Using the word ‘with’ to tell people who accompanied you on an activity is a basic detailthat adds to your sentence.

To really stretch yourself and tomake your sentences near to

GCSE standard, add a connectivephrase at the end of the first clause

or expression.

Write a contrasting or follow-upphrase right after your

connective phrase. This adds extra information to your

sentence, and builds up your vocabulary.

Adding an opinion at the end ofyour sentence leaves the

person you are communicating with in no doubt what you think

about the activity you are talking about.

Starting your sentence with atime phrase is a great way of adding extra detail – it is alsoa reminder to use the correct

tense. Time phrases like ‘hier’ always require the prefect tense,

so be very careful.

Your modal verb expression should come early in the sentence.

Check to make sure you havethe right spelling of ‘vouloir’,

‘pouvoir’ or ‘devoir’(does it end in –t or –x?)

Modal verb expressions arealways followed by an

infinitive verb. This is a verb asyou would find it in the dictionary.

How many examples can youthink of?

You need to follow your infinitive with a noun or expression thatmakes sense, adds detail, and

keeps to the context andmeaning of what you want

to say.

TIME PHRASES WITH

EXTRA PHRASES

OPINIONS

CONNECTIVESGO MODAL

INFINITIVES

NOUNS

Aujourd’huiA cinq heures

Ce matinCet après-midi

Ce soirA midi

Je veux / Je peux / Je doisTu veux / Tu peux / Tu doisIl veut/ Elle peut / On doit

regarder manger aimerécouter jouer alleracheter visiterfinir

choisir faire sortir

les vêtementsun filmdes CDs

un sandwichun livre

mon chatla télévision

la radio

avec mes copainsma famillemon frère

puis / ensuite / aprèsen plus

et

parce que / car

je trouve que c’estje pense que c’estje crois que c’est

TIME PHRASESWITH

BECAUSE

OPINIONS

CONNECTIVES GO MODAL

INFINITIVES

NOUNS

au cinémaà la banque

aux magasinsà l’hôtel

à Londresà Ipswich

les vêtements / des CDsau foot (ou les autres sports)

au cinéma (m) / à la banque (f)aux magasins (pl)

mes devoirsdu vélo

de la natationdu shopping

stupideagaçant(e)

ennuyeux(-euse)pénible

fou (folle)affreux(-euse)

magnifiqueintéressant(e)

formidableexcellent(e)

chouetteincroyable

(Expressions that go with)

ALLER

NOUNS

(Expressions that go with)

FAIRE

GoodADJECTIVES

BadADJECTIVES