Education Post-16

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L'Enseignement Postscolaire - Further Education

Key vocab

Le bac - A levels.
Une licence, un diplôme - a degree, a diploma.
L'université - university.
Une année sabbatique - a gap year.
Un apprentissage - an apprenticeship.
En première - in year 12.
En terminale - in year 13.
Arrêter/Laisser tomber - to drop.
Avoir l'intention de - to have the intention to.
Avoir envie de - to want to.

Avoir l'intention de

J'ai l'intention d'aller à l'université, je passerai donc le bac. Pour le bac je vais étudier l'espagnol, la physique et la littérature anglaise.
- I have the intention of going to university, so I will do A-levels. For the A-levels I am going to study Spanish, Physics and English literature.
Je n'irai pas à l'université parce que je voudrais travailler dès que possible.
- I will not go to university because I would like to work as soon as possible.

Le bac

Pourquoi as-tu choisi d'aller à l'université?
- Why have you chosen to go to university?
J'ai choisi d'aller à l'université parce que j'ai besoin d'une licence pour faire mon métier idéal.
- I have chosen to go to university because I need a degree for my ideal job.

Après le collège

Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire après le collège?.
- What are you going to do after school?
Je vais prendre une année sabbatique parce que je voudrais parcourir le monde et car je ne sais toujours pas si j'ai envie d'aller à l'université.
- I am going to take a gap year because I want to travel the world and because I still don't know if I want to go to university.

1Home & Abroad

1.1Town & Rural Life

1.1.1Town

1.1.2What, Which, Where?

1.1.3What is There in Your Region?

1.1.4Places in the Town

1.1.5Things To Do

1.2Holiday, Tourism & Directions

1.2.1Countries

1.2.2Holidays

1.2.3Going on Holiday

1.2.4Tourism

1.2.5Food

1.2.6Eating Out

1.2.7Opinions on Food

1.2.8Directions (1/2)

1.2.9Directions (2/2)

1.2.10Exam-Style Questions - Holidays

1.3Customs

1.3.1Festivals & Customs

1.3.2Festivals and Customs 2

1.4Everyday Life & Traditions

1.4.1Greetings

2Education & Employment

2.1School Life & Routine

2.1.1Subjects (1/2)

2.1.2Subjects (2/2)

2.1.3School Routine

2.1.4School Life

2.1.5Exam-Style Questions - School Life

2.2School Trips, Events & Exchanges

2.2.1School Trips

2.3Future Plans & Work

2.3.1Education Post-16

2.3.2Jobs (1/2)

2.3.3Jobs (2/2)

2.3.4Job Applications

2.3.5Career

2.3.6Learning a Language

2.3.7Charity

2.3.8Exam-Style Questions - Charity Work

3Personal Life & Relationships

3.1House & Home

3.1.1Home

3.1.2Rooms of the House

3.1.3In Your House

3.2Daily Routine & Helping at Home

3.2.1Routine

3.2.2Helping at Home

3.3Family & Friends

3.3.1Describing Yourself

3.3.2Physical Appearance

3.3.3Personality

3.3.4Friends

3.3.5Opinions on Friends

3.3.6Relationships

3.3.7Family

3.3.8Other Family Members

3.3.9Role Model

3.3.10Childhood

3.3.11Exam-Style Questions - Family

4The World Around Us

4.1Global Issues

4.1.1The Environment (1/2)

4.1.2The Environment (2/2)

4.1.3Exam-Style Questions - The Environment

4.1.4Addressing the Issue

4.1.5Poverty & Homelessness

4.1.6Social Issues

4.1.7Energy

4.2Weather

4.2.1Good Weather

4.2.2Bad Weather

4.3Travel & Transport

4.3.1Transport

4.4The Media

4.4.1Social Media

4.4.2The Internet

4.4.3Exam-Style Questions - Internet

4.5Information & Tech

4.5.1Mobile Technology

5Social Activities, Fitness & Health

6Common Tenses

6.1Present Tense

6.1.1Regular ER Verbs

6.1.2Regular IR Verbs

6.1.3Regular RE Verbs

6.1.4Reflexive Verbs

6.1.5Irregular ER Verbs (1/2)

6.1.6Irregular ER Verbs (2/2)

6.1.7Irregular IR Verbs (1/2)

6.1.8Irregular IR Verbs (2/2)

6.1.9Irregular RE Verbs (1/3)

6.1.10Irregular RE Verbs (2/3)

6.1.11Irregular RE Verbs (3/3)

6.1.12Present Participle (1/2)

6.1.13Present Participle (2/2)

6.1.14Irregular Present Participles

6.1.15Avoir & Etre

6.2Perfect Tense

6.2.1Avoir (1/2)

6.2.2Avoir (2/2)

6.2.3Irregular Past Participles (1/2)

6.2.4Irregular Past Participles (2/2)

6.2.5Être ER Verbs

6.2.6Être IR & RE Verbs

6.2.7Irregular Être

6.2.8Perfect Infinitive

6.3Imperfect tense

6.3.1Regular ER Verbs

6.3.2Regular IR Verbs

6.3.3Regular RE Verbs

6.3.4Irregular ER Verbs

6.3.5Irregular IR Verbs

6.3.6Irregular RE Verbs

6.3.7Être

6.4Imperfect vs Perfect

6.4.1Which One to Use?

6.5Future Tense

6.5.1Regular ER Verbs

6.5.2Regular IR Verbs

6.5.3Regular RE Verbs

6.5.4Immediate future

6.5.5Irregulars (1/2)

6.5.6Irregulars (2/2)

7Advanced Tenses

7.1Conditional Tense

7.1.1Regular ER Verbs

7.1.2Regular IR Verbs

7.1.3Regular IR Verbs

7.1.4Irregulars (1/2)

7.1.5Irregulars (2/2)

7.2Pluperfect Tense

7.2.1Avoir (1/2)

7.2.2Avoir (2/2)

7.2.3Être ER

7.2.4Être IR & RE

7.2.5Irregular Être

7.3Present Subjunctive

7.3.1Regular Verbs (1/2)

7.3.2Regular Verbs (2/2)

7.3.3Irregulars (1/2)

7.3.4Irregulars (2/2)

7.3.5Using the Subjunctive

7.3.6Imperative

8Extra Grammar

8.1The Passive Voice

8.1.1Être (1/6)

8.1.2Être (2/6)

8.1.3Être (3/6)

8.1.4Être (4/6)

8.1.5Être (5/6)

8.1.6Être (6/6)

8.1.7Avoiding the Passive

8.2Pronouns

8.2.1Personal Pronouns (1/2)

8.2.2Personal Pronouns (2/2)

8.2.3Reflexive Pronouns

8.2.4Indefinite Pronouns

8.2.5Emphatic Pronouns

8.2.6Relative Pronouns

8.2.7Ça, Cela, Celui

8.2.8Demonstrative Pronouns

8.2.9Possessive Pronouns

8.3Asking Questions

8.3.1Question Words (1/2)

8.3.2Question Words (2/2)

8.4Nouns

8.4.1The, A

8.4.2Some

8.4.3Masculine

8.4.4Feminine (1/2)

8.4.5Feminine (2/2)

8.4.6Plurals

8.4.7Irregular Plurals

8.5Prepositions

8.5.1Prepositions (1/3)

8.5.2Prepositions (2/3)

8.5.3Prepositions (3/3)

8.5.4Phrases

8.6Adverbs

8.6.1Forming an Adverb

8.6.2Good, Badly, Fast

8.7Quantifiers & Intensifiers

8.7.1A Lot, Enough, Very

8.8Adjectives

8.8.1Agreement (1/3)

8.8.2Agreement (2/3)

8.8.3Agreement (3/3)

8.8.4Position (1/2)

8.8.5Position (2/2)

8.8.6Comparative

8.8.7Superlative

8.8.8Good, Better, Best

8.8.9Demonstrative

8.8.10Indefinite

8.9Negative

8.9.1Negatives (1/2)

8.9.2Negatives (2/2)

8.10Conjunctions

8.10.1To Make Sentences Longer

8.10.2To Add Extra Information

8.11Miscellaneous

8.11.1Abbreviations

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