Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and exercises for French for Baccalaureate

Geek in the Pink Lyrics

Well, let the geek in the pink take a stab at it.
If you like the way I'm thinkin', baby, wink at it.
I may be skinny at times, but I'm fat fulla rhymes;
Pass me the mic and I'm a grab at it.
Isn't it delicious, crazy way that I'm kissin'?
Cause baby, listen to this, don't wanna miss it while it's hittin'.
Sometimes you gotta fit in to get in,
But don't ever quit, cause soon I'm gonna let you in, but see:

Chorus

I don't care what you might think about me.
You can vibe without me if you want.
I could be the one to take you home;
Baby, I could rock the night alone.
If we never get down, it wouldn't be a let down,
But sugar, don't forget what you already know.
I could be the one to turn you on;
We could be the talk across...

Starter Unit: Education Vocabulary

• qualification (título) ≠ mark (calificación)
• college (universidad) ≠ school (colegio)
• allowance (educational maintenance)
• degree (título de universidad) ≠ career (trayectoria profesional)
• encourage (support)
• skip (choose / omitir)
• wage (paid every week) / salary (paid every month)
• amount (a lot of money / cantidad de dinero)

Memory & Experience Vocabulary

• appointment (cita)
• calendar
• diary (agenda)
• forget
• learnt by heart = memorize (aprender de memoria)
• memory (memoria)
• mind (mente)
• recall (recordar)
• remember (acordarse)
• remind (hacer recordar / fer pensar)
• exactitud (accuracy)
• remarkable (unusually good)
• recited (said from memory)
• very surprising (astonishing)
• top marks (maximum points)
• anxious (inquieto, nervioso) ≠

Simple Past Tense: Regular and Irregular Verbs

Forming Simple Past Sentences

• Affirmative: Subject + verb (past form) + complement
• Negative: Subject + auxiliary (did) + not + verb (base form) + complement
• Interrogative: Auxiliary (Did) + subject + verb (base form) + complement?

Simple Past Examples

• I bought a pair of shoes yesterday.
• I didn't buy a pair of shoes yesterday.
• Did I buy a pair of shoes yesterday?

Practice Exercises: Simple Past

1. A: Did you go fishing last weekend?

   B: No, but I went swimming.

2. Yesterday, Ron found a cat on the street and took it home.
3. Yesterday, the school basketball team played against Northbridge. There were a lot of people at the game.
4. Dennis was in Barcelona last weekend and he visited many places.

Modal Verb "Would"

Understanding

1. Essential English Verb Tenses: Conjugation Patterns

The following examples use the base verb listen to illustrate conjugation across various tenses:

• Present Simple

  • I, You, We, They: listen
  • He, She, It: listens

• Past Simple

  • All subjects: listened

• Used To

  • All subjects: used to + Base Form (Bf)

• Continuous Tenses

  • Present Continuous: I am listening; We, You, They are listening; He, She, It is listening.
  • Past Continuous: I, He, She, It was listening; You, We, They were listening.

• Perfect Tenses

  • Present Perfect: I, You, We, They have listened; He, She, It has listened.
  • Past Perfect: All subjects had listened.
  • Present Perfect Continuous: I, You, We, They have been listening.
  • Past Perfect Continuous: All subjects had been listening.

• Future and Conditional Tenses

  • Simple

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Type

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Structure

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• Attention: attractive graphic elements.
• Body text: information and argument.
• Closing sentence:

Vocabulary Unit 2: Relationships

• Rowed: Discutir
• Finished with: Acabar amb una relació
• Dating: Quedar (cita)
• Fancy: T’agrada algú
• Flirt with: Tontejar amb
• Kiss: Petó
• Keep in touch: Mantenir el contacte
• Have a lot in common: Tenir molt en comú
• Make a good impression: Donar una bona impressió

Negative Prefixes

• Compatible: Incompatible
• Honesty: Dishonesty
• Legal: Illegal
• Possible: Impossible
• Responsible: Irresponsible
• Usual: Unusual
• Approve: Disapprove
• Comfortable: Uncomfortable
• Legible: Illegible
• Loyalty: Disloyalty
• Mature: Immature
• Polite: Impolite
• Rational: Irrational

Extreme Adjectives

• Angry: Furious (enfadat - furiós)
• Upset: Devastated (molest - molt molest)
• Attractive: Gorgeous (atractiu - molt guapo)
• Ugly: Hideous (lleig - molt lleig)
• Pleased: Delighted (encantat

Part 1: Word-Formation Examples

1. Reversative verb: uncork — to reverse the state of being corked/sealed.
2. Locative noun: bakery — a noun denoting a place where something happens or has a specific function; here, a place where baking occurs.
3. Denominal verb: cannibalize — a verb derived from a noun (cannibal).
4. Diminutive noun: duckling — a noun with the diminutive suffix -ling, indicating a small or young duck.
5. Attenuative adjective: None from the set. An attenuative adjective expresses a lessened degree of a quality (e.g., greenish). Indecisive is negative/privative, not attenuative.
6. Repetitive verb: replay — a verb with the prefix re-, indicating an action done again.
7. Collective noun: aristocracy — a noun referring to a collective social

Reading: Paying with Plastic

Exercise 1c

Year: 1980

Exercise 2a & 2

1. adopted
2. fraud
3. wear
4. manufactured

Exercise 3b

Topic: Damage

1. ruined
2. handle
3. fake
4. largely
5. fit
6. facilities

Exercise 2b & 3a

Issued, Handle, Fake:

4. in the long term
5. fit facilities

Listening Comprehension: Chris's Interview

Version A (With 'D')

1c, 2d, 3b, 4a, 5c, 6a, 7b, 8b, 9a, 10d

Version B (Without 'D')

1c, 2b, 3a, 4a, 5c, 6b, 7c, 8a, 9c, 10b

Grammar: Passive Voice and Causatives

Exercise 1: Passive Voice Sentences

1. These shoes were designed by Manolo Blahnik.
2. All the clothing has been folded by the shop assistant.
3. This cheese must be consumed within two days.
4. Every half-price tablet had been sold before lunchtime.

Exercise 2: Double Object Passives

1. ...was sent the toys this morning.
2. ...have been given to

Understanding Domestic Violence

Vocabulary

English - Spanish

• To punch: golpear (con el puño)
• To choke: estrangular (con las manos)
• To strangle: estrangular (con cualquier cosa)
• Isolated incident (single incident): incidente aislado
• Long-term: a largo plazo
• To cope with / to deal with: lidiar con
• To know and understand: awareness (conciencia)
• To look for or try to obtain: to seek (buscar)
• Psychological help: counseling (asesoramiento)
• To tell the authorities: to report (informar) NOT to demand
• A husband or wife: a spouse (cónyuge, esposa o esposo)
• Don’t get close to that person: a restraining order (orden de alejamiento)
• Repeated abuse: battering - battered women (maltrato, mujeres maltratadas)
• To support someone to do something: to encourage (animar)
• A