Energy

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Gaspiller L'Énergie - Waste Energy

Key vocab

Gaspiller l'énergie - to waste energy.
Laisser le robinet ouvert - to leave the tap running.
Laisser la lumière allumée - to leave the lights on.
Utiliser la voiture trop souvent - to use the car too often.
Utiliser trop d'emballages - to use too much packaging.
Détruire la couche d'ozone - destroy the ozone layer.

L'énergie

On ne doit pas utiliser trop d'emballages.
- You shouldn't use too much packaging.
C'est mauvais pour l'environnement de laisser la lumière allumée.
- It is bad for the environment to leave the light on.
Il ne faut pas gaspiller d'énergie.
- We must not waste energy.

Mauvais pour l'environnement

Gaspiller de l'énergie est-il mauvais pour l'environnement ?
- Is wasting energy bad for the environment?
On ne doit bien sûr pas laisser le robinet ouvert ou utiliser la voiture trop souvent.
- Of course, you must not leave the tap running or use the car too often.

Économiser L'Énergie - To Save Energy

Key vocab

Baisser le chauffage - to turn down the heating.
Des produits verts - green products.
Éteindre la lumière - to turn off the light.
Économiser l'eau - to save water.
Fermer le robinet - to turn off the tap.
Utiliser l'énergie solaire - to use solar energy.
Utiliser l'énergie nucléaire - to use nuclear energy.
Le recyclage - recycling.

Protéger la planète

On doit utiliser l'énergie nucléaire.
- We must use nuclear energy.
C'est moins cher d'économise l'eau et l'énergie.
- It is less expensie to save water and energy.
Il est important de fermer le robinet.
- It is important to turn off the tap.

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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