Home: Verbs & Expressions
French: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 2.2.9
Home: Verbs & Expressions
The bathroom
- prendre un bain - to take a bath
- se doucher - to shower
- se brosser (les dents/les cheveux) - to brush (one’s teeth / hair)
- se laver le visage - to wash one’s face
- se peigner - to comb one’s hair
The kitchen
- (faire) bouillir - to boil
- (faire) chauffer - to heat up
- congeler - to freeze
- (faire) cuire - to cook (in the oven or on the stove)
- cuisiner - to cook
- préparer le déjeuner - to prepare lunch
- préparer le dîner - to prepare dinner
The bedroom
- avoir sommeil - to be sleepy
- dormir - to sleep
- être fatigué(e) - to be tired
- s'allonger - to lie down
- se lever - to get up
- se reposer - to rest
- se réveiller - to wake up
The garden & appliances
- jardiner / faire du jardinage - to garden / to do gardening
- planter des fleurs - to plant flowers
- (faire) pousser - to grow (e.g., plants)
- allumer - to turn on / to switch on
- casser - to break
- éteindre - to turn off / to switch off
Household appliances
- fermer - to close
- ouvrir - to open
- pousser - to push
- réparer - to repair / to fix
- tirer - to pull