French translation: environment

French translation: environment
A. Starter
Use a dictionary to help you find the correct English meanings of these French verbs.
French
1.
gaspiller
2.
jeter
3.
détruire
4.
disparaître
5.
allumer
6.
éteindre
7.
protéger
8.
partager
9.
trier
English
10. sauver
11. utiliser
12. cultiver
B. Scrambled sentences
Unjumble the French words to give the correct translation of the sentences.
1. Don’t forget to turn off the light. (lumière n’ pas d’ oublie éteindre la)
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2. My father grows vegetables in the garden. (mon jardin cultive des père dans légumes le)
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3. I am going to have a shower so I don’t waste water. (douche vais prendre une je gaspiller
pas ne d’ pour eau)
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4. We are going to destroy the planet! (nous la détruire allons planète)
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5. She threw away half the potatoes! (des jeté terre la moitié a pommes de elle)
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C. Translate into English (Foundation)
1. Chaque semaine, ma sœur doit trier les poubelles.
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2. Nous partageons les carottes que nous cultivons avec nos voisins.
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3. Les tigres blancs vont bientôt disparaître.
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4. Si tu prends une douche, tu vas utiliser moins d’eau.
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5. Pourquoi as-tu allumé la lampe? On n’en a pas besoin!
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D. Translate into French (Foundation)
1. Don’t forget to turn off the computer.
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2. Several animals have already disappeared.
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3. I am going to use the rest of the vegetables in a soup.
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4. My friends and I are working to save the planet.
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5. Why did you throw away the newspapers?
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E. Checklist
1. Make sure you have used the correct accents.
2. Check your spellings.
3. Be careful with the gender of nouns.
4. Check your verbs and subjects.
5. Watch out for different tenses.
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C. Translate into English (Higher)
Chaque semaine, je fais de mon mieux pour protéger notre environnement. Je trie la poubelle:
les ordures, le verre et les emballages. J’utilise l’eau de ma douche pour arroser le jardin et
mes parents ont réussi à cultiver des fruits et des légumes. Ce soir, j’ai utilisé les épinards pour
faire un plat, et demain matin je vais couper des fruits pour faire un smoothie aux fraises.
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D. Translate into French (Higher)
Protecting our environment is very important. I belong to a group at school, which wants to
save our planet. We encourage the students to turn off the lights, we sort glass, newspapers
and packaging, and last month we created a garden where we will soon be able to grow all sorts
of fruit and vegetables.
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E. Checklist
1. Make sure you have used the correct accents.
2. Check spellings and gender of nouns.
3. Check your verbs and subjects.
4. Watch out for different tenses.
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Teaching notes
This resource is designed to develop translation skills with a focus on grammatical
accuracy and contains similar tasks to the new GCSE exam questions for all boards.
The resource is differentiated: all students complete the tasks on p.1 and then you can
give Foundation students p.2 while Higher students move straight onto p.3.
Translations below are suggestions only – there may be other possible correct
translations. By using the mark scheme suggested below, students can track their
progress as they practise their translation skills using our other similar worksheets on
different topics.
For Foundation translations (individual sentences), allow two marks per sentence: one
for communicating the key message and one for grammatical accuracy, giving a total out
of 10.
For Higher translations (short paragraphs), the answers are broken into six sections.
Each section can be given one mark for communication and one mark for grammatical
accuracy, to give a total out of 12.
Answers
A. Starter
French
English
1. gaspiller
2. jeter
3. détruire
4.disparaître
5.allumer
6.éteindre
7.protéger
8.partager
9.trier
10.sauver
11.utiliser
12. cultiver
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
waste
throw away
destroy
disappear
turn on
turn off (out)
protect
share
sort
save
use
grow (vegetables)
B. Scrambled sentences
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2.
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4.
5.
N’oublie pas d’éteindre la lumière.
Mon père cultive des légumes dans le jardin.
Je vais prendre une douche pour ne pas gaspiller d’eau.
Nous allons détruire la planète!
Elle a jeté la moitié des pommes de terre.
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C. Foundation translation into English
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5.
Each week, my sister has to sort the bins.
We share the carrots (which) we grow with our neighbours.
White tigers will soon disappear.
If you have a shower, you will use less water.
Why did you turn the lamp on? We don’t need it!.
D. Foundation translation into French
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5.
N’oublie(z) pas d’éteindre l’ordinateur.
Plusieurs animaux ont déjà disparu.
Je vais utiliser le reste des légumes dans une soupe (un potage).
Mes amis (copains) et moi travaillons pour sauver la planète.
Pourquoi as-tu (avez-vous) jeté les journaux?
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C. Higher translation into English
Each week, I do my best to protect our environment. / I sort the bin: the waste, the
glass and the packaging. / I use the water from my shower to water the garden / and my
parents have succeeded in growing fruit and vegetables. / This evening I used the
spinach to make a dish / and tomorrow morning, I will cut up some fruit to make a
strawberry smoothie.
D. Higher translation into French
Protéger (La protection de) notre environnement est très important(e) / Je fais partie
d’un groupe au collège qui veut sauver notre planète. / Nous encourageons les étudiants
(les élèves) à éteindre la lumière, / nous trions le verre, les journaux et les emballages,
/et le mois dernier, nous avons créé un jardin / où nous pourrons bientôt cultiver toutes
sortes de fruits et de légumes.
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