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CAPE French

How to Use the French Words for Growing Up, and Find Synonyms in a Passage (CAPE)

Learn 12 words and phrases from a real French passage on growing up, use them in your own sentences, and find words with the same meaning in the text.

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Safiya Peters
Sep 30, 2026
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πŸ‘‹πŸ½ I'm Saf. I teach CAPE French at Arc School: live classes each week, lesson resources, exam practice and personalised coaching for the May–June 2027 exams. In this lesson, learn each word with the words around it in the passage, then use it in a sentence of your own. Just don't copy my sentences. Make them about your own ideas.


Bonjour mes amis πŸ‘‹πŸ½

To talk about growing up and values in French, you need the right words. Then you need to spot those words, and words like them, in a French passage.

That's what we'll work on today. By the end of this lesson you will be able to:

  • understand 12 words and phrases about growing up, from a French passage;

  • use them in your own French sentences;

  • find a word in a passage that means the same as a word you're given.

In the full lesson you'll hear me say every word with the words around it, try them straight away, and then work through the passage with me to find words with the same meaning.

If you are reading the free preview, subscribe to Arc to unlock the complete lesson. If you are already one of my students, keep going.

Grab a pen. Here are the words. ✍🏽

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