sound-symbol correspondence like the [y] sound in 'physique'

C1-1 L’école primaire est pour les élèves de six à onze ans. 

C1-2 On ne va pas à l’école le mercredi après-midi.

C1-3 Le collège est pour les élèves de onze à quinze ans.

C1-4 On ne porte pas d’uniforme.

C1-5 Le déjeuner est très important. Chaque jour, on mange les repas à table ...

C1-6 Les professeurs donnent des notes sur vingt aux élèves.

C1-7 Pour réussir un examen, un élève doit avoir une note de dix sur vingt ...

C1-8 Si on a une mauvaise note à la fin de l’année, on doit redoubler.

C1-9 Le lycée est pour les élèves de quinze à dix-huit ans.

C1-10 Au lycée, on prépare le baccalauréat. Si on réussit ... 

School life in France

French

A school exchange: plural verbs like 'sortir' and 'venir', 'sans' + infinitive

A school exchange: more practice with plural -IR verbs

A school exchange: formal 'you' and informal plural 'vous'

A school exchange: 'on' meaning 'we'

School life: singular verbs like 'choisir', questions with 'qui'

Every week and this weekend: present tense with future meaning, 'choisir' verbs

Every week and this weekend: more practice with plural verbs like 'choisir'

Here pupils extend their knowledge of -ir verbs like sortir and venir and add verbs like choisir in all forms. The formal 'vous' and 'on' and the present tense with future meaning give pupils more options to talk with others about activities and routines. Liaison, elision with h is taught.

School life: -IR verbs in the present, uses of 'vous' and 'on'

Put the stages of school life into the correct order.

Which verb describes what happens to students in France who are not ready to move up to the next academic year?

What is the name of the school leaving exam taken, around the age of 18, in France?

Some secondary schools are closed on Wednesday afternoons.

You study for GCSEs at High School / 6th Form College.

If you do badly, you can repeat the school year.

School life in France can be different to school life in England.  Which of these statements about French schools are true?

Put the words in order to make the following sentence. 'At high school you study for the bac. If you pass, you can go to university.'

Which of the following is the 'tu' form of the verb 'choisir'?

Match the following 'er' verbs to their translation.

Put the words in the correct order to make the following sentence. 'Petanque' is a popular game in France.

Je {{}} l'examen. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb.

What can the pronouns 'nous' and 'on' both mean?

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.

School life in France

Lesson outcome

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.