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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENT PAGE NUMBER
GENERAL VOCABULARY 28
Comparisons 2
Conjunctions 2
Connectives 2
Prepositions 23
Negatives 3
Number Expressions 3
Asking Questions 3
Common Questions 3
Greetings and Exclamations 34
Opinions 45
Expressions of Time 56
Location/Distance 6
Colour 6
Weights & Measures 67
Shape 7
Weather 7…

CORE VOCABULARY LISTS FOR FRENCH GCSE

The Listening and Reading assessments for Foundation Tier are based on the General Vocabulary List and
the Foundation Vocabulary List . At Higher Tier the assessments are based on the General Vocabulary List ,
the Foundation Vocabulary List and the Higher Vocabulary List .…

autour de around avec with
contre against dans in
de of/from depuis since
derrière behind devant in front (of)
en in/on/by en dehors de apart from
en face de opposite entre between
jusqu'à until malgré despite
parmi among pour for/in order to
près de near sans without
selon according to…

bon voyage have a good trip bonne année happy new year
bonne chance good luck bonne idée good idea
bonne nuit goodnight bonnes vacances have a nice holiday
bonsoir good evening bravo well done
ça va (?) ok (how are you ?) d'accord ok
de rien you're welcome désolé sorry…

passionnant fascinating/enthralling la peine the trouble (also means to
be sad. Eg avoir de la
peine/tristesse)
penser to think pessimiste pessimistic
peutêtre maybe populaire popular
positif/positive positive pratique practical
préférer to prefer promettre to promise
regretter to regret/to be sorry ridicule ridiculous
rigolo funny sage good/wellbehaved/wise
sembler to seem sensass…

semaine week seulement only
siècle century soir evening
soudain suddenly souvent often
suivant following/next sur le point de on the point of
tard late tôt early
toujours always tous les jours everyday
tout à coup/d'un coup suddenly/all of a sudden tout de suite immediately/straightaway
vite soon/quickly/fast weekend weekend

LOCATION &…

pas mal de quite a few peser to weigh
petit small peu little/few
plein de full of la pointure (shoe) size
rien nothing suffisamment enough/sufficient
la taille size une tranche a slice
très very trop too

SHAPE:
carré square hauteur height
rond round

WEATHER:
une averse a shower briller to…

l'argent silver le béton cement
le bois wood la brique brick
le carton cardboard le coton cotton
le cuir leather le fer iron
la laine wool le métal metal
l'or gold le papier paper
la plastique plastic la soie silk
le verre glass

ABBREVIATIONS:
CDI ­ centre de school library…