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JUNIOR CERT FRENCH  2019 Q.3 HONOURS LEVEL PAST PAPER READING COMPREHENSION  JUNIOR CERT FRENCH  Test your knowledge of verbs and vocabulary with this new resource on www.frenchnotes.ie French worksheet on Q.3 of the 2019 paper. Please note that full version is available to members of our Junior Cert or Teacher plans. In our Junior Cert […]

Why should students consider doing a French Notes revision course? In schools around Ireland, most students are in classes of approximately 30 students. The teacher does his or her best to make sure that you are learning to the best of your ability. However, most class periods are for 40 minutes, of which about 7 […]

TRANSLATION – LA TRADUCTION As a French teacher, I am constantly looking for ways to reinforce learning. I have found that translation exercises are a fantastic way of getting students to concentrate on grammatical points, and either introducing or compounding a variety of key vocabulary. In the following translation exercise, students are given 20 sentences. […]

Are you going into secondary school in September and taking French? In 2016 over 31,000 students sat the Junior Cert French exam.  So in any one year there are approximately 30,000 students meeting French as a subject for the first time. Whenever I go into a first year class, I explain to the students that […]

WHEN TO USE THE PRONOUN ‘ON’ The 3rd person singular pronoun ‘on’ is an indefinite pronoun and means: One They We People It is used with the il/elle form of the verb. Si on étudie, on reçoit de bonnes notes – If we study, we receive good marks.   ‘ON’ MEANS ‘WE’ IN MODERN FRENCH […]

  Unlike a lot of sites which aim to help students with several subjects in the Leaving or Junior Certificate exams, French Notes.ie focuses entirely on French. We have devised this study guide to help you answer the reading comprehensions, without giving the answers, as that, in our opinion, would be pointless, and there would […]

Une vague de cyber attaque s’abat sur plus d’une centaine de pays. Des pirates se sont introduits subitement dans les systèmes d’ordinateur et paralyse le fonctionnement d’entreprises et d’institution. En France, le constructeur automobile Renault est affecté… A wave of Cyber attacks has hit more than a hundred countries. The hackers have infiltrated computer systems […]

Bonjour tout le monde Hello, we are now on youtube and uploading videos. The Channel will primarily focus on the vocabulary for the Junior Cert and Leaving Cert, We do hope you enjoy and find them helpful https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoXek4e_o5n1Fi9bCATS3dw

LA VIOLENCE N’EST JAMAIS JUSTIFIÉE – QUEL EST VOTRE AVIS? VIOLENCE IS NEVER JUSTIFIED – WHAT IS YOUR OPINION? The question here is whether or not violence is ever acceptable. If you are presented with a question about the topic of violence in the leaving cert exam, I advise you to do the following: Make […]

UN BALAI – A BRUSH/A BROOM Balayer – to sweep être con comme un balai – to be incredibly stupid Rôtir le balai – to burn the candle at both ends Balayer quelqu’un – to dismiss someone Donner un coup de balai – to sweep On ne peut pas le bilayer du revers de la […]

JUNIOR CERT LISTENING SECTION The Junior Certificate French exam focuses on the receptive skills in language learning. Therefore, most marks are awarded for listening and reading. The productive skills of writing and speaking are given more prominence in the senior cycle. The Higher level Junior Cert French paper is divided into 3 sections: 1. LISTENING […]

Bonjour tout le monde! Just a quick word about our free downloadable  Tips section. https://frenchnotes.ie/tips-advice/ We have a fantastic document on everything that you need to know on the French Oral Exam. Our tips section includes a two-part document on the four key areas of the exam. The first document deals with pronunciation and structure. The second […]

FRENCH MOCKS – A GUIDE A lot of students are asking us how or what to cover for the mock exams, which are going to be starting in the next couple of weeks. Here at French Notes, we have put together a few ideas to tackle each part of the exam. We will look at […]

  Noël est une fête qui est d’origine romaine, mais ses traditions, qui y sont associées, remontent à une fête païenne.  La fête de Noël est célébrée chaque année en France, comme un peu partout ailleurs dans le monde. En France, la fête commence dans la nuit du 24 au 25 décembre, ainsi que le […]