Being Famous (AQA GCSE French): Revision Note
Exam code: 8652
Being famous
For the topic of being famous you need to be able to:
give and understand information about why someone is famous
discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being famous
use a range of negatives to add contrasts to your writing and speaking
Being famous: vocabulary
Some useful words and phrases you will need for the topic of being famous are:
Il / elle est …
He / she is …
Il / elle n’est pas …
He / she is not …
Il / elle est célèbre pour …
He / she is famous for …
Category | French | Part of speech | English |
Celebrities | carrière | n (f) | career |
célébrité | n (f) | celebrity | |
entretien | n (m) | interview | |
génération | n (f) | generation | |
identité | n (f) | identity | |
influence | n (f) | influence | |
personnage | n (m) | character, individual, person | |
personnalité | n (f) | personality | |
star | n (f) | star, celebrity | |
succès | n (m) | success | |
célèbre | adj | famous | |
réussir | v | to succeed | |
Reasons for fame | chanson | n (f) | song |
émission | n (f) | TV programme | |
équipe | n (f) | team | |
mode | n (f) | fashion | |
musique | n (f) | music | |
politique | n (f) | politics | |
réalité | n (f) | reality | |
télévision, télé | n (f) | television, TV | |
tour | n (m) | tour | |
vidéo | n (f) | video | |
Advantages of fame | argent | n (m) | money |
avantage | n (m) | advantage | |
prix | n (m) | price, prize | |
fier, fière | adj | proud | |
populaire | adj | popular | |
riche | adj | rich | |
gagner | v | to earn, win | |
Disadvantages of fame | inconvénient | n (m) | disadvantage |
journaux | n (mpl) | newspapers | |
médias | n (mpl) | media | |
liberté | n (f) | freedom | |
photo | n (f) | photo | |
dangereux, dangereuse | adj | dangerous |
The nouns personne, star and celebrité are feminine, even if we are referring to male people
Higher tier only
These words are only required for Higher tier.
French | Part of speech | English | Examples | |
image | n (f) | image | Son image dans les médias est très positive. | His/her image in the media is very positive. |
marque | n (f) | brand | Les stars utilisent leurs marques pour gagner de l’argent. | Stars use their brands to earn money. |
série | n (f) | series | Elle joue dans une série très populaire. | She stars in a very popular series. |
tournée | n (f) | tour | Le groupe fait une tournée internationale. | The group is doing an international tour. |
voix | n (f) | voice | Sa voix est très belle. | His/her voice is very beautiful. |
richesse | n (f) | wealth | Il utilise sa richesse pour aider les autres. | He uses his wealth to help others. |
puissant(e) | adj | powerful | Les gens puissants ont beaucoup d’influence. | Powerful people have a lot of influence. |
critique | n (m) | criticism, critic | Les critiques ont aimé son nouveau film. | The critics liked his/her new film. |
presse | n (f) | press | La presse écrit des articles sur les célébrités. | The press writes articles about celebrities. |
public | n (m) | public | Une célébrité doit toujours penser au public. | A celebrity must always think about the public. |
scandale | n (m) | scandal | Certaines célébrités veulent éviter les scandales. | Certain celebrities want to avoid scandals. |
victime | n (f) | victim | On peut devenir victime d'un scandale. | You can become the victim of a scandal. |
critiquer | v | to criticise | Les journalistes critiquent souvent les célébrités. | Journalists often criticise celebrities. |
The noun victime is feminine, even if we are referring to male people
Son and sa can mean both ‘his’ and ‘her’ as they agree grammatically with the noun, not the owner, so context is important
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