Title: French Exam Guidance
1French Exam Guidance
2QUESTIONS
- IF QUESTIONS ARE IN ENGLISH ANSWER IN ENGLISH
- IF QUESTIONS ARE IN FRENCH ANSWER IN FRENCH
- ALWAYS CHECK HOW MANY ANSWERS YOU WILL NEED TO
GIVE - LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE AND FOLLOW IT
3IMPORTANT ADVICE
- NEVER LEAVE AN ANSWER BLANK GUESS IF NECESSARY!
- WATCH OUT FOR OBVIOUS TRICKS E.G. NE...PAS (NOT)
NE... JAMAIS (NEVER), - WATCH OUT FOR THE DIFFERENT TENSES
- ALWAYS READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY DONT JUST
LOOK AT THE PICTURES - DONT FORGET IF SOMETHING IS NOT MENTIONED AT ALL
IT IS pas mentionées
4QUESTION WORDS
- COMMENT? HOW?
- COMBIEN? HOW MANY/MUCH?
- QUI? WHO?
- AVEC QUI? WHO WITH?
- QUAND? WHEN?
- OÙ? WHERE?
- POURQUOI? WHY?
- QUEST CE QUE? WHAT?
- EST-CE QUE...? USED TO FORM A QUESTION
5IMPORTANT VOCAB!
- SEULEMENT ONLY
- SANS WITHOUT
- BEAUCOUP A LOT
- MOINS / PEU LESS/NOT MUCH
- IL Y A THERE IS
- PARCE QUE / CAR BECAUSE
- MAIS BUT
- JE VOUDRAIS I WOULD LIKE
- JAIME/ JE NAIME PAS LIKE/DONT LIKE
- NE.PAS NOT
6IMPORTANT TIME VOCAB!
- Ce soir this evening
- demain tomorrow
- Après-midi afternoon
- bientôt soon
- premier first
- tôt early
- hier yesterday
- Aujourdhui today
- Toute suite immediately
- nuit night
- matin morning
7VERBS - TENSES
- PAST TENSE
- Jai fait (I did) Jai joué (I played) je suis
allée (I went) - Jai vendu (I sold) jai mangé (I ate) Je suis
restée(I stayed) - Jai fini (I finished) jai acheté (I bought)
- Jai bu (I drank) jai visité (I visited)
8VERBS - TENSES
Present Tense Je finis (i finish)
je joue (I play) Je vends (I sell) Tu
finis (you finish) tu joues (you
play) tu vends (you sell) Il /elle finit
(he/she finishes) il/elle joue (he/she plays)
il/elle vend he/she sells Nous finissons (we
finish) nous jouons (we play)
nous vendons (we sell) Vous finissez (you
finishpl) vous jouez (you play pl)
vous vendez (you sellpl) Ils finissent (they
finish) ils jouent (they play)
ils vendent (they sell) Irregular Present
Tense Je vais i go jai I have je suis i
am Tu vas you go tu as you have tu es you
are Il/elle va he/she goes il/elle a
he/she has il/elle est he/she is Nous allons
we go nous avons we have nous sommes we
are Vous allez you gopl vous avez you
have vous êtes you are Ils/elles vont they
go ils/elles ont they have ils/elles sont they
are
9VERBS - TENSES
FUTURE TENSE Je vais jouer / je jouerai (i am
going to / will play) Je vais faire / je ferai (I
am going to / will do) Je vais être / je serai (I
am going to / will be) Je vais avoir / jaurai (I
am going to / will have) Je vais acheter /
jacheterai (I am going to / will buy) Je vais
aller / jirai (I am going to / will go) Je vais
rester / I will stay (I am going to / will stay)
Je vais visiter / i will visit (I am going to /
will visit)
10RUBRICS
- CHOISISSEZ - CHOOSE
- COCHEZ TICK
- COMPLÉTEZ COMPLETE
- DÉCRIVEZ DESCRIBE
- ÉCOUTEZ LISTEN
- LISEZ READ
- ÉCRIVEZ WRITE
- EXPLIQUEZ EXPLAIN
- VRAI TRUE
- FAUX FALSE
- PAS MENTIONÉES NOT MENTIONED
- LA BONNE CASE THE RIGHT BOX
11Top tips!
- Dont try to make up things you dont know how to
say! - Give opinions je pense que (I think that)
- je trouve que (I find that)
- cest (its)
- cétait (it was)
- ça sera (it will be)
- Give reasons parce que /car ...(because ...)
12BONNE CHANCE GOOD LUCK!