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I keep seeing words such as 'soit' instead of 'est' in texts and I don't understand what it is and why it's there, could you explain?

You are in dangerous territory, you have reached a time where you have no choice but to learn about this dreaded rule. The Subjunctive. You'll be seeing a lot more of this is you choose to take French as an ...
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Answered by Alicia F. • French tutor
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Translate the following sentences into French: I live in London and am currently in Secondary school. I take the bus everyday to get to school at 9am and usually get home at around 4pm. I enjoy playing football in my spare time, as well as drawing.

J'habite à Londres et je suis couramment au collège. Je prends le bus tous les jours pour être à l'école à neuf heures du matin et je rentre normalement à la maison vers seize heures. J'aime jouer au foot et...
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Answered by Stephanie O. • French tutor
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Smartphones are on sale. A smartphone now costs only 80% of its original price. By how many per cent would we need to increase the current price of the smartphone in order to bring it back to the original price?

Let a be the original price, b - the current price, and x - the answer we are looking for, so we need to increase b by x % in order to get a . So a=b+b x% (the original price a equals the current price b + t...
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Answered by Aleksejs P. • Maths tutor
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How should I structure my essays?

In terms of the broader essay, there should be an introduction and conclusion sandwiching the main text of the essay. The introduction aims to bring up the ideas that will be discussed in the essay, but shou...
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Answered by Matthew Z. • English tutor
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How much am I expected to write?

In an exam, you’ll be under time pressure, so the examiners aren’t expecting 5000 word masterpieces in response to every question. The general guide for GCSE is one mark a minute, but how much do you have to...
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