Key Stage 3 FrenchVocabulary and grammar

Identity and culture

Technology and culture / Free-time activities

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Contents

Technology in everyday life - vocabulary 3Technology in everyday life - grammar 4Sports - vocabulary 5Sports - grammar 7TV/film - vocabulary 9TV/film - grammar 11Music - vocabulary 12Music - grammar 13Eating out – vocabulary 14Eating out - grammar 18Festivals – vocabulary 19Festivals – grammar 20Free-time activities – extension 21

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Technology in everyday life - vocabulary

Technology

la technologie technologyle portable mobile phonele réseau social / les réseaux sociaux social network(s)utiliser to useprendre des photos to take photosmettre en ligne to uploadtchater to chatun appli an app

Opinions of technology

c’est utile it’s usefulc’est trop négatif it’s too negativemon réseau social préféré my favourite social networkj’aime prendre des photos I like taking photosje n’aime pas mettre des photos en ligne I don’t like uploading photos

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Technology in everyday life – grammar

Utiliser – to use Utiliser is a regular -er verb and has the same endings as lots of other -er verbs, such as ‘jouer’, ‘manger’ and ‘écouter’.

J’utilise I useTu utilise You use (singular)Il/elle utilise He/she usesNous utilisons We useVous utilisez You use (plural)Ils/elles utilisent They use

Prendre – to takePrendre is an irregular verb and has the following endings in the present tense:

Je prends I takeTu prends You take (singular)Il/elle prend He/she takesNous prenons We takeVous prenez You take (plural)Ils/elles prennent They take

The near future tenseTo say ‘I’m going to …’ in French, use a form of aller (to go) + an infinitive. For example: Je vais utiliser = I’m going to use

Aller – to goJe vais I goTu vas you goIl/elle va he/she goesNous allons we goVous allez you go (plural)Ils/elles vont they go

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Sports – vocabulary

Ball sports

jouer à to play (a sport)je joue au foot I play footballle basket basketballle rugby rugbyle hockey hockeyle tennis tennisle ping-pong table tennisle netball netballle cricket cricketle handball handballle volley(-ball) volleyballle badminton badmintonle golf golf

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Other sports

faire de to do (sports)je fais du sport I do sportje fais du ski I ski / I go skiingle vélo / le cyclisme cyclingle patin à glace ice-skatingje fais de la natation I go swimmingnager / je nage swimming / I swimla musculation weight-lifting / weight-trainingla planche à voile windsurfingla voile sailingla boxe boxingla gymnastique gymnasticsla danse dancingje fais de l’équitation (f) I go horse-ridingl’escalade climbingl’alpinisme mountain climbingl’athlétisme athleticsje fais des randonnées I go hikingcourir to run

Frequency

tous les jours every dayune fois par semaine once a weekdeux fois par mois twice a monthtrois fois par an three times a year

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Sports – grammar

Jouer àTo say you ‘play’ or ‘are playing’ a sport, use jouer à. The vast majority of sports are masculine, and the à becomes au (because à + le = au). If the sport is feminine, say à la, if it starts with a vowel or ‘h’, use à l’, and if it is plural, use aux.

Je joue au foot I play football / I am playing football

Tu joues au hockey You play hockey / You are playing hockey

Il/elle joue au badminton He/she plays badminton / He/she is playing badminton

Nous jouons au rugby We play rugby / We’re playing rugby

Vous jouez au tennis You play tennis / You’re playing tennis (plural)

Ils/elles jouent au basket They play basketball / They’re playing basketball

Faire deLots of activities take the verb faire, followed by the preposition de.If the activity is masculine, you need to say faire du (because de + le = du). If an activity is feminine, it’s faire de la, if it starts with a vowel or ‘h’, use faire de l’, and if it’s plural, say faire des.

Je fais du ski I go skiing / I am skiing

Tu fais de la natation You go swimming / You are swimming

Il/elle fait de l’athlétisme He/she does athletics / He/she is doing athletics

Nous faisons du vélo We go cycling / We are cycling

Vous faites de la boxe You do boxing / You are boxing (plural)

Ils/elles font des randonnées They go hiking / They are hiking

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The perfect tenseTo talk about sports and activities you did in the past, use the passé composé, the perfect tense. It is made up of 3 parts:

1. The subject – je, tu, il, etc.

2. The correct form of avoir – ai, as, a, etc.

3. A past participle – joué or fait

For example: J’ai joué au foot I played footballTu as fait de la natation You went swimmingIl/elle a joué au rugby He/she played rugbyNous avons fait du ski We went skiingVous avez joué au hockey You played hockey (plural)Ils/elles ont fait de l’équitation They went horse-riding

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TV/film – vocabulary

Tv programmes

regarder to watchun documentaire documentaryun feuilleton soap operaun jeu télévisé game show / quiz showun dessin animé cartoonune comédie comedyune comédie de situation / une sitcom sitcomune émission de sport sports programmeune émission de science-fiction science-fiction programmeune série seriesles actualités / les informations / les infos the newsla météo the weather forecastla publicité advertsla télé réalité reality TV

Films

un film d’action / d’aventure action filmun film de guerre war filmun film d’horreur/ d’épouvante horror filmun film de fantaisie fantasy filmun film romantique romanceun film de science-fiction science fiction filmun film policier detective filmun film de suspense thrillerun Western western film

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Describing films and TV

amusant(e) / drôle / marrant(e) / rigolo funnyintéressant(e) interestingennuyeux/ennuyeuse boringpassionnant(e) excitingbête silly/stupidviolent(e) violenteffrayant(e) frighteningpopulaire popularavoir beaucoup de suspense to be thrillingavoir peur de to be scared ofils/elles me font rire they make me laughle personnage the character

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TV/film – grammar

PluralsTo talk about which TV programmes and films you like in French, you need to use the plural.

J’aime les films d’action – I like action films.To form a plural in French, you usually add an -s to the noun:

Les films – films Les émissions – TV programmes

In French, ‘the news’ is always plural: Je regarde les actualités / les infos tous les jours. – I watch the news every day. Les actualités / les infos sont très intéressantes. – The news is very interesting.

Some TV programmes also contain adjectives, which need an ‘s’ when the noun is plural: J’ai regardé un dessin animé. – I watched a cartoon. J’aime des dessins animés. – I like cartoons.

Here, animé is an adjective and dessin is a noun.

If there is a ‘de’ between film and the type of film (a noun or adjective), you don’t need to change the second part of the phrase.

J’ai regardé un film de guerre. – I watched a war film. J’aime des films de guerre. – I like war films. (Don’t add an ‘s’ to the word guerre.)

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Music – vocabulary

Music genres

la musique pop pop musicla musique dance dance musicla musique classique classical musicla musique rap rap musicle hip-hop hip-hople rock rock musicle jazz jazz

Instruments

un instrument instrumentjouer de to play (an instrument)je joue du piano I play the pianole clavier keyboardle violon violinle hautbois oboeje joue de la guitare I play the guitarla batterie drumsla flûte à bec recorderla flûte flutela trompette trumpetl’orgue organtravailler to practise

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Music – grammar

Jouer deTo say you play an instrument, use jouer de.If the instrument is masculine, you need to say jouer du (because de + le = du). If the instrument is feminine, it’s jouer de la, if it starts with a vowel or ‘h’ (except hautbois), use jouer de l’, and if it’s plural, say jouer des.

Je joue du piano I play the piano / I am playing the piano

Tu joues de la guitare You play the guitar / You are playing the guitar

Il/elle joue de l’orgue He/she plays the organ / He/she is playing the organ

Nous jouons du violon We play the violin / We are playingt he violin

Vous jouez de la batterie You (plural) play the drums / You (plural) are playing the drums

Ils/elles jouent des instruments musicaux

They play musical instruments / They are playing musical instruments

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Eating out – vocabulary

In the café/restaurant

un café caféun restaurant restaurantun bar bar / pubmanger to eatboire to drinkje voudrais I would likeje prends I’ll havel’addition the billle serveur / la serveuse waiter / waitressune assiette plateune fourchette forkun couteau knifeune cuillère spoonune tasse cupun verre glassune bouteille bottleune terrasse terrace / outside areal’ambiance atmospherela Wifi gratuite free Wifiissu du commerce équitable fair tradebio organicrecommander to recommend

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Drinks

la boisson drinkle jus d’orange orange juicele jus de pomme apple juicele thé teale café coffeele lait milkle coca Cokela limonade lemonadel’eau (minérale) (mineral) waterla bière beerle vin wine

Fruit

les fruits fruitune pomme appleune fraise strawberryune framboise raspberryune cerise cherryune banane bananaune poire pearune pêche peachune mangue mangoun ananas pineappleun citron lemonun raisin grape

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Vegetables

les légumes vegetablesle chou-fleur cauliflowerle brocoli broccolile chou cabbageun oignon / ognon onionun haricot vert green beanun champignon mushroomun concombre cucumberun poireau leekune pomme de terre potatoune carotte carrotune tomate tomatoune salade lettuceles petits pois peasl’ail garlic

Meat

la viande meatle poulet chickenle bœuf beefle porc porkl’agneau lamble saucisson / la saucisse sausagele jambon hamla dinde turkeyle poisson fishle saumon salmon

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Breakfast

le petit déjeuner breakfastle croissant croissantle pain breadles céréales cerealle beurre butterla confiture jamle miel honeyun œuf eggle yaourt yoghurt

Opinions of food

délicieux / délicieuse delicioussavoureux / savoureuse tastyfrais / fraîche freshterrible terribledégoûtant(e) disgustingbon(ne) pour la santé healthymauvais(e) pour la santé unhealthy

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Eating out - grammar

Manger – to eatje mange I eattu manges you eatil/elle mange he/she eatsnous mangeons we eatvous mangez you eat (plural)ils/elles mangent they eat

Boire – to drinkje bois I drinktu bois you drinkil/elle boit he/she drinksnous buvons we drinkvous buvez you drink (plural)ils/elles boivent they drink

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Festivals – Vocabulary

Festivals

la fête festivall’anniversaire birthdayEid Eidle ramadan Ramadan le jeûne fastingle Noël Christmasla veille de Noël Christmas Evela Saint-Sylvestre New Year’s Evele Jour de l’an New Year’s DayPâques Easterla Fête Nationale Bastille Day (14th July)la Saint-Valentin Valentine’s DayYom Kippour Yom KippurHanoukka Hanukkahle Dipavali Diwalila fête des mères Mother’s DayHalloween Hallowe’enla noce / le mariage wedding

Celebrations

une fête / une soirée partycélébrer / fêter to celebrateun gâteau cakeun cadeau presentles feux d’artifices fireworks

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Festivals – Grammar

Venir de (+infinitive) – to have just (+past participle)To say you have just done/been doing something in French, use venir de + an infinitive, such as célébrer, manger or recevoir.

je viens de célébrer I’ve just celebrated / I’ve just been celebratingtu viens de manger you have just eatenil/elle vient de recevoir he/she has just receivednous venons de we have justvous venez de you have just (plural)ils/elles viennent de they have just

Using three tenses in FrenchWhen you learn a verb in French, make a note of how to use it in 3 tenses.For example, célébrer (to celebrate):

Je célèbre – I celebrate / I am celebrating J’ai célébré – I celebrated Je vais célébrer – I’m going to celebrate

Recevoir (to receive/get): Je reçois – I receive/get J’ai reçu – I received/got Je vais recevoir – I’m going to receive/get

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Free-time activities – extension – vocabulary

Talking about numbers

un pourcentage percentagepourcent percentla plupart / la majorité the majorityla minorité minorityen moyenne on averageune statistique statisticplus de more thanmoins de less than

Advantages and disadvantages

un avantage est que an advantage is thatun inconvénient est que a disadvantage is thatles avantages / les inconvénients sont que the advantages / disadvantages are thatd’un côté on the one handde l’autre côté on the other handcependant however

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