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mon avis Je pense que Je crois que Je trouve que Je suis davis que Je dirais que Il me semble que Personnellement Pour moi Pour ma part Selon moi OPINIONS in my opinion I think that I think that I find that I am of the opinion that I would say that it seems to me that personally for me for my part according to me GIVING REASONS parce que cest because it is parce que ctait because it was because it is going to be

parce que a va tre-

LIKES Je prfre I prefer Jaime I like Jaime beaucoup I likea lot Jadore I love a me plat (beaucoup) It pleases me (a lot) Je me passionne pourI have a passion for Jai une vraie passion pour - I have a real passion for

Je naime pas Je naime pas du tout Je ne supporte pas Je dteste a ne me plat pas

DISLIKES - I dont like - I dont like at all - I cant stand - I hate - It doesnt please me

CONNECTIVES to join two short sentences together et and mais but aussi also / as well / too parce que because car because qui which / who quand when o where QUANTIFIERS / INTENSIFIERS un peu a little assez quite / fairly trs very trop too vraiment really beaucoup de +noun lots of + noun ADVERBS quickly slowly easily carefully fortunately unfortunately

CONNECTIVES to link sentences within a paragraph puis next / then plus tard later aprs a afterwards donc therefore pour cette raison for this reason pourtant however cependant however ADJECTIVES TO IMPRESS terrible boss / cool gnial brilliant impressionnant impressive chouette great incroyable unbelievable

rapidement / vite lentement facilement soigneusement heureusement malheureusement

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY & TIME en gnral generally normalement normally souvent often toujours always quelquefois sometimes de temps en temps from time to time une fois par semaine once a week deux fois par semainetwice a week tous les jours every day

COMPARISONS est plus + adjective + que = is ............er than Suarez est plus vite que Gerrard Beyonce est plus jolie que Shakira Suarez is faster than Gerrard Beyonce is prettier than Shakira

est aussi + adjective + que = is as + adjective + as Suarez est aussi vite que Gerrard Beyonce est aussi jolie que Shakira Suarez is as fast as Gerrard Beyonce is as pretty as Shakira

SUPERLATIVES Gerrard est le plus vite Beyonce est la plus jolie Gerrard is the fastest Beyonce is the prettiest
de ma famille - in my family de la classe - in the class du collge in the school du monde in the world

Quelle chance! Quelle horreur! Quelle journe ! Quelle surprise ! Quel dommage!

EXCLAMATIONS What luck ! How horrible ! What a day ! What a surprise ! What a pity ! HIGHER LEVEL STRUCTURES

avant de + INFINITIVE e.g. avant de sortir aprs avoir + PAST PARTICIPLE e.g. aprs avoir jou au football en + PRESENT PARTICIPLE e.g. en quittant la salle venir de + INFINITIVE e.g. je viens de finir mes devoirs devoir/pouvoir/vouloir + INFINITIVE e.g. je dois faire mes devoirs e.g. je peux aller au cinma e.g. je veux regarder la tl Ce qui est + adjective + cest que e.g. ce qui est intressant cest que e.g. ce qui est important cest que

before + -ing before going out after having + past participle after having played football on + -ing on leaving the room To have just + past participle I have just finished my homework to have to / to be able to / to want to do something I have to do my homework I can go to the cinema I want to watch the TV what is + adjective + is that what is interesting is that what is important is that what + opinion + is + NOUN / INFINITIVE what I like / I Iove (the most) is swimming what I dont like / hate (the most) is doing sport If I have + noun, I am going to + INFINITIVE If I have the time, I am going to go into town If I have the money, I am going to buy some clothes

Ce que + opinion + cest + NOUN / INFINITIVEe.g. ce que jaime / jadore (le plus) cest la natation e.g. ce que je naime pas / je dteste (le plus)cest faire du sport Si jai + noun, je vais + INFINITIVE e.g. Si jai le temps, je vais aller en ville e.g. Si jai largent, je vais acheter des vtements -

Avoir chaud Avoir soif Avoir raison Avoir honte de Avoir besoin de

EXPRESSIONS WITH AVOIR To be hot Avoir froid To be thirsty Avoir faim To be right Avoir tort To be ashamed of Avoir peur de To need Avoir de la chance -

To be cold To be hungry To be wrong To be afraid of To be lucky

Avoir envie de + INFINITIVE e.g. Jai envie daller au cinma Avoir lintention de + INFINITIVE e.g. Jai lintention de continuer mes tudes
PRESENT TENSE INDICATORS
maintenant en ce moment aujourdhui ce matin cet aprs-midi ce soir now at the moment today this morning this afternoon / this evening

To feel like doing something I feel like going to the cinema To intend to do something I intend to continue my studies

PAST TENSE INDICATORS

hier - yesterday avant-hier - the day before il y a deux jours - two days ago il y a deux ans - two years ago la semaine dernire - last week lanne dernire - last year

FUTURE TENSE INDICATORS

demain - tomorrow demain matin - tomorrow morning demain aprs-midi - tomorrow afternoon demain soir - tomorrow evening la semaine prochaine next week lanne prochaine next year

COMMON VERBS INFINITIVE

arriver to arrive rester to stay acheterto buy adorer to love aimer to like chanter to sing danser to dance dtester to hate couter to listen to habiter to live jouer to play manger to eat nager to swim parler to talk prfrer to prefer regarder to watch travailler to work voyager to travel finir to finish attendre to wait for aller to go avoir to have tre to be faire to do

PRESENT
jarrive I arrive je reste I stay jachte I buy jadore I love jaime I like je chante I sing je danse I dance je dteste I hate jcoute I listen to jhabite I live je joue I play je mange I eat je nage I swim je parle I talk je prfre I prefer je regarde I watch je travaille I work je voyage I travel je finis I finish jattends I wait for je vais I go jai I have je suis I am je fais I do

PAST
je suis arriv(e) I arrived je suis rest(e) I stayed jai achet I bought jai ador I loved jai aim I liked jai chant I sang jai dans I danced jai dtest I hated jai cout I listened to jai habit I lived jai jou I played jai mang I ate jai nag I swam jai parl I talked jai prfr I preferred jai regard I watched jai travaill I worked jai voyag I travelled jai fini I finished jai attendu I waited for

FUTURE
je vais arriver I am going to arrive je vais rester I am going to stay je vais acheter I am going to buy je vais adorer I am going to love je vais aimer I am going to like je vais chanter I am going to sing je vais danser I am going to dance je vais dtester I am going to hate je vais couter I am going to listen to je vais habiter I am going to live je vais jouer I am going to play je vais manger I am going to eat je vais nager I am going to swim je vais parler I am going to talk je vais prfrerI am going to prefer je vais regarder I am going to watch je vais travailler I am going to work je vais voyagerI am going to travel je vais finir I am going to finish je vais attendre I am going to wait for je vais aller I am going to go je vais avoir I am going to have je vais tre I am going to be je vais faire I am going to do

KEY IRREGULARS
je suis all(e) I went jai eu I had jai t I have been jai fait I did

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NEGATIVES To make a negative sentence in French, put nepas around the verb. je vais I go / am going je ne vais pas I do not go / I am not going jai I have / am having je nai pas I do not have / I am not having ne..........................jamais ne..........................rien ne..........................personne neplus OTHER NEGATIVES never........................ nothing...................... nobody...................... no longer