French

Details of exam

Reading and Writing: 1 hour – for the writing you will have some short exercises where you will have to include a variety of tenses including present, near future and preterit tenses. You will also have to translate some short texts from French into English and English into French.

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

Topics to revise

• Family members • Age

• Possessive adjectives e.g. mon, ma, mes. • Adjectives for describing someone’s character • Reflexive verbs to talk about relationships i.e. se fâcher, se disputer, s’entendre • Comparatives and superlatives • Best friend • Furniture • Rooms in the house

• Negatives • Ideal house • Conditional tense • Town • On peut + infinitive • Il y a • Describing where you live • Ideal town • My region • School subjects • Opinions about school subjects

• Optional and compulsory subjects • Perfect tense with avoir • Choisir/decider de/laisser • Devoir + infinitive • Il faut + infinitive • School day • Saying what you did at school yesterday • School rules

• Genres of TV and film • Opinions and infinitives • Present tense • Hobbies • Weekend • Past tense • Future tense • Present tense • Time phrases • Negatives • Perfect tense with avoir and être

Revision tasks to be completed

• Grammar revision using www.languagesonline.org.uk Français – Quick Links – Grammar • Quizlet -Year 9 French • Photocard description and role-plays

Other tips

• Active revision – making notes, completing online activities, flashcards, testing a friend, mindmaps. • Learning vocabulary little and often • Look at Topics on Sparkjar.