A*/High A vocab for French speaking GCSE Holiday

I've already done one speaking assesment on Town and got a B, I lost most marks on pronunciation, which I have really been working on.

I got an A* in my French writing, but I want to know some good speaking vocab to use. It's on holidays the next assesment, anyone got any good phrases/ good ideas of what I could include to get an A*?

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If it's a formal speaking test then I wouldn't use colloquialisms if I were you, but idiomatic things are fine - welcomed in fact.

When you say vocab about holidays, do you mean specific words or are you looking for phrases that will help you structure answers to questions? I am doing Advanced Higher French (Scottish exam) and starting it at uni in Sept. so I hope I can help.

just phrases that would look good the help would be much appreciated x

General vocab for discussion:

En ce qui concerne X - as far as X is concerned
C'est-à-dire - that's to say
Dans le sense que - in the sense that
Ce que j'aime le plus - what I like the most...
Ce que j'aimais le plus - what I liked the most...
De nos jours - nowadays
A l'heure actuelle - nowadays
Il y en a qui pensent/croient... - there are those who think/believe...
A mon avis - in my opinion
Quant à moi - as for me
Il s'agit - it's about (good for describing plots of films/books)
Après avoir + past participle - after having done X
Avant de + infinitive - before doing X
J'ai appris beaucoup au sujet de - I learnt a lot about...

Vocab specific to holidays:

se relaxer - to relax
se détendre - to relax
j'avais la possibilité de + infinitive - I had the possibility/chance to
améliorer mes connaissances linguistiques - to improve my linguistic skills
faire des amitiés solides - to make strong/good friendships
Pendant mon séjour - during my stay
j'ai logé chez une famille français - I stayed with a French family
je m'entendais très bien avec X - I got on very well with X
C'était une expérience très utile dans le sens que - it was a very useful experience in the sense that
apprendre à parler le français plus couramment - to learn to speak French more fluently
mes vacances de rêves seraient + infinitive - my dream holiday would be to...


Hope that is helpful; it's all I can remember off the top of my head.

I've already done one speaking assesment on Town and got a B, I lost most marks on pronunciation, which I have really been working on.

I got an A* in my French writing, but I want to know some good speaking vocab to use. It's on holidays the next assesment, anyone got any good phrases/ good ideas of what I could include to get an A*?

x

if you want I can email you my convo prompts and powerpoints on french vocab. (I got full marks on my speaking last year so they may be of help).

if you want I can email you my convo prompts and powerpoints on french vocab. (I got full marks on my speaking last year so they may be of help).

Please can you help me!! I have done some phrases and want to know if they are correct or not, I wouldn't ask if I wasn't desperate. My teacher isn't allowed to go through them with me.

J’adore lu sur la plage. - This is meant to say I love reading on the beach.

Après avoir shopping, j'ai nagé dans la piscine. - This is meant to say After shopping, I swam in the pool.

En Espagne, la plupart de temps, il faisait du soleil et chaud, mais le mardi il pleuvait bien que il faisait chaud. - This is meant to say In spain, most of the time, it was sunny and hot, but on Tuesday it rained although it was hot.

Au parc aquatique, j’ai nagé avec les dauphins. J'avais peur mais c’était trés amusant! - This is meant to say At the water park, I swam with dolphins. I was afraid but it was very fun!

c’était mon anniversaire – J'avais quinze ans. La viande était très délicieuse,mais de telle manière c´était cher. - This is meant to say It was my birthday - I was fifteen years old. The meal was very delicious but it was so expensive.


any help would be very much appreciated
Thank you

Well it has been a while since I've done any French. It mostly seems fine, but don't trust my opinion as I've forgotten a lot. However where you say La viande it does not mean meal it means meat as far as I know. So you should probably change that.

please can you help me!! I have done some phrases and want to know if they are correct or not, i wouldn't ask if i wasn't desperate. My teacher isn't allowed to go through them with me.

J’adore lire à la plage . - this is meant to say i love reading on the beach.
see here http://edufire.com/classes/10836-when-to-use-dans-sur-and-en-

après avoir fait du shopping, j'ai nagé dans la piscine. - this is meant to say after shopping, i swam in the pool.

en espagne, la plupart du temps, il y avait du soleil et il faisait chaud, mais le mardi il pleuvait bien et il faisait chaud. - this is meant to say in spain, most of the time, it was sunny and hot, but on tuesday it rained although it was hot.

au parc aquatique, j’ai nagé avec des dauphins. J'avais peur mais c’était trés amusant! - this is meant to say at the water park, i swam with dolphins. I was afraid but it was very fun!

c’était mon anniversaire – j'avais quinze ans. La viande était très délicieuse,mais de telle manière c´était cher. - this is meant to say it was my birthday - i was fifteen years old. The meal was very delicious but it was so expensive.


any help would be very much appreciated
thank you