Level: JHS, Basic 7 | Subject: French | Strand: Faire connaissance | Topic: Exprimer ses goûts et ses préférences, Décrire quelqu’un
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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
- Write five French sentences about what you like and dislike (food, sport, school subject, music). Use at least one negative sentence. (5 marks)
- (a) Write the negative form of: J’aime le football. Elle aime les araignées. Nous aimons l’école. (b) Write the feminine form of: grand, gentil, travailleur, paresseux, courageux. (8 marks)
- Write three questions to ask a classmate about his or her likes, and give a possible answer to each question. (6 marks)
- Describe a friend in six French sentences: his or her height, hair, eyes and two qualities of character. (6 marks)
- Explain when we use être and when we use avoir to describe a person. Give two examples of each. (4 marks)
Essay Questions: Marking Guide for Teachers and Parents
- One mark for each correct and meaningful sentence using aimer, adorer, préférer or détester with the correct article (le, la, l’, les). At least one sentence must contain ne … pas (included in the five marks).
- (a) Je n’aime pas le football. Elle n’aime pas les araignées. Nous n’aimons pas l’école (1 mark each, 3 total; ne becomes n’ before a vowel). (b) grande, gentille, travailleuse, paresseuse, courageuse (1 mark each, 5 total).
- Any three correct questions, e.g. Qu’est-ce que tu aimes ? Quelle est ta couleur préférée ? Tu aimes le football ? (1 mark each) with a suitable, correct answer (1 mark each).
- One mark for each correct sentence: Il / Elle est grand(e) ou petit(e) ; Il / Elle a les cheveux… ; Il / Elle a les yeux… ; Il / Elle est… (two sentences for character). Agreement of adjectives with the person must be correct. Accept a sixth sentence about age or name.
- Être is used to describe the whole person: Il est grand. Elle est gentille (2 marks for the rule and an example). Avoir is used for hair and eyes: Elle a les cheveux longs. Il a les yeux marron (2 marks for the rule and an example).
Education Always (education.inspiringalways.com). Original practice questions, not official WAEC or BECE questions.