GCSE French

Grammar patterns
revision.

Tense endings, agreement, and the avoir / être decisions that hold a sentence together.

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Present tense

Regular -er, -ir and -re endings, plus être, avoir, aller and faire, the four irregulars that carry GCSE French.

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Perfect tense

Completed past with avoir or être plus a past participle, including MRS VAN DER TRAMP and agreement.

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Imperfect tense

Used to and was doing: take nous in the present, drop -ons, add -ais, with être as ét-.

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Future tense

Simple future on the infinitive, je vais plus infinitive, and the irregular stems ser-, aur-, ir- and fer-.

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Adjectival agreement

Gender, number, BAGS adjectives before the noun, and the spelling changes examiners actually mark.

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Avoir and être

The two verbs that run French: identity versus possession, age and hunger, and which auxiliary the perfect tense needs.

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