Weather (AQA GCSE French): Revision Note
Exam code: 8652
Written by: Amy Bates
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Weather
For the topic of weather, you need to:
give and understand information about the weather in the past, present and future
know the seasons in French
use impersonal verbs and structures to talk about weather conditions
Weather: vocabulary
Some useful words and phrases to talk about the weather are:
Quel temps fait-il?
What’s the weather like?
Quel temps faisait-il?
What was the weather like?
Quel temps fera-t-il?
What will the weather be like?
Category | French | Part of speech | English |
Weather | brouillard | n (m) | fog, mist, haze |
ciel | n (m) | sky | |
climat | n (m) | climate | |
neige | n (f) | snow | |
soleil | n (m) | sun | |
vent | n (m) | wind | |
chaud | adj | hot | |
froid | adj | cold | |
beau | adj | nice (weather) | |
mauvais | adj | bad (weather) | |
Seasons | saison | n (f) | season |
printemps | n (m) | spring | |
été | n (m) | summer | |
automne | n (m) | autumn | |
hiver | n (m) | winter |
Higher tier only
These words are only required for Higher tier.
French | Part of speech | English | Examples | |
météo | n (m) | weather forecast | Je regarde la météo tous les jours. | I watch the weather forecast every day. |
pluie | n (f) | rain | La pluie commence ce matin. | The rain starts this morning. |
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