Holiday Activities (AQA GCSE French): Flashcards

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  • la plage

    La plage means beach.

  • la mer

    La mer means sea.

  • la montagne

    La montagne means mountain.

  • la campagne

    La campagne means countryside.

  • le logement

    Le logement means accommodation.

  • la chambre

    La chambre means room or bedroom.

  • la nourriture

    La nourriture means food.

  • le repas

    Le repas means meal.

  • réserver

    Réserver means to reserve or book.

  • l'addition (f)

    L'addition means the bill.

  • What is the French word for a waitress?

    The French word for a waitress is la serveuse.

  • What does profiter de mean?

    Profiter de means to make the most of.

  • True or False?

    Mer is a masculine noun.

    False.

    Mer is feminine, so it is la mer.

  • True or False?

    Le séjour means 'the beach'.

    False.

    Le séjour means a stay; the French for beach is la plage.

  • J'ai nagé dans le .

    J'ai nagé dans le lac.

  • J'ai essayé un traditionnel.

    J'ai essayé un plat traditionnel.

  • Define the perfect tense.

    The perfect tense is used to refer to the past, for example 'I went to France'.

  • Define auxiliary verb.

    An auxiliary verb is a form of avoir or être used with a past participle to form the perfect tense.

  • What are the three parts of a French perfect tense verb?

    A French perfect tense verb has a noun or pronoun, an auxiliary verb (avoir or être), and a past participle.

  • How do you form the past participle of a regular -er verb?

    You remove -er and add , so manger becomes mangé.

  • How do you form the past participle of a regular -ir verb?

    You remove -ir and add -i, so finir becomes fini.

  • How do you form the past participle of a regular -re verb?

    You remove -re and add -u, so vendre becomes vendu.

  • What is the past participle of faire?

    The past participle of faire is fait.

  • What is the past participle of prendre?

    The past participle of prendre is pris.

  • Which auxiliary verb do all reflexive verbs use in the perfect tense?

    All reflexive verbs use être as their auxiliary verb.

  • When a verb takes être in the perfect tense, what must its past participle agree with?

    The past participle must agree with the subject in number and gender.

  • True or False?

    Every French verb uses avoir as its auxiliary in the perfect tense.

    False.

    Most verbs use avoir, but verbs of movement and all reflexive verbs use être.

  • True or False?

    In French, [é], [-er] and [ez] make the same sound.

    True.

    They share the same sound, as in je suis allé, je vais manger and vous sortez.

  • In French, do [oi] and [oy] make the same sound?

    No, [oi] and [oy] are different sounds in French, as in soir and voyager.

  • Nous sommes en Suisse.

    Nous sommes allés en Suisse.

  • J'ai dans la mer.

    J'ai joué dans la mer.

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