Me, my family and friends in FrenchSpeaking questions - friends and family - Higher

Can you understand people talking about their friends and family in French? Practise key phrases for describing appearance and personality and explain how well you get on with them.

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Speaking questions - friends and family - Higher

Photo-based speaking task

Look at the photo and practise how you would answer the questions yourself. The answers below are suggestions. Your answers don’t have to be true, but it is easier to remember what to say if it is true. The bullet points are in French. The English translation is provided below.

Six teenage girls are smiling, with their arms around each other, some carrying shopping bags.

Regarde la photo et prépare des réponses sur les points suivants :

  • la description de la photo
  • ton opinion sur l’importance de tes amis
  • ce que tu as fait avec tes copains récemment
  • ton ami(e) idéal(e)
  • !

The card is asking you to look at the photo and prepare answers to the following points:

Regarde la photo et prépare des réponses sur les points suivants :

  • la description de la photo – description of the photo.
  • ton opinion sur l’importance de tes amis – your opinion on the importance of friends.
  • ce que tu as fait avec tes copains récemment – what you have done with your friends recently.
  • ton ami(e) idéal(e) – your ideal friend.
  • ! – answer an unexpected question.

Here are some sample answers to help you.

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Décris-moi la photo.

Describe the photo to me.

Question

Je pense que les amis sont très importants. Quelle est ton opinion ?

I think that friends are very important. What is your opinion?

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Parle-moi de ce que tu as fait avec tes copains ou avec tes copines récemment.

Tell me about what you have done recently with your friends.

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Comment serait ton amie idéale ?

What would your ideal friend be like?

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Penses-tu que plus tard, tu auras les mêmes copains et copines que maintenant ?

Do you think that you will have the same friends in the future as you have now?