Social Media: Grammar (AQA GCSE French): Revision Note

Exam code: 8652

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Impersonal verbs are a useful way to talk about your experiences with social media, and can add variety to your range of language in any topic. Let's look at them in more detail.

Impersonal verbs and de

Higher tier only

This grammar is only required for Higher tier.

  • Use the structure il est + adjective + de + infinitive to say ‘it is [adjective] to [verb]’:

    • il est facile de s’inscrire à ce site web

      it is easy to sign up to this website

    • il est interdit d’envoyer des messages méchants

      it is forbidden to send nasty messages

    • il est impossible de contrôler les réseaux sociaux

      it is impossible to control social networks

Examiner Tips and Tricks

It is important to use and practise grammar in context. Come up with some of your own sentences about social media using this structure, with a range of adjectives and infinitive verbs.

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