Complexity builder – AQA French GCSE (Foundation & Higher)

A clear two-page Foundation and Higher reference sheet designed to help students add spec-valid complex structures to their writing. Each page organises reliable structures from AQA mark schemes into logical groups, giving learners a visible framework they can use in class, for homework and independent practice.

What’s included
• Foundation and Higher complexity sheets
• Clear groupings: opinions, reasons, connectives, intensifiers, details, comparisons, negations and infinitive constructions
• Higher-tier structures: modal verbs, relative clauses, subordinate clauses, superlatives and advanced sentence connectors
• Short examples to model how structures combine naturally in writing
• “What AQA rewards” panel on each page
• Available in PDF and editable PPTX, colour and black-and-white versions

This complexity builder helps students craft more elaborate, varied and exam-aligned writing.

I hope you find it useful.

You might also be interested in these related resources in my shop:

• 90-word tasks – Writing pack – AQA French GCSE
• 150-word tasks – Writing pack – AQA French GCSE
• Writing Gold Standard Pack – AQA French GCSE (Foundation & Higher)

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This resource is written in line with the AQA GCSE French specification and is not affiliated with or endorsed by AQA.