Basic 7 French Exercises: Les Ordres, Commands and the Imperative (20 Objective Questions and 5 Essay Questions)

Level: JHS, Basic 7 | Subject: French | Strand: Ma vie à l’école | Topic: Les ordres

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Part A has 20 tick-box questions. Part B has 5 essay questions with a marking guide at the bottom.

Essay Questions

You are the class prefect. Write six classroom commands in French that you would give to your classmates. Use the vous form. (6 marks)
Write the tu command and the vous command of: parler, écouter, finir, ouvrir, aller, être. (6 marks)
Write four prohibitions in French, using Ne … pas. Example: Ne courez pas dans la classe. (5 marks)
Write a short dialogue of four lines in which a teacher gives orders and students respond. (5 marks)
Explain why Parle (tu) has no s but Tu parles has an s. (3 marks)

One mark for each correct command with the vous form, e.g. Écoutez ! Répétez ! Ouvrez vos livres ! Fermez la porte ! Asseyez-vous ! Taisez-vous ! Accept any correct and meaningful classroom command.
parle / parlez, écoute / écoutez, finis / finissez, ouvre / ouvrez, va / allez, sois / soyez (0.5 mark per correct form, total 6).
One mark for each correct prohibition with ne and pas around the verb, correct verb form and meaningful sentence. Accept Ne parlez pas, Ne courez pas, Ne mangez pas en classe, N’ouvrez pas la porte.
Four correct lines in a natural dialogue. Expect: Asseyez-vous, s’il vous plaît. Ouvrez vos cahiers. Écrivez la date. Oui, madame. (1 mark each) plus one mark for politeness.
In the present tense, the tu form of -er verbs ends in -es (tu parles) (1 mark). In the imperative the final s is dropped for -er verbs, so we write Parle ! (1 mark). The s returns before en or y (Parles-en) (1 mark, bonus accepted).

Education Always (education.inspiringalways.com). Original practice questions, not official WAEC or BECE questions.