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GCSE French advanced phrases?

I am taking my French (higher tier) writing GCSE soon and was wondering if anyone knew any complex phrases I could use to develop my answers- e.g. the subjunctive (bien qu'il soit...)
Many thanks

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CheeseIsVeg

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Original post by E4man

I am taking my French (higher tier) writing GCSE soon and was wondering if anyone knew any complex phrases I could use to develop my answers- e.g. the subjunctive (bien qu'il soit...)
Many thanks

Stolen from: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=897820

There are many many more, if possible you can access the TES website as I know they have fabulous french resources.

En Face - opposite
Apres Ca - After doing that...(good alternative to saying puis all the time)
A Mon Avis - In my opinion
Je pense que..
Je crois que...
J'ai l'impression que...
Il me semble que... (+subjunctive)
Parce que
Je dirais que - I would say that
Dans le passé je l’ai trouvé + adjective - In the past I found him/her/it...
c’est pas du tout le cas- that's not the case
Ça peut être - it can be
Je ne suis pas entièrement persuadée - I'm not entirely persuaded
Quand j’étais- when I was
j’essaye choisir- I try to choose
Il s’agit d' - it's about
Récemment- recently
en ce moment- at the moment
J'essaie de choisir - I try to choose
D'un part.... D'autre part.. - On the one hand...On the other hand.
De plus - Furthermore
En effet - Indeed
En fait - In fact
D'ailleurs - Besides/Moreover
Il faut regarder les choses du bon cote - One must look on the bright side of things
Qui vivra verra - Time will tell
Selon moi - according to me
En fin de compte - at the end of the day
Je dirais que - I would say that
J'aurais dit/cru que - I would have said/believed that
Il me semble que - It seems to me that
je me suis rendu compte que - i realised that.
on a l'embarras du choix quant a... - one is spoilt for choice with regards to..
il pleuvait a verse - it was raining very heavily..always need a good weather sentence.
si j'avais su - if i had known..good at the end, shows pluperfect, and requires conditional to finish the sentence.
En... j'ai... for eg: En rentrant a la maison, je me suis relaxer en regardent la tele*. (After having returned home, I relaxed by watching the television.
D'un côté, j'aime ___ parce que..mais de l'autre côté, je n'aime pas ___ parce que - On one hand, i like __ because..but on the other, don't like___ because..