YEAR 10
Key Stage 4 Curriculum
FRENCH
Five weeks teaching
Five weeks teaching
Five weeks teaching
Five weeks teaching
Includes CA Writing and KA3
Includes KA1 and KA2
TOPICS
GRAMMAR & SKILLS
Myself and my family
• Talking about yourself and other people
• Saying what you like and don’t like doing
• Talking about your parents and what
they do
• Talking about your friends
• Saying what you have done
• Describing famous sportspeople
• Talking about your main hobby
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Revising key present tense verb forms
Aimer + infinitive
Reflexive verbs
Using masculine and feminine nouns
Adjective agreement
The perfect tense
Using the infinitive to express –ing
The near future tense
My free time
• Discussing TV and cinema
• Arranging to go out
• Explaining why you can’t do something
• Describing what you did
• Describing what you saw or read
• Describing a sporting event
• Talking about new technology
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Using articles and direct object pronouns
Using pronouns after prepositions
Using modal verbs
Using the perfect and imperfect tenses
Expressing complex ideas in a simple way
The perfect tense with être
Using pour + infinitive
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Using the preposition à
Using prepositions and imperatives
Beau, nouveau and vieux
Using the imperfect tense
Using superlatives
On peut / on pourrait + infinitive
The conditional of modal verbs
Using negatives
Using direct object pronouns in the perfect tense
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Referring to the past, present and the future
Adjectives of colour
Irregular forms of the third person plural
Reflexive verbs in the present and perfect
Negative expressions
Using il faut and il est interdit de + infinitive
Using the future tense
Local area
• Finding the way
• Describing the location of a place
• Talking about the advantages and
disadvantages of where you live
• Discussing the environment and
problems in your area
• Discussing solutions to these problems
• Comparing where you used to live and
where you live now
• Talking about life in a French-speaking
country
• Talking about a town
School
• Expressions of time
• Talking about what you wear for school
• Talking about schools
• Your school day
• Comparing schools in England and
France
• School rules and pressures
• Talking about your plans
Five weeks
teaching
Five weeks teaching
Includes CA Speaking
Education and work
• Discussing jobs and money
• Talking about part-time jobs
• Discussing different jobs
• Applying for jobs
• Discussing problems at work
• Talking about work experience
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Indirect object pronouns
Looking for detailed meaning in a text
Forming questions
Using formal language
Using qui and que
Contrasting the perfect and imperfect tenses
Shopping and travel arrangements
• Shopping for food and clothes
• Making plans
• Making travel arrangements
• Talking about buying clothes
• Describing special occasions
Talking about fashion
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Using the partitive article
Using the future tense
More on être with the perfect tense
Using ce, lequel, celui, etc
Imperfect tense of avoir and être
Using the present, perfect and imperfect
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Using the verb aller
Past (perfect and imperfect), present and future
tenses
Using comparatives and superlatives
The conditional tense
Using the nous form in different tenses
Using the perfect infinitive
Using the pluperfect tense
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En (of it/of them)
Expressions with avoir
Impersonal verbs
Adverbs
Giving your opinion
YEAR 11
Five weeks teaching
Five weeks teaching
From January to April
Includes CA Writing and Speaking
TOPICS
Holidays
• Talking about holiday venues
• Talking about the weather
• Hotels and travelling
• Making holiday plans
• Describing a destination
• Eating out
• Talking about a past holiday
Health and people’s lifestyles
• Talking about food and drink
• Parts of the body and saying where it
hurts
• Talking about what is wrong with you
• Talking about a healthy lifestyle
• Discussing addiction and other problems
• Talking about family relationships
Exam Practice
Reading and Listening Topics
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Out and about
Customer services and transactions
Personal Information
Future plans, education and work
GRAMMAR & SKILLS