NCEA Level 3 French Revised Vocabulary List 2025 - Easy-print PDF version

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NCEA Level 3 French revised vocabulary list for use with students in 2025 and beyond, prepared to support Level 3 French external assessments. The list indicates the vocabulary that guides assessment setting, and provides glossing rules for words outside the approved list when meanings are not evident from the text. Arranged by grammatical category, it includes nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, prepositional phrases, and idioms/phrases, with an alphabetical source available online.

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Reading Time15 min

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Overview

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Assessment use and glossing rules

Vocabulary categories

Nouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Adverbs

Conjunctions

Interjections

Prepositional phrases

Idioms and phrases

NCEA Level 3 French Revised Vocabulary List 2025 Easy-print PDF version Updated NCEA Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 Vocabulary Lists for Asian and European languages were published on the NCEA Education website in December 2024. Below is the revised Level 3 French Vocabulary List that should be used with students in 2025 (and thereafter) . The Vocabulary List indicates language which will guide the setting of Level 3 French external assessments. Words outside of the approved Vocabulary List will be glossed if their meaning is not evident from the text. The vocabulary lists belong to the Ministry of Education. The list in this document has been formatted by NZALT to make it easier for teachers to print and photocopy for students. NZALT has provided two versions: 1. A PDF that can be printed and photocopied for students. 2. A Word document for teachers who would like to do further formatting. This version of the vocabulary list is arranged by grammatical category. The complete (and authoritative) alphabetical list can be found online (in several configurations) here. Alternatively, you can navigate to the revised vocabulary lists by following this pathway: [ncea.education.govt.nz](ncea.education.govt.nz) > New Zealand Curriculum > Learning Languages: French > Teaching | Categories in this document | Page | | --- | --- | | Nouns | 2 | | Verbs | 4 | | Adjectives | 5 | | Adverbs | 5 | | Conjunctions | 6 | | Interjections | 6 | | Prepositional phrases | 6 | | Idioms and phrases | 6 | | Nouns | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Article/ other | French | English | | l’ | amateur (m) | fan, supporter, non-professional | | l’ | annonce (f) | announcement, advertisement | | l’ | avocat (m) | lawyer, avocado | | l’ | auteur (m), autrice (f) | author | | le | bien | good, property | | la | campagne | campaign | | le | caractère | characteristic, personality | | la | carrière | career, quarry | | le | chômage | unemployment | | le/la | comédien (m), comédienne (f) | actor | | le | compte | account | | la | confiance en soi | self-confidence | | la | crainte | fear, apprehension | | la | critique | review | | le | déchet | waste | | les | dégâts (m) | damage | | le/la | délinquant (m), délinquante (f) | offender, delinquent | | le | discours | speech | | le | droit | law (as a subject) | | l’ | enquête (f) | survey, inquiry | | l’ | entreprise (f) | firm, business, undertaking | | l’ | entretien (m) | maintenance, upkeep, interview | | l’ | époque (f) | epoch, era, age | | l’ | esprit (m) | mind, spirit | | l’ | essence (f) | petrol, essence | | la | grève | strike | | la | guerre | war | | l’ | hébergement (m) | accomodation | | l’ | humeur (f) | mood, temperament | | les | impôts (m) | taxes | | l’ | inconnu (m) | stranger, unknown | | l’ | intrigue (f) | plot, intrigue | | la | licence | degree | | la | loi | law | | la | mise en scène | staging, directing | | le | paiement | payment | | la | partie | part | | la | peine | penalty, punishment, trouble, sadness | | le | poids | weight | | le | pouvoir | power, authority | | le | propriétaire | owner, landlord | | la | retraite | retirement | | le | roman | novel | | --- | --- | --- | | le | scénario | script, screenplay | | le | siècle | century | | le | souci | worry, concern | | le | stationnement | parking | | le | taux | rate | | le | témoignage | testimony, evidence | | la | tentative | attempt, endeavour | | l’ | usine (f) | factory | | la | voix | voice | | Verbs | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Article/ other | French | English | | s’ | agir de (il s'agit de) | to be about, to be a matter of | | | amener | to take or bring (a person) | | | arriver à | to arrive at, to manage, to succeed, to be able to, to attain, to reach | | | atteindre | to reach, attain | | s’ | attendre à | to expect | | | augmenter | to increase | | | avertir | to warn | | | avouer | to admit | | | baisser | to lower | | | commettre | to commit | | | créer | to create | | | défen

FAQs

What is the purpose of the NCEA Level 3 French revised vocabulary list?

It guides which French vocabulary is used to set Level 3 French external assessments, and it supports how vocabulary outside the list is handled during assessment contexts.

How should words outside the approved vocabulary list be treated?

Words outside the approved list will be glossed if their meaning is not evident from the text.

How is the vocabulary list organized in this document?

It is arranged by grammatical category, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, prepositional phrases, and idioms/phrases.

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