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Listening practice for GCSE

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In the countdown to your listening exam you should explore the audio files and listening exercises on these websites:

Frenchinaclick - Click through to the topic you want to revise.
Then click on "Pratique" and "Ecoute".

GCSE Bitesize French is another useful site for practising GCSE type listening questions.

For learning vocabulary with audio clips of the pronunciation of each word or phrase go to French-games.net
Click on Intermediate and the V in the top right corner for Vocabulary topics.
Learning vocab is so important for success at GCSE.

For basic French practice with audio files try Mylo.

Or for simple games and exercises with audio
Languagesonline

Telling the time

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Quelle heure est-il? - what time is it?

If you've practised learning numbers then it's time to learn how to tell the time!
There's lots of help and practice on the web.
You can listen to the time with this practice lesson.
There's also an exercise so you can check what you've learnt.
For more listening practice you can try these activities and games.
For more writing and reading practice the languages online website is very useful. Try exercises 1 -8.

Numbers 20-100

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You need to know numbers for:
- dates
- birthdays
- telling the time
Practise numbers here

Les professions et les métiers Professions and jobs.

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GCSE bitesize French has a listening exercise which practises this topic.
Match the job to the picture in this exercise.
Now, if you've been studying French for a few years then take a look at these two websites:
online activities to help you to talk about future plans;
also, this advanced listening exercise from GCSE Bitesize might interest you.

Jobs

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What is your job?

Practise talking about where people work.
Reading exercise - describing what people do in their job
Listening - Test yourself on what you have just learnt in the reading exercise

Learn the rules about changing the gender of jobs depending on whether the person doing the job is male or female.
Give the feminine for the jobs you have practised.
Then try this writing exercise to test this knowledge.
All these pages come from frenchinaclick.com

New French4u site

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Click on the link to explore French4u language learning guide.
A clear and simple reference guide for French language learners.

En ville - places in town

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Talking about the town where you live.
Learn the words for places around town from this website http://www.french-games.net/
Click on the "V" for vocabulary in the top right hand corner and select a topic.
Practise words and phrases for places in town by completing these exercises.
To practise the names of shops try Les magasins en ville.
You might want to say how far you live from different places, here's a fun online exercise to help you practise talking about distances "C'est loin?" "Is it far?"
For audio clips try the Mylo site.

Hobbies, sport and leisure

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This is a basic topic which you should be able to talk and write about.
Use the following links to study vocabulary and phrases you could adapt to talk about your own leisure activities.

Vocabulary list - Sports, games and activities

Present tense verb exercises

BBC GCSE Bitesize French Leisure activities

Now answer these questions:

Que fais-tu le week-end?

What do you do at the weekend?

Quel est ton passe-temps préféré?

What's your favourite hobby?

Wordle - Mes loisirs

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La famille - talking about your family

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First you could practise and revise the vocabulary needed for this topic Family members

For audio links to hear the pronunciation of the words for family members Family audio
Possessive adjectives such as my, your, his, her are also important, practise them with an exercise from languages online
Try a listening exercise about relationships between family members. You can access a transcript to listen to exactly what is said on the audio extract: GCSE Bitesize
Finally write about how you get on with the members of your family.

Food vocabulary

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French food and drink is a real treat. Practise the words you need to talk and write about what you enjoy.

As an introduction click on the food pictures.
There is also a good food vocabulary list at targetlanguage.co.uk
Les fruits et les legumes - Fruit and vegetables.
There are lots of exercises at Languages online to help you to practise.
More sound files at http://www.french-games.net/frenchtopics
Bonne chance et bon appétit!

Hobbies, sport and leisure

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Study French over the summer

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Keep up your language skills this summer by working through the following websites:

http://lexiquefle.free.fr/

Targetlanguage.co.uk

languagesonline.org.uk

French-games.net

http://www.hellomylo.com/

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/french.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/

Saying the date in French

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There are a few important things to learn or revise if you want to say or write the date correctly in French. Study the information on the link below:

Read about how to say the date

Checklist for success:

Learn the days of the week
Learn the months of the year
Learn the numbers 1-31

Remember:
Days and months have a lower case letter in French (different from English where we use an upper case or capital letter).

In English we might say "the fifteenth of May"
In French we just say "le quinze mai"
You don't need the French equivalent of "th" or or

French 4u updates

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French4u is being updated regularly.
You can find links to reference websites, games and interactive exercises on the topics you need to study on the home page of this blog. Look in the right hand column under the heading "Study French"

Numbers in French

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If you're revising for exams make sure you recognise and can spell the words for numbers.

You need to be able to use numbers in French for speaking: saying your age and phone number, and you will also need to understand numbers when people talk about prices, times, phone numbers and quantities.
Depending on your level you could study:
Numbers 1-20
Numbers 21 - 31
Numbers 32 - 1000.
Now you can listen to the pronunciation of the numbers.
To practise what you've learnt you could try some online exercises but if you want to have fun with numbers then try this game where you have to zap some numbers to gain a high score.
Use numbers in context with this listening exercise where you have to fill in ages, house numbers and telephone numbers.

Telling the time

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Quelle heure est-il? - what time is it?
If you've practised learning numbers then it's time to learn how to tell the time!
There's lots of help and practice on the web.
You can listen to the time with this practice lesson.
There's also an exercise so you can check what you've learnt.
For more listening practice you can try these activities and games.
For more writing and reading practice the languages online website is very useful. Try exercises 1 -8.
Finally here's a clear explanation of all you've learnt and practised.

The Environment - Key Stage 4

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Practise your listening skills

Here's a really useful listening exercise on the BBC GCSE Bitesize - French website
Listen to the audio extract and try to work out
1 What you can do at home to help the environment
2. What you can do in town to help to protect the environment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/audio/french/

Click on:
Listening Higher
Then:
Comprehension: The environment

Talking about where you live - Key Stage 3

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Où habites-tu? Tu es de quelle nationalité?
Where do you live? What nationality are you?

Study the list of countries and nationalities.
Try to learn which countries are masculine and which are feminine.
Practise what you've learnt with these exercises about countries and nationalities.
Remember in French when you talk about your own or someone else's nationality you use a lower case letter not a capital letter. "Il est français", "He is French".

Asking for and giving directions

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First you need to study the basics of this useful topic - Directions.
You can test yourself with this simple exercise - click and drag the words to the correct pictures.
You can practise listening to conversations on the GCSE Bitesize website. First Revise the topic then Test your knowledge.
Another useful language learning website is MYLO. On this website you can practise Directions and locations.
There are also many reading and writing exercises on the Languages Online website to help you with this topic.
The lexique website provides audio clips and exercises too

French ir verbs song

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Le verbe aller - song

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I bet you just won't be able to stop singing this!

Le temps présent - The present tense

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Whether you're learning the present tense for the first time or doing some essential revision then the following websites should help.
Verb busters
Francais interactif
GCSE Bitesize
And for a clear step-by-step explanation of Regular verbs try Level 13 from Targetlanguage.co.uk and work through to Level 15.

La famille - talking about your family

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First you could practise and revise the vocabulary needed for this topic Family members
Possessive adjectives such as my, your, his, her are also important, practise them with an exercise from languages online
Try a listening exercise about relationships between family members. You can access a transcript to listen to exactly what is said on the audio extract: GCSE Bitesize
Finally write about how you get on with the members of your family.

L'alphabet - The French alphabet

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You may need to spell your name, your address or the name of the place you are staying or want to travel to in France. Some letters sound similar in French and English like F, L, M, N, S, Z. However, some are very different! You can listen to the sounds of the French alphabet simply by scrolling over each letter. Try it now, start by practising your first name and surname. Then move on to practise spelling your town.

For a listening exercise you could try this French language learning website.
GCSE Bitesize include a good page on their website which has keyboard keys so you can type and listen to the sounds of the French alphabet.