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Nouns - Travel 01

Learn GCSE French travel nouns for getting around, booking, and moving through airports and stations. Practise articles and spelling so you can handle directions, plans, and journeys confidently.

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Fascinating Fact:

“Le billet” is a ticket, and it can be used for train, bus, or plane tickets depending on context.

In GCSE Fast French, travel nouns support key exam themes like holidays, transport, and planning trips. This vocabulary helps you ask for information, understand timetables, and describe journeys using common prepositions and phrases for time and place.

Key Terms

  • Transport: Ways of travelling, such as train, bus, car, or plane, and the words linked to them.
  • Réservation: A booking, for example a seat, room, or journey you arrange in advance.
  • Préposition de lieu: A place word like “à”, “dans”, or “près de” that helps you say where something is or where you are going.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How do I ask for directions in French for GCSE travel topics?

You can start with a polite question and a place noun, such as “Où est… ?” or “Comment aller à… ?”. Then listen for location words like “à gauche”, “tout droit”, and “près de”.

What GCSE French travel vocabulary should I learn first?

Begin with transport, places, and basic travel actions, such as station, airport, platform, passport, suitcase, and simple verbs like “aller” and “prendre”. These appear often in speaking, reading, and writing tasks.

How can I use travel nouns in GCSE French writing?

Use the noun with an accurate article, add a time phrase, and include a reason or opinion. This helps you create clear sentences about planning, travelling, problems, and what you did on a trip.

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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 .
Bright spell (weather)
L’éclair
L’éclaircie
Le brouillard
La brume
L’éclair = lightning
Le brouillard = fog
La brume = mist
2 .
Walk / hike
Le rendez-vous
La randonnée
Les renseignements
Le retour
Le rendez-vous = meeting
Les renseignements = information
Le retour = return
3 .
Suitcase
La valise
La voiture
Le vent
Le vol
La voiture = car
Le vent = wind
Le vol = flight
4 .
Thunder
L’orage
Le tonnerre
La pluie
La tempête
L’orage = storm
La pluie = rain
La tempête = storm
5 .
Journey
La tour
Le tourisme
Le trajet
La traversée
La tour = tower / tour
Le tourisme = tourism
La traversée = crossing
6 .
Air conditioning
La clé
Le concours
La crème solaire
La climatisation
La clé = key
Le concours = competition
La crème solaire = sun cream
7 .
Sand
Le sac de couchage
La salle de séjour
Le séjour
Le sable
Le sac de couchage = sleeping bag
La salle de séjour = lounge
Le séjour = stay / visit
8 .
Heat
La chaleur
Le ciel
Le climat
Le temps
Le ciel = sky
Le climat = climate
Le temps = weather
9 .
Sunglasses
Les bagages
Les lits superposés
Les vacances
Les lunettes de soleil
Les bagages = luggage
Les lits superposés = bunk beds
Les vacances = holidays
10 .
Welcome
L’arrivée
L’ascenseur
L’accueil
Le logement
L’arrivée = arrival
L’ascenseur = lift
Le logement = accommodation
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Travel in French

Author:  Graeme Haw
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