French

Details of exam

Reading and Writing: 1 hour: For the writing you will have some short exercises and one longer task where you will have to describe a person, your town, what you do in your free time or your school day and include opinions.

Make sure you answer the questions for the Reading in the language stated in the instructions.

Topics to revise

• Talking about personalities • Talking about relationships • Talking about likes and dislikes • Talking about Paris and places to visit • Talking about means of transport • Talking about clothes • Talking about hobbies, music, tv • Talking about food and drinks • Talking about your passion • The present tense of -er verbs • The present tense of avoir and être: j’ai une passion pour … • The present tense of -ir and -re verbs in the je, nous and ils forms • The perfect tense of regular and the most common irregular verbs • Saying where you went: je suis allé (e), nous sommes allés(e)s, on est allé(e)(s) • Using c’était…/ ce n’était pas… • Using the present and perfect tense • Agreement of adjectives • Je m’entends bien avec/ je me dispute avec/ je me chamaille avec/ etc… • Using the near future • Using 3 time frames • Using comparative adjectives • Using the partitive: du, de la, de l’, des • Using expressions of quantities

Revision tasks to be completed

• Questions to be answered using the support provided.

• Revise the vocabulary covered on Quizlet: 2020-2021 Year 8 French

• Look at Topics on Sparkjar

Other tips

• Remember to practise little and often.

• Topics - KS3 French - BBC Bitesize