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Practise Sport and Exercise 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 sports played and watched, using jouer à and faire de.

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Topic overview

Sport vocabulary builds on the jouer and faire distinction, and adds the language of frequency and opinion.

Team sports use jouer à: je joue au foot, au rugby, au basket. Individual activities use faire de: je fais de la natation, du judo, de l'athlétisme, de l'équitation.

Frequency phrases are what lift an answer: une fois par semaine, deux fois par mois, tous les jours, le weekend. Places matter too: au stade, à la piscine, au gymnase, en plein air. Combining verb, frequency and place produces the developed sentences the mark scheme rewards: je fais de la natation deux fois par semaine à la piscine.

Revision notes

Choosing the verb

Team sports and games take jouer à: au foot, au rugby, au basket, au tennis.

Individual activities take faire de: de la natation, du judo, de l'athlétisme, de l'équitation, du vélo.

Frequency phrases

Une fois par semaine, deux fois par mois, tous les jours, le weekend, souvent, rarement.

These extend an answer without needing new vocabulary and are among the easiest ways to add detail under pressure.

Places

Au stade, à la piscine, au gymnase, au centre sportif, en plein air.

Combining verb, frequency and place gives a developed sentence: je fais de la natation deux fois par semaine à la piscine.

Key points

  • Team sports use jouer à.
  • Individual activities use faire de.
  • Frequency phrases extend an answer.
  • Une fois par semaine means once a week.
  • Places use à or au.
  • Combine verb, frequency and place.

Worked examples

Example 1

Translate: I play rugby. [2 marks]

Working

Je joue au rugbyuse jouer à with the contraction
Rugby is a team sport, so jouer à is usedexplain the choice

Example 2

Translate: I do judo twice a week. [2 marks]

Working

Je fais du judo deux fois par semaineuse faire de with the frequency phrase
Du is used because judo is masculineexplain the article

Example 3

Translate: I go swimming at the pool. [2 marks]

Working

Je fais de la natation à la piscineuse faire de with the place
De la for natation and à la for piscine, both feminineexplain both articles

Common mistakes

  • Using faire for team sports.

    They take jouer à.

  • Using jouer for individual activities.

    They take faire de.

  • Giving a bare verb with no detail.

    Add frequency and place for marks.

  • Forgetting the contraction with places.

    Au stade, not à le stade.

Exam tips

  • Match the verb to the type of sport.
  • Always add a frequency phrase.
  • Include where you do the activity.
  • Build sentences with three elements.

Key terms

Jouer à
Used for team sports and games.
Faire de
Used for individual activities.
Frequency phrase
An expression such as une fois par semaine.
En plein air
Outdoors.

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