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    GCSE French – using a variety of

    structures

    How to make List of


    basic sentences contents

    more
    interesting.
    A*
    There are several structures that are introduced
    at GCSE:
    • negatives (ne…pas, ne… jamais, etc.)
    • relative pronouns (qui, que, ce qui, ce que, où)
    • direct object pronouns (le, la, les)
    • connectives (et, mais, donc, par contre..)
    • adverbs (bien, normalement, mal….) List of
    • après avoir + past participle contents

    • avant de + infinitive
    • the present participle (en jouant, en regardant)
    Let’s take a simple sentence.

    Nous regardons un film.

    There is nothing wrong with this at all,


    but if all your sentences were written in
    the same way…. List of
    contents
    It would sound far too much like a list.

    Nous regardons un film.


    Nous écoutons de la musique.
    Nous lisons des magazines.
    Nous buvons du coca.

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    contents
    To award the higher grades, in
    addition to a wide range of
    vocabulary and tenses,
    examiners are looking for a
    variety of structures.

    List of
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    CONTENTS
    • negatives (ne…pas, ne… jamais, etc.)
    • relative pronouns (qui, que, où)
    • direct object pronouns (le, la, les)
    • connectives (et, mais, donc, par contre..)
    • adverbs (bien, normalement, mal….)
    • après avoir + past participle
    • avant de + infinitive
    • the present participle (en jouant, en regardant)
    • comparatives and superlatives
    Negative expressions These go
    around the
    conjugated
    verb.
    ne…. pas – not
    ne…. rien – nothing, not anything
    ne…. personne – nobody, not anybody
    ne…. jamais – never, not ever
    ne…. que - only
    ne…. plus – no more, not any longer

    List of
    contents
    Negative expressions du/ d e
    une ch
    la/ un/
    ange to
    de afte
    r
    ne … pa
    sa
    You do not need to go overboard like I have ne… jam nd
    here and make every sentence negative – ais
    A FEW EXAMPLES WILL DO

    Nous ne regardons pas de film.


    Nous n’écoutons jamais de musique.
    Nous ne lisons que des magazines.
    Nous ne buvons rien.
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    contents
    Negative expressions
    Rewrite the following sentences using the appropriate
    negative expression.
     
    Answers
    EXAMPLE: Nous lisons. (We do not read)
    Nous ne lisons pas.
     
    1. Il écoute de la musique. (He does not listen to music)
    2. Vous faites vos devoirs. (You never do your homework)
    3. Je vois ma mère. (I do not see anybody)
    4. Nous jouons au foot. (We only play football)
    5. Je mange des chips. (I do not eat anything)
    6. Nous regardons la télé. (We are no longer watching TV)
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    contents
     
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    Direct Object Pronouns contents

    A noun that is a
    direct object
    is on the receiving end
    of an action.

    The book is the


    DIRECT OBJECT
    Je lis le livre. because it is
    being read.
     

    Direct Object Pronouns


    We can replace the
    noun with the word for
    it.

    Je le
    lis le livre
    In French we use
    They go in
    front of the le or la
    verb. when we want to say it and
    we use les when we want
    List of
    to say them.
    contents
     

    Direct Object Pronouns

    Underline the direct object in each of the following sentences.

    EXAMPLE: Nous avons regardé un film.

    Then decide which direct object pronoun needs to replace it.

    un film = masculine so we need le


    Then rewrite the sentence with the pronoun instead of the noun
    (not forgetting to put it in front of the verb).

    Nous l’ avons regardé.


    List of
    contents
     

    Direct Object Pronouns


    Rewrite these sentences by replacing the direct object with the
    correct pronoun.
    Answers
    1. Je déteste la natation.
     
    2. Il va acheter cette voiture bleue.
     
    3. Mes amis prendront le bus à 17h.
     
    4. Tu as vu mon cahier de français?
       
    5. Je veux la pomme rouge.
     
    6. Elle voit ses amis au parc tous les week-ends.
     
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