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Music, Film and Television

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Understand Music, Film and Television 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). This topic covers musical tastes, films, television and giving opinions on them.

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Topic overview

Talking about music, film and television requires opinion structures more than vocabulary, because the mark is for the justification.

The core verbs are regarder for watching, écouter for listening, and préférer for preferring. Note that écouter needs no preposition — j'écoute la musique, not j'écoute à la musique.

Opinion phrases carry the marks: je trouve que, à mon avis, selon moi, ce que j'aime c'est. Each must be followed by a reason using parce que or car. J'aime les films d'action parce qu'ils sont passionnants is worth far more than j'aime les films, because it justifies rather than states.

Revision notes

The core verbs

Regarder for watching: je regarde la télé, je regarde un film.

Écouter for listening: j'écoute la musique. Note that écouter takes no preposition — j'écoute la musique, never j'écoute à la musique.

Opinion phrases

Je trouve que, à mon avis, selon moi, ce que j'aime c'est.

Each introduces an opinion and raises the register above a bare j'aime. Varying them across an answer demonstrates range.

Justifying

Every opinion needs a reason with parce que or car.

J'aime les films d'action parce qu'ils sont passionnants. The adjective agrees with what it describes. A justified opinion earns substantially more than a bare statement.

Key points

  • Regarder means to watch.
  • Écouter means to listen and takes no preposition.
  • Je trouve que introduces an opinion.
  • À mon avis means in my opinion.
  • Every opinion needs a reason.
  • Parce que and car introduce reasons.

Worked examples

Example 1

Translate: I listen to music. [2 marks]

Working

J'écoute la musiqueuse écouter with no preposition
Écouter takes a direct object, unlike the English listen toexplain the structure

Example 2

Translate: I like action films because they are exciting. [2 marks]

Working

J'aime les films d'action parce qu'ils sont passionnantsuse parce que to give the reason
Passionnants agrees with films, which is masculine pluralexplain the agreement

Example 3

Give two ways of introducing an opinion other than j'aime. [2 marks]

Working

Je trouve quegive the first
À mon avis, or selon moigive the second

Common mistakes

  • Adding a preposition after écouter.

    J'écoute la musique, not j'écoute à la musique.

  • Giving an opinion with no reason.

    The justification carries the marks.

  • Using only j'aime throughout.

    Vary with je trouve que and à mon avis.

  • Forgetting adjective agreement in reasons.

    Ils sont passionnants needs the plural.

Exam tips

  • Use écouter with no preposition.
  • Justify every opinion with parce que.
  • Vary your opinion phrases.
  • Check adjective agreement in your reasons.

Key terms

Regarder
To watch, taking a direct object.
Écouter
To listen to, taking no preposition.
À mon avis
In my opinion.
Parce que
Because, introducing a reason.

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