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The Year 8 French Revision Guide for Summer 2017 outlines the structure of the Common Entrance Exam, which includes Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing components, each contributing 25% to the final grade. Key topics for revision include grammar, vocabulary, and various themes such as daily routines, family, and holidays. Students are encouraged to use textbooks and online resources for preparation and to practice past exam papers.

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Year8 French

The Year 8 French Revision Guide for Summer 2017 outlines the structure of the Common Entrance Exam, which includes Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing components, each contributing 25% to the final grade. Key topics for revision include grammar, vocabulary, and various themes such as daily routines, family, and holidays. Students are encouraged to use textbooks and online resources for preparation and to practice past exam papers.

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Belmont

Mill Hill Preparatory School

Year 8 French Revision Summer 2017

The Exam will consist of 4 papers in each of the four skills:

Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing, each skill earning a


maximum of 25%

COMMON ENTRANCE Speaking Examinations will take place during the week
beginning 15th May 2017 and will be conducted by the pupil’s usual French
Teacher.
The Speaking Examination consists of one Role-play, a Prepared Topic and an
Unprepared Topic.

COMMON ENTRANCE Listening Examination will take place during lessons on the
morning of Tuesday 16th May 2017.

COMMON ENTRANCE Reading Comprehension and Writing Papers will take place
during the week beginning Monday June 5th 2017.

Topics you should know:


Grammar and Structures to revise:

 Colours and agreement of adjectives with the nouns


 The verb avoir and the verb être
 The 24 hour clock: (21 heures 45, etc.), the 12 hour clock (4 heures et quart, 5
heures moins dix, etc.)
 School subjects
 Asking basic questions using quel, où, que, comment, etc.
 Saying where you live and talking about what you can do in your area
 Sports and activities, talking about likes and dislikes
 The present tense of er, ir and re verbs/the negative
 Present tense of some irregular verbs: aller, faire, pouvoir, vouloir
 Physical description of people and some adjectives to describe their personality:
timide, gourmand, maladroit, paresseux, travailleur
 Talk about family and pets
 Names of countries in Europe and The United States, using en and au
 The adjective possessive: mon, ma, mes, ton, ta, tes, son, sa and ses
 Talk about jobs: boucher, chauffeur de taxi, coiffeur, docteur, infirmier, with the
feminine equivalents/places of work
 Prepositions: à côté de, en face de, derrière, devant, sous, sur, entre
 Food and drinks/the partitive: du, de la, des
 Clothes and colours
 Aller chez, à la, au, aux à l’

Year 8 French Revision Guide Summer 2017


 Talk about the house, rooms, basic furniture
 Directions: Pour aller à la ... Tournez à gauche, allez tout droit, prenez la troisième
rue à droite, traversez la place, etc.
 Means of transport: Je vais au collège à pied, en voiture, etc.
 Asking for some items in a shop. Talking about prices in Euros.
 Talk about the daily routine using reflexive verbs: Je me lève à 7 heures, je
m’habille, je me lave, je me couche
 The weather: Qu’est-ce que tu portes quand il fait chaud? or Qu’est-ce que tu fais
quand il pleut, etc.
 Talk about holidays
 The perfect tense with avoir and être and with er, ir and re verbs
 Talk about where you went, with whom and what you did during your holidays
 Talk about how it was, using c’était
 Talk about the weather in the imperfect: il faisait froid, il pleuvait, il y avait du
brouillard

Don’t forget to revise your vocabulary from your blue “French


Vocabulary” book as well as from your green “French Speaking” book.
References:
Text books: Tricolore 2
Malvern Language Guides: CE Speaking Practice (Green)
French Vocabulary (Blue)
Websites: www.languagesonline.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french
Linguascope
Go through past CE papers supplied by your French teacher in order to
prepare for the different exams. Learn all of your prepared topics.

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES

The examination will test candidates’ ability to:


AO1 show an understanding of the spoken language dealing with a range of
familiar topics, and identify and note main points and specific details, including
opinions;
AO2 take part in short conversations, giving and obtaining information and
opinions;
AO3 show an understanding of a number of printed items, ranging from short,
simple phrases to longer, more complex texts and identify and note main points and
specific details, including opinions;
AO4 produce pieces of writing, ranging from short phrases to longer passages in
which they seek and convey information and opinions.

SYLLABUS CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
(i) The examination is based on the sixteen topics set out below.

Year 8 French Revision Guide Summer 2017


(ii) The grammar section lists all the material which candidates for the examination
should cover.

TOPICS
language of the classroom, including basic ICT
house, home, daily routine and chores
life and work at school
time, dates, numbers and prices
personal description
family, friends and pets
meeting people
free-time activities
describing holiday activities
visiting a café or restaurant
simple health problems
description of a town or region
finding the way and using transport
understanding tourist information
shopping (e.g. for food, clothes, presents) and pocket money
weathe

FRENCH GRAMMAR (* for recognition only)


All candidates Where appropriate to candidate’s
ability / senior school requirements

verbs present tense: passé composé with avoir / être


(i) regular and common

Irregular common reflexive verbs in the plural


imperfect tense: all verbs at least for
recognition

(ii) common reflexive in the


singular
future tense with aller
conditional: only je voudrais,
j'aimerais
*imperative forms
infinitive after aller, aimer,
détester, préférer, vouloir,
pouvoir, devoir, il faut
interrogative forms + est-ce que
negative expressions: ne … pas,
ne … jamais, ne … plus, ne …
rien
idiomatic expressions: e.g. avoir
chaud / froid / faim / soif / mal,
faire + weather
nouns
genders and plurals of common
nouns
definite and indefinite article
partitive article (and de / d' with

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quantity / negatives)

adjectives
agreement and position of regular
and irregular adjectives
comparison
superlative
possessive: mon, ton, son, notre,
votre, leur
demonstrative

adverbs
*adverbs ending in –ment
common adverbs

pronouns
subject personal pronouns,
relative pronouns: que / qu’
including on
relative pronoun qui
reflexive pronouns: me, te, se all reflexive pronouns
*disjunctive pronouns: moi, toi, direct and indirect object
lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles pronouns

prepositions
and
conjunctions
common prepositions and
conjunctions, *depuis
numerals
cardinal numbers: 0–100 cardinal numbers:101-1000
ordinal numbers: 1–10
dates and time: 12-hour and
24-hour clock

Year 8 French Revision Guide Summer 2017

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