1. 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.

2. intelligent/ intelligente désordonné/ désordonnée ordonné/ ordonnée
COPY THE “ADJECTIVES” IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH WITH BOTH MASCULINE AND FEMININE VERSIONS.
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
Bethany
CLAUDE
Remember! Use the adjective in blue when describing a boy, pink when describing a girl. The adjectvive in black works for both genders!

3. J’aime… Je n’aime pas… J’adore… Je déteste….
THESE ARE THE 4 KEY OPINION PHRASES THAT YOU KNOW FROM KEY STAGE 3. COPY THEM IN YOUR BOOK IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THEM.
Remember ! Expressing like and dislike is a key element of GCSE French.

4. Key phrases for a C grade +:
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.
COPY IN YOUR BOOK!
Key phrases for a C grade +:
Opinions:
Je crois que / je pense que…..I think that….
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 également also / de plus… furthermore
mais but cependant however
Aussi also néanmoins / en revanche although

5. 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

6. 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

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