Vocabulary - school life
Here is some more vocabulary to help you talk about your day-to-day life in school.
| absent | absent |
| la bibliothèque | library |
| le brevet | GCSE equivalent |
| le bulletin scolaire | report |
| le concierge | caretaker |
| le contrôle | class test, assessment |
| la cour de recreation | playground |
| le directeur/la directrice | headteacher |
| l’emploi (m) du temps | timetable |
| l’étudiant/l’étudiante | student |
| l’examen (m) | exam |
| l’exercise (m) | exercise, practice |
| l’éxperience (f) | experiment |
| le fiche de travail | worksheet |
| les grandes vacances (fpl) | summer holidays |
| le gymnase | gym |
| l’heure (f) du déjeuner | lunchtime |
| le professeur | teacher |
| le proviseur | head teacher/headmaster |
| le remplaçant/la remplaçante | supply/cover teacher |
| la rentrée | start of school year |
| la réponse | answer |
| la retenue | detention |
| la salle de sports | sports hall |
| la salle des profs | staffroom |
| la salle d’informatique | ICT suite |
| le trimester | term |
| le vocabulaire | vocabulary |
| absent |
| absent |
| la bibliothèque |
| library |
| le brevet |
| GCSE equivalent |
| le bulletin scolaire |
| report |
| le concierge |
| caretaker |
| le contrôle |
| class test, assessment |
| la cour de recreation |
| playground |
| le directeur/la directrice |
| headteacher |
| l’emploi (m) du temps |
| timetable |
| l’étudiant/l’étudiante |
| student |
| l’examen (m) |
| exam |
| l’exercise (m) |
| exercise, practice |
| l’éxperience (f) |
| experiment |
| le fiche de travail |
| worksheet |
| les grandes vacances (fpl) |
| summer holidays |
| le gymnase |
| gym |
| l’heure (f) du déjeuner |
| lunchtime |
| le professeur |
| teacher |
| le proviseur |
| head teacher/headmaster |
| le remplaçant/la remplaçante |
| supply/cover teacher |
| la rentrée |
| start of school year |
| la réponse |
| answer |
| la retenue |
| detention |
| la salle de sports |
| sports hall |
| la salle des profs |
| staffroom |
| la salle d’informatique |
| ICT suite |
| le trimester |
| term |
| le vocabulaire |
| vocabulary |
To enable you to speak about what you do in school, below are some useful verbs.
| accepter, étre d’accord avec | to accept |
| apprendre | to learn |
| calculer | to calculate |
| commencer | to begin |
| copier | to copy |
| corriger | to correct |
| demander | to ask |
| dessiner | to draw |
| détester | to hate |
| devoir | to have to |
| discuter | to discuss |
| échouer | to do badly |
| écouter | to listen |
| écrire des lignes | to write lines |
| encourager | to encourage |
| enseigner | to teach |
| épeler | to spell |
| étre en retenue, ètre collé | to be in detention |
| étudier | to study |
| examiner | to examine |
| faire attention, se concentrer | to concentrate |
| finir | to finish |
| laisser tomber | to drop (a subject) |
| mentir | to lie |
| oublier | to forget |
| parler | to speak |
| passer un examen | to sit an exam |
| penser | to think |
| permettre | to permit |
| poser (une question) | to ask (a question) |
| pouvoir | to be able to |
| pratiquer | to practice |
| pronouncer | to pronounce |
| punir | to punish |
| redoubler | to repeat a year |
| répéter | to repeat |
| répondre | to reply |
| réussir | to succeed, pass |
| reviser | to revise |
| savoir | to know (facts) |
| sécher les cours | to skip lessons |
| se taire | to shut up |
| traduire | to translate |
| travailler (dur) | to work (hard) |
| utiliser | to use |
| accepter, étre d’accord avec |
| to accept |
| apprendre |
| to learn |
| calculer |
| to calculate |
| commencer |
| to begin |
| copier |
| to copy |
| corriger |
| to correct |
| demander |
| to ask |
| dessiner |
| to draw |
| détester |
| to hate |
| devoir |
| to have to |
| discuter |
| to discuss |
| échouer |
| to do badly |
| écouter |
| to listen |
| écrire des lignes |
| to write lines |
| encourager |
| to encourage |
| enseigner |
| to teach |
| épeler |
| to spell |
| étre en retenue, ètre collé |
| to be in detention |
| étudier |
| to study |
| examiner |
| to examine |
| faire attention, se concentrer |
| to concentrate |
| finir |
| to finish |
| laisser tomber |
| to drop (a subject) |
| mentir |
| to lie |
| oublier |
| to forget |
| parler |
| to speak |
| passer un examen |
| to sit an exam |
| penser |
| to think |
| permettre |
| to permit |
| poser (une question) |
| to ask (a question) |
| pouvoir |
| to be able to |
| pratiquer |
| to practice |
| pronouncer |
| to pronounce |
| punir |
| to punish |
| redoubler |
| to repeat a year |
| répéter |
| to repeat |
| répondre |
| to reply |
| réussir |
| to succeed, pass |
| reviser |
| to revise |
| savoir |
| to know (facts) |
| sécher les cours |
| to skip lessons |
| se taire |
| to shut up |
| traduire |
| to translate |
| travailler (dur) |
| to work (hard) |
| utiliser |
| to use |
Read the following sentences and translate from the French to English.
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Il faut se taire en cours quand le prof parle.
You must be quiet in class when the teacher is speaking.
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Je sais que pour réussir je ne peux pas sécher des cours.
I know to succeed I can’t skip lessons.
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La semaine dernière le proviseur a envoyé une lettre aux parents sur les consignes.
Last week the head teacher sent a letter to parents about school rules.
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Le professeur remplaçant a oublié de nous donner des devoirs.
The supply teacher forgot to give us homework.
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Je dois repasser un examen en janvier parce que j’ai échoué en juin.
I have to re-sit an exam in January because I failed in June.
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Un camarade de classe a écrit sur une table avec un feutre et il a reçu une retenue.
A classmate wrote on a desk with a felt tip pen and he got a detention.
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Mon dernier bulletin scolaire était très bien.
My last report was very good.
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Le concierge doit ramasser les dechets dans la cour.
The caretaker has to pick up litter in the playground.
