This introduction covers Vocabulaire avancé — People and lifestyle [Higher tier] within Higher vocabulary: people and lifestyle for GCSE French. Revise Higher vocabulary: people and lifestyle in Theme 1: People and Lifestyle for GCSE French with 15 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. This topic appears regularly enough that it should still be part of a steady revision cycle. It is section 1 of 4 in this topic. Use this introduction to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
🎯 Vocabulaire avancé — People and lifestyle [Higher tier]
Higher tier French is not about knowing more words — it is about using more precise, more nuanced words, and combining them in complex structures. This topic gives you the advanced character vocabulary, relationship language, health terminology and work/education vocabulary that separates Band 3 from Band 4 responses. Every phrase here is either explicitly on the AQA 8652 Higher vocabulary list or is a high-frequency construction in Band 4 model answers.
Practice questions for Higher vocabulary: people and lifestyle
What does the French noun 'le bien-être' mean in English?
Which sentence correctly uses 'être au chômage'?
Quick recall flashcards
soutenir
to support — irregular verb (conjugates like tenir); le soutien = support (noun)
le salaire
salary / wage — masculine noun; gagner un bon salaire = to earn a good salary