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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
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
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 |
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