Basic 7 French Exercises: Mon Agenda, Days, Months and Dates (20 Objective Questions and 5 Essay Questions)

Level: JHS, Basic 7 | Subject: French | Strand: Ma vie quotidienne | Topic: Mon agenda

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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 your weekly agenda in French. Give one activity for each of five days. Example: Le lundi, je vais à l’école. (6 marks)
Write the following dates in French words: 1 January, 6 March, 25 August, 31 October, 2 November, 25 December. (6 marks)
Write a dialogue of four lines in which a friend asks the day and the date, and invites you to play football on Saturday. (5 marks)
Write the seven days of the week and the twelve months of the year in French. (5 marks)
Explain the difference between Samedi, je joue and Le samedi, je joue. (3 marks)

One mark for each correct sentence with a day and an activity. Accept Le lundi (every Monday) or Lundi (this coming Monday) when the meaning is clear. Accept jouer à, faire, aller, regarder, aider.
le premier janvier, le six mars, le vingt-cinq août, le trente et un octobre, le deux novembre, le vingt-cinq décembre (1 mark each). The first of the month takes premier. Months are not capitalised.
Four correct lines. Expect: Quel jour sommes-nous ? Nous sommes mercredi. Quelle est la date ? C’est le quatre novembre. Tu veux jouer au football samedi ? Oui, avec plaisir. (1 mark each) plus one mark for natural flow.
lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche (3 marks if all seven are correct, 2 for five or six). janvier, février, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, août, septembre, octobre, novembre, décembre (2 marks if all twelve are correct, 1 for eight to eleven).
Samedi, je joue means this coming Saturday, one occasion (1.5 marks). Le samedi, je joue means every Saturday, a habit (1.5 marks).

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