School

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Your school

Here are some useful school phrases to learn:

Comment s’appelle ton collège? - What is your school called?

Mon collège s’appelle… - My school is called

Décris ta journée au collège - Describe your school day

To describe a day at school you could say:

J’arrive au collège à… - I arrive at school at

Je parle avec mes copains - I talk to my friends

Je vais en classe - I go into class

J’écoute le professeur - I listen to the teacher

Je travaille avec l’ordinateur - I work on the computer

Je mange à la cantine - I eat in the canteen

Je joue avec mes copains - I play with my friends

J’écris dans mon cahier - I write in my jotter

Je lis mon livre - I read my textbook

Je rentre à la maison à… - I go home at

Present tense

To revise the present tense click here

Present tense

Clothes

To talk about the clothes you wear to school click here

Clothes

Time

To recap on time in French click here

Time

School subjects

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Ma matière préférée c’est la musique - My favourite subject is music.

To find out someone's favourite school subject, ask:

Quelle est ta matière préférée? - What is your favourite subject?

To tell your favourite subject, say:

Ma matière préférée c’est… - My favourite subject is

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Ma matière préférée c’est la musique - My favourite subject is music.

Giving opinions

To find out what someone thinks about a subject, ask:

… c’est comment? - What is … like?

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Les maths c’est comment? - What is maths like?

To give your opinion you could say:

Bof - It's not bad

Ça va - It's alright

or:

Use C’est - It's :

ennuyeux - boring

barbant - really boring

génial - brilliant

intéressant - interesting

nul - rubbish

ok - ok

facile - easy

difficile - difficult

super - fantastic

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