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Family and Relationships Vocabulary

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Master Family and Relationships Vocabulary for GCSE French with this free worksheet and full mark scheme — Foundation and Higher exam-style practice with worked answers for AQA GCSE French (8652). Theme 1 Topic 1 covers describing family, friends and relationships with others.

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Topic overview

Family vocabulary appears in almost every speaking and writing task, and it comes with predictable grammar attached.

The core words are la famille, les parents, le père, la mère, le frère, la sœur, les grands-parents, l'oncle, la tante and le cousin with its feminine cousine. Note that les parents means parents specifically, not relatives in general — for those, use la famille or les proches.

Possessive adjectives agree with the person owned, not the owner, so mon frère and ma sœur. Relationship verbs are usually reflexive: s'entendre avec means to get on with, se disputer avec means to argue with. Je m'entends bien avec ma sœur is the sentence this topic exists to build.

Revision notes

Core vocabulary

La famille, les parents, le père, la mère, le frère, la sœur.

Les grands-parents, l'oncle, la tante, le cousin and la cousine, le fils, la fille. Note les parents means parents, not relatives in general.

Possessives

Mon frère, ma sœur, mes parents — agreeing with the person owned.

Son frère means his or her brother, since son agrees with frère. Ma becomes mon before a vowel: mon amie.

Relationship verbs

S'entendre avec — to get on with. Se disputer avec — to argue with.

Both are reflexive: je m'entends bien avec ma sœur, je me dispute avec mon frère. Adding bien or mal qualifies the relationship.

Key points

  • Family vocabulary appears in most tasks.
  • Les parents means parents, not relatives.
  • Possessives agree with the person owned.
  • Mon frère and ma sœur show this.
  • S'entendre avec means to get on with.
  • Se disputer avec means to argue with.

Worked examples

Example 1

Translate: I get on well with my sister. [2 marks]

Working

Je m'entends bien avec ma sœuruse the reflexive verb with bien
Ma agrees with sœur, which is feminineexplain the possessive

Example 2

Translate: my brother and my parents. [2 marks]

Working

mon frère et mes parentsuse the possessives agreeing with each noun
Mon is masculine singular and mes is pluralexplain the agreement

Example 3

Explain why son frère is ambiguous. [2 marks]

Working

Son agrees with frère, which is masculine, not with the ownerstate the rule
so it could mean his brother or her brother, and only context decidesexplain the ambiguity

Common mistakes

  • Using les parents for relatives generally.

    It means parents specifically.

  • Making possessives agree with the owner.

    They agree with the person owned.

  • Omitting the reflexive pronoun.

    Je m'entends, not j'entends.

  • Forgetting avec after s'entendre.

    The preposition is required.

Exam tips

  • Learn possessives alongside family words.
  • Use reflexive verbs for relationships.
  • Add bien or mal to qualify how you get on.
  • Remember les parents means parents only.

Key terms

La famille
The family.
S'entendre avec
To get on with someone.
Se disputer avec
To argue with someone.
Possessive adjective
A word agreeing with the person owned.

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