This key facts covers Key vocabulary at a glance within Free-time activities for GCSE French. Revise Free-time activities in Theme 2: Popular Culture for GCSE French with 15 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. This is a high-frequency topic, so it is worth revising until the explanation feels precise and repeatable. It is section 3 of 4 in this topic. Use this key facts to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
📌 Key vocabulary at a glance
- jouer aux jeux vidéo — use jouer à for games (jeux = plural, so aux)
- jouer de la guitare / du piano — use jouer de for instruments (not jouer à)
- faire de la randonnée — hiking: note de la (feminine noun)
- depuis + présent — for how long you have been doing something: je joue depuis 5 ans
- les BD — les bandes dessinées: graphic novels / comics; very common in French culture
- être accro à — addicted to / hooked on: informal but appears in AQA reading texts
- se retrouver avec des amis — to meet up with friends: reflexive verb, more natural than rencontrer
Practice questions for Free-time activities
What does 'le football' mean in English?
What does 'la lecture' mean in French? Be careful — it is a false friend!
Quick recall flashcards
sortir
to go out — irregular verb; je sors, tu sors, il sort, nous sortons; uses 'être' in passé composé
en ligne
online — phrase; jouer en ligne = to play online; acheter en ligne = to buy online