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Les célébrités et les réseaux sociaux : extending vocabulary (Edexcel)

I can understand texts about celebrities and their online presence, and acquire topic-specific vocabulary.

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Les célébrités et les réseaux sociaux : extending vocabulary (Edexcel)

I can understand texts about celebrities and their online presence, and acquire topic-specific vocabulary.

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Key learning points

  1. There are many cognates in this topic which can be used to infer meaning of surrounding words and understand context.
  2. Reading texts can be exploited to enrich our vocabulary on current issues.
  3. Cognates may look very similar to English but sound quite different so attention must be paid to pronunciation.

Keywords

  • Cognate - words with the same meaning and same or similar spelling in English and French

Common misconception

Cognates are pronounced the same way in English and French.

Cognates often sound very different in French. Students must carefully practise the French pronunciation of these words.


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Task C1 has two options. Option 1 is a Higher Tier role-play. Option 2 is a Foundation Tier role-play. Option 1 is included in the video.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Complete the sentence: A cognate is a word with the same meaning and the same or similiar in English and French.
Correct Answer: spelling
Q2.
Which words in French are cognates?
world
Correct answer: tennis
cat
Correct answer: difficult
Correct answer: possible
Q3.
Match the sentence to the tense.
Correct Answer:j'utilise les réseaux sociaux,present
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present

Correct Answer:je vais utiliser les réseaux sociaux,2-verb future
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2-verb future

Correct Answer:j'utilisais les réseaux sociaux,imperfect
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imperfect

Correct Answer:j'utiliserai les réseaux sociaux,1-verb future
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1-verb future

Correct Answer:j'ai utilisé les réseaux sociaux,perfect
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perfect

Q4.
Choose the correct subject pronoun to match the verb: regardaient
je
tu
nous
vous
Correct answer: ils, elles
Q5.
Form a logical sentence.
1 - nous
2 - aimons
3 - la
4 - technologie
5 - et
6 - l'utilisons
7 - souvent
Q6.
Select what you should do in a role-play.
Give extra detail.
Correct answer: Give no extra detail.
Speak first.
Correct answer: Plan your answer first.

6 Questions

Q1.
Complete the sentence: a cognate is a word with the same and same or similar spelling in French and English.
Correct Answer: meaning
Q2.
Choose the statements that are true of cognates in French.
They are pronounced the same way as in English.
Correct answer: They are pronounced differently to English.
Correct answer: They are spelled the same or similarly to English.
Correct answer: They have the same meaning in English.
Q3.
What is the translation of 'to harm, harming'?
se fier
s'identifier à
Correct answer: nuire
Q4.
Match the vocabulary together.
Correct Answer:influenceur,influencer
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influencer

Correct Answer:chanteur,singer
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singer

Correct Answer:célébrité,celebrity
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celebrity

Correct Answer:abonnement,subscription
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subscription

Correct Answer:signer,to sign, signing
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to sign, signing

Correct Answer:quoique,although
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although

Q5.
'Tendance' has two meanings. As a noun, it means 'trend, tendency'. As an adjective, it means ...
Correct Answer: trendy
Q6.
Translate: you loved the show so much.
1 - vous
2 - avez
3 - tant
4 - aimé
5 - le
6 - spectacle

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