Girl doing French homework
Les devoirs - homework.

Nouns - Things Found in School

What do ‘couloir’, ‘directrice’ and ‘car de ramassage’ mean? How would you say, ‘homework’, ‘qualification’ or ‘detention’?

Studying Year 10 or 11 French? This rapid revision quiz was written for you.

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FIND OUT ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS

Nouns are some of the most common words, both in English and in French. Nouns are the names we give to things, for example ‘table’, ‘cloud’ or ‘television’. Everything you can describe is a noun, not just the things you can see. In this quiz we look at some French nouns for the things you might encounter at school. See how many you know or can remember. Keep practicing to revise for your GCSE exams.

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.
Homework
Les devoirs
Les études
Les incivilités
Les langues vivantes
Les études = studies
Les incivilités = rudeness
Les langues vivantes = modern languages
2.
Primary school teacher (male)
L’institutrice
Le professeur
Le proviseur
L'instituteur
L’institutrice = primary school teacher (female)
Le professeur = teacher
Le proviseur = head teacher
3.
Citizenship
L’informatique
La matière
La règle
L'instruction civique
L’informatique = information technology
La matière = subject
La règle = ruler
4.
Qualification
La difficulté
L’emploi du temps
L’examen
Le diplôme
La difficulté = difficulty
L’emploi du temps = timetable
L’examen = exam
5.
Corridor
Le cours
Le tableau
Le couloir
La couture
Le cours = lesson / class
Le tableau = board
La couture = sewing
6.
Insult
La leçon
Le maquillage
L'injure
La pression
La leçon = lesson
Le maquillage = makeup
La pression = pressure
7.
Headmistress
La directrice
Le directeur
L’étudiant
L’élève
Le directeur = headmaster
L’étudiant = student
L’élève = pupil
8.
Term
La pause
Le règlement
Le trimestre
La récré
La pause = break / pause
Le règlement = rules
La récré = break
9.
Calculator
Le car de ramassage
La calculette
Le collège
La maternelle
Le car de ramassage = school bus
Le collège = secondary school
La maternelle = nursery school
10.
Detention
Le résultat
La retenue
La réponse
La rentrée
Le résultat = result
La réponse = reply
La rentrée = return to school
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Studies and school in French

Author:  Graeme Haw

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