Rate good, bad or average to give opinion
L’avis - opinion.

Nouns - Social Issues

What do ‘dette’, ‘toxicomane’ and ‘nourriture bio’ mean? How would you say, ‘health’, ‘advice’ or ‘disadvantaged people’?

Aged 14 to 16 and studying French? This enjoyable rapid revision quiz was created especially to help you.

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There are many problems facing society. Switch on the news and you will see social issues being discussed. It’s an important topic and one which you will need to be able to talk about in French if you want to do well in your GCSE exams. In this quiz we look at forty French nouns related to social issues. Have a go and see how many of them you already know – and how many you don’t. It’s a rapid way to revise and learn French.

In each question you will be given a word or words in English. All you have to do is choose the French equivalent from the four choices offered.
1.
Heart attack
La nourriture bio
Le cancer des poumons
La dette
La crise cardiaque
La nourriture bio = organic food
Le cancer des poumons = lung cancer
La dette = debt
2.
Addiction to smoking
Le tabac
Le tabagisme
Le tatouage
Le / la toxicomane
Le tabac = tobacco
Le tatouage = tattooing
Le / la toxicomane = drug addict
3.
Health
L’eau potable
La santé
L’égalité
Le foie
L’eau potable = drinking water
L’égalité = equality
Le foie = liver
4.
Model
La maladie
L’obésité
L’odeur
Le mannequin
La maladie = illness
L’obésité = obesity
L’odeur = smell
5.
Adverts
La publicité
Les actualités
L’enquête
L’entraînement
Les actualités = news
L’enquête = enquiry
L’entraînement = training
6.
Advice
Le conseil
La consommation
L’avis
La perte
La consommation = consumption / usage
L’avis = opinion
La perte = loss
7.
Pain
La drogue
Le sida
Le soin
La douleur
La drogue = drug
Le sida = AIDS
Le soin = care
8.
Skin
La voix
La peau
Le chocolat
L’alcool
La voix = voice
Le chocolat = chocolate
L’alcool = alcohol
9.
Meal
Le petit déjeuner
Le déjeuner
Le repas
Le dîner
Le petit déjeuner = breakfast
Le déjeuner = lunch
Le dîner = evening meal
10.
Disadvantaged people
L’avantage
Le désavantage
Les personnes défavorisées
Les matières grasses
L’avantage = advantage
Le désavantage = disadvantage
Les matières grasses = fatty substances
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Social and global issues

Author:  Graeme Haw

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