Oxford Revise: AQA GCSE French Foundation

Basics
Theme 1 People and lifestyle
1.1 Identity and relationships with others
1.2 Healthy living and lifestyle
1.3 Education and work
Theme 1 Exam Practice
Theme 2 Popular culture
2.1 Free-time activities
2.2 Customs, festivals and celebrations
2.3 Celebrity culture
Theme 2 Exam practice
Theme 3 Communication and the world around us
3.1 Travel and tourism, including places of interest
3.2 Media and technology
3.3 The environment and where people live
Theme 3 Exam practice
Grammar
Nouns and articles
Adjectives
Adverbs
Pronouns
Prepositions
Infinitives and imperatives
The present tense
The perfect and imperfect tenses
The near future, the conditional and negatives in different tenses
Reflexive and impersonal verbs
Recognising prefixes and suffixes
Exam Practice
Listening paper
Speaking paper
Reading paper
Writing paper
Sound-spelling links

AQA GCSE French Foundation answers

This guide covers every topic in the AQA GCSE French Foundation course in depth. The vocabulary learning pages use the ‘look, cover, write, check’ technique to help you learn and recall the French words you need for your exams.

Each chapter has lots of exam-style questions for you to practice. These are designed to build your confidence, consolidate your knowledge and stretch your understanding. Exam tips show you how to interpret questions and produce a good answer.

Oxford Revise uses a clear three-step method to get you ready for your exams.

Step 1: Knowledge – learn the facts
Everything you need to know in each chapter is summarised in an easy-to-follow Knowledge Organiser.

Step 2: Retrieval – check you’ve retained the knowledge
Quick-fire recall questions and answers make sure you have learned the knowledge you will need for your exams.

Step 3: Practice – complete questions in the style of the final exams
Practice applying your knowledge and skills with plenty of exam-style questions, featuring hints and tips from revision and subject experts.

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