1. Ce que / Ce qui The thing that……..

2. To get top marks in French, we need some really good vocab or idiomatic expressions as some people might call them! The thing that… is one of them…. e.g. –The thing that I like… –The thing that is funny… –The thing that we do… –The thing that is annoying… can also be replaced by WHAT…

3. Ce que… Subject pronoun ??? Je / Tu / il / elle / on Nous / Vous / ils / elles VERB

4. Ce que… Traduis: –The thing that I like –The thing that he prefers –The thing that we hate –The thing that I would like –The thing that she pretends (it) is = ………

5. Ce que… Traduis: –The thing that I like is cheese –The thing that he prefers is to play football –The thing that we hate is french –The thing that I would like is do nothing –The thing that she pretends is knowing everything ( of all to know in pigeon English)

6. Ce qui… VERB (ADJECTIVE)

7. Ce qui… Traduis: –The thing that is great –The thing that is better* –The thing that was interesting –The thing that interested me –The thing that is rubbish it is = …………… it was = ……………… * mieux

8. Ce qui… Traduis: –The thing that is great its my French teacher –The thing that is better its the alcohol –The thing that was interesting it is my dads reaction *(remember the twist here ) –The thing that interested me it was the young bloke/bird *(remember the twist here!) –The thing that is rubbish it is this lesson

9. Pour les problèmes familiaux… 1.What I like is that my dad understands me. 2.What is easy is to get on with my brother. 3.What we prefer is to go out and smoke. 4.What is important in a friend is a good sense of humour. Ce que jaime cest que mon père me comprend. Ce qui est facile cest de sentendre avec mon frère. Ce que nous préférons cest sortir et fumer. Ce qui est important chez un ami, cest un bon sens de lhumour.

10. 123 A What I like is that I can talk to them about my problems. What bothers me is that my brother smokes. What is not normal is that we get on well. B Its not important what I think for my dad What I hate is that my dad criticises me all the time. What I cant stand* is all these arguments. C What is funny is that he thinks he is better What I think is that they are too strict. What I am fed up with is that my mum talks to me like a child. * Je ne supporte pas