French GCSE

Grammar and syntax

What Grammar and syntax means in French GCSE, as defined for AQA.

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The simple future is formed from the infinitive, with the final e removed from -re verbs, plus the endings -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez or -ont.

AQA · Verbs

'Que' is assessed receptively, so students must understand it in reading and listening but are not required to produce it.

AQA · Pronouns

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Pronouns (AQA GCSE)
Verbs (AQA GCSE)

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