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What do I do if I don’t know a word during a speaking exam?

Speaking exams can be scary, because you are put on the spot to ask questions that, especially at A level, may take some thinking about even in your native tongue. It is inevitable that you may struggle f...

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Answered by Ashleigh R. French tutor
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How do I form the conditional mood in French?

The conditional mood is one of the more straightforward tenses to conjugate in the French language. It is the equivalent of using ‘would’ in English. For example, ‘I would go’ – ‘j’irais’. To form the con...

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How do I time manage in an exam?

One word: plan. Again three times: plan, plan, plan. When approaching an exam, it is always helpful to attempt past questions. At first these need not be timed, as past exam papers are an excellent revisi...

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What is poetry?

This is a question that I asked myself, every day, from the ages of 11 to 18. It was only really in the first year of my degree that I began to formulate an answer for myself – and that last bit is the im...

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What's the most effective way to write a Personal Statement?

Admissions staff has to read hundreds or possibly thousands of applications. Pretty much of all of which will read like an essay and say something along the lines of: I’m clever, I’ve read some stuff, I l...

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