my work carefully I have fulfilled all of the task I have used the past tense accurately + with a time tag I have used the present tense accurately + with a time tag I have referred to the future + used a time tag

18 (Higher level only) This higher question is asking you to write about hobbies. You need to: Use the Imperfect tense to say what you used to do when you were younger. Say what your hobbies are now, using the present tense Give opinions about young people and hobbies. Do you think young people are lazy now? Say whether you think young people watch too much TV. Use the conditional tense to say what you would do if you had more time. Use a nice variety of phrases Use connectives to link your sentences together Have a go at completing the more complicated writing question. Use the A/A* checklist to give you ideas of what to include.

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22 Listening Revision Speaking Revision 1) Check you know what is expected of you for your exam. Look at or ask your teacher if you are unsure. 2) Check you know all the key vocabulary for each topic. 3) Try some online listening practice from one of the suggested websites. Writing Revision 1) Check you can name 10 animals/ colours/ sports/school subjects etc 2) Can you refer to past, present and future events? 3) Can you talk about other people? 4) Can you give opinions? 5) Use the checklists given to you by your teacher and look at the web-based materials. 6) Mind-map each topic area by starting with a key word and then using it in a sentence and building up to a longer written answer. 1) Ensure you have filled in all of your speaking booklet. Download a new one from the Verulam website if you ve lost yours. 2) For French, there are example answers for Higher and Foundation. 3) Use every opportunity in your language lessons to practise. Put your hand up and have a go. 4) Extra lunchtime speaking practice may be available near the exam. Reading Revision 1) Check you know the key vocabulary for each topic. 2) Make sure you can recognise the difference between different tenses 3) Look out for key words often you don t need to understand every word. 4) Practise! Use the online materials. Remember to revise smartly!!

23 There are lots of useful on-line resources you might like to use to help you in the last few weeks before the GCSE exams: There are some from resources on Try for French, Spanish and German revision is excellent for revision French and German is good for practising vocabulary is worth a look is Mr Meier s French and German site Revise for German at For French there is also: Don t forget