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What is specific to the IGCSE?

All exams are terminal and take place at the end of the two-year course - no coursework. This means you really have to develop sound writing skills particularly, as you will not get a second chance!

You also have to answer all questions in French in the LIstening and Reading papers.

For the Writing Paper, accuracy matters. If you make a mistake on your verb endings, you will lose a lot of marks. Learn your verbs throroughly right from the start of the course.
PAPER 1: LISTENING
Click here for advice on how to prepare for the Listening paper

PAPER 2: READING
Reading Paper: get familiar with the questions 

ESSENTIAL vocab lists from Past Papers available here
PAPER 3: SPEAKING
Click here for examples of questions on all the topics

Click here for Role Play vocabulary
PAPER 4: WRITING
Writing Paper: avoid these common mistakes
Vocabulary to describe emotions and reactions
Vary your opinions
Click here for general advice and PAST PAPERS
High-frequency verbs
Other Linguistic Features : - adjectives (facile, difficile, bien , mauvais(e), reposant(e), fatigué - and use vraiment / extrêmement / assez in front!
- comparatives: plus + adj, moins + adj (with exception: c'est mieux = it's better)
- possessives (mon, ma , mes): mon école, toute ma famille, tous mes amis, notre famille
- time expressions: avant, après, pendant, à (+time), tous les jours
- object pronouns: j'aime bien ça , je le pratique (=I practise it), cela me motive (=it motivates me)
- quantities: beaucoup de, plus de , moins de
- adverbs (after the verb!): souvent, toujours, parfois, aussi, (mal)heureusement
- linking words: cependant, parce que, car , mais
- negatives: ne...pas, ne ... jamais
- prepositions: dans, à, en
- partitive articles: du/de la/des: avec des amis , je passe du temps (à + Vb Inf), à la fin de la semaine (at the end of the week)
- relative pronouns: ce que j'aime le plus, c'est... (what I like best is...), c'est ce qui me détend le plus (that is what relaxes me the most)
- demonstrative: ce/cette/ces: j'aime ce passe-temps (I like this hobby) /  j'aime ces choses (I like these things)
- Miscalleneous:
Quand j'ai assez de temps... (when I have enough time)
Si j'avais plus d'argent... (if I had more money)
Si je pouvais... (if I could....) + vb conditional (j'irais - I would go, je ferais - I would do, etc)
je pense que / je crois que / je sais que
j'essaye de... (vb inf)
You have used j'aime and j'adore already? >> use j'apprécie
More useful adverbs:
certainement; réellement, vraiment; absolument; évidemment; sûrement; sans doute; incontestablement; probablement; rarement; justement; effectivement, simplement, joyeusement, normalement, spécialement, rapidement, facilement, clairement, seulement
More useful adverbs:
certainement; réellement, vraiment; absolument; évidemment; sûrement; sans doute; incontestablement; probablement; rarement; justement; effectivement, simplement, joyeusement, normalement, spécialement, rapidement, facilement, clairement, seulement