French Specification Link
French Year 7
Unit/Topic Detail
Meeting and greeting people
Describing ages and birthdays
Describing school bag items and classrooms
Talking about hobbies, likes and dislikes
​Saying what colours things are
Using adjectives
Talking about animals and family
Meeting and greeting people
Describing ages and birthdays
Describing school bag items and classrooms
Talking about hobbies, likes and dislikes
​Saying what colours things are
Using adjectives
Talking about animals and family
Saying where I live​
Describing and ordering food and drink
Talking about nationalities and countries
Talking about the weather
Giving personal details and describing myself
Talking about school
Describing hobbies and sports
Describing and ordering food and drink
Talking about nationalities and countries
Talking about the weather
Giving personal details and describing myself
Talking about school
Describing hobbies and sports
French Year 8
Unit/Topic Detail
Talking about where I live and my local area
Describing holidays
Talking about TV, films, reading and the internet
Looking at a trip to Paris
Describing my identity, music, clothes and key interests
Talking about where I live and my local area
Describing holidays
Talking about TV, films, reading and the internet
Looking at a trip to Paris
Describing my identity, music, clothes and key interests
French Year 9
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Unit 1: Who am I?
- Revising family and describing people
- Revising places in town and activities
- Talking about friends and what makes a good friend
- Using irregular verbs in the present tense
- Talking about family relationships
- Using reflexive verbs in the present tense
- Making arrangements to go out
- Using the near future tense
- Describing a night out with friends
- Using the perfect tense
- Talking about my life when I was younger
- Using the imperfect tense
- Discussing role models
- Using the present, perfect and imperfect tenses
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Unit 2: Hobbies & free-time
- Revising sport and music
- Revising technologies, films and TV
- Talking about sport
- Using depuis + the present tense
- Talking about your life online
- Using the comparative
- Talking about books and reading
- More practice of the imperfect tense
- Talking about television programmes
- Using direct object pronouns (le, la, les)
- Talking about actors and films
- Using superlative adjectives
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Unit 3: Daily life, special occasions
- Talking about food and meals
- Discussing and shopping for clothes
- Describing daily routine
- Using pouvoir and devoir
- Talking about food for special occasions
- Using the pronoun en
- Asking questions in the tu and vous forms
- Describing family celebrations
- Using venir de + infinitive
- Describing festivals and traditions
- Using a combination of tenses
French Year 10
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Unit 2: Hobbies & free-time
- Revising sport and music
- Revising technologies, films and TV
- Talking about sport
- Using depuis + the present tense
- Talking about your life online
- Using the comparative
- Talking about books and reading
- More practice of the imperfect tense
- Talking about television programmes
- Using direct object pronouns (le, la, les)
- Talking about actors and films
- Using superlative adjectives
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Unit 3: Daily life, special occasions
- Talking about food and meals
- Discussing and shopping for clothes
- Describing daily routine
- Using pouvoir and devoir
- Talking about food for special occasions
- Using the pronoun en
- Asking questions in the tu and vous forms
- Describing family celebrations
- Using venir de + infinitive
- Describing festivals and traditions
- Using a combination of tenses
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Unit 4: Town and countryside
- Talking about where you live, weather and transport
- Describing a town and asking the way
- Describing a region
- Using the pronoun y
- Talking about my town, village or district
- Using negatives
- Discussing what to see and do
- Asking questions using quel/quelle/quels/quelles
- Discussing plans and the weather
- Using the future tense
- Describing community projects
- Using the present, perfect and future tenses
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Unit 5: Holidays
- Talking about what you normally do on holiday
- Talking about holidays (past, present and future)
- Talking about an ideal holiday
- Using the conditional
- Booking and reviewing hotels
- Using reflexive verbs in the perfect tense
- Ordering in a restaurant
- Using the en + present participle
- Talking about travelling
- Using avant de + infinitive
- Buying souvenirs
- Using demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
- Talking about holiday disasters
- Using the pluperfect tense
French Year 11
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Unit 5: Holidays
- Talking about what you normally do on holiday
- Talking about holidays (past, present and future)
- Talking about an ideal holiday
- Using the conditional
- Booking and reviewing hotels
- Using reflexive verbs in the perfect tense
- Ordering in a restaurant
- Using the en + present participle
- Talking about travelling
- Using avant de + infinitive
- Buying souvenirs
- Using demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
- Talking about holiday disasters
- Using the pluperfect tense
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Unit 6: School
- Revising school subjects
- Talking about my school
- Using the pronouns il and elle
- Comparing schools in the UK and French-speaking countries
- Using the pronouns ils and elles
- Discussing school rules
- Using il faut and il est interdit de
- Talking about getting the best out of school
- Using the imperative
- Talking about a school exchange
- Using past, present and future timeframes
Revision and final examination preparation
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Unit 7: Work & career choices
- Talking about what you normally do on holiday
- Talking about holidays (past, present and future)
- Talking about an ideal holiday
- Using the conditional
- Booking and reviewing hotels
- Using reflexive verbs in the perfect tense
- Ordering in a restaurant
- Using the en + present participle
- Talking about travelling
- Using avant de + infinitive
- Buying souvenirs
- Using demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
- Talking about holiday disasters
- Using the pluperfect tense
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Unit 8The Environment & global issues
- Talking about what makes you tick
- Discussing problems facing the world
- Making connections between word types
- Talking about protecting the environment
- Using the modal verbs pouvoir and devoir in the conditional
- Discussing ethical shopping
- Using the passive
- Talking about volunteering
- Using indirect object pronouns
- Discussing big events
- Giving arguments for and against
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