Level: JHS, Basic 8 | Subject: French | Strand: Mon environnement | Topic: Le temps qu’il fait, les saisons
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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
- Describe the weather in your region during the rainy season and during the dry season. Write six French sentences. (6 marks)
- Complete with il fait, il y a du, il y a de la, il y a des or il: (a) ___ chaud. (b) ___ vent. (c) ___ pluie. (d) ___ nuages. (e) ___ pleut. (f) ___ soleil. (6 marks)
- Write a weather forecast for tomorrow in five French sentences. Choose three towns in Ghana. (5 marks)
- Translate into French: (a) What is the weather like today? (b) It is hot and there is sun. (c) It is raining and there is wind. (4 marks)
- Name the four seasons in French. Then say which two seasons Ghana has. (4 marks)
Essay Questions: Marking Guide for Teachers and Parents
- One mark for each correct sentence. Expect: Pendant la saison des pluies, il pleut souvent. Il y a des nuages. Il fait frais. Pendant la saison sèche, il fait chaud. Il y a du soleil. Le harmattan souffle et il y a de la poussière. Check that il fait is followed by an adjective and il y a by a noun with an article.
- (a) Il fait (b) Il y a du (c) Il y a de la (d) Il y a des (e) Il (f) Il y a du (1 mark each).
- One mark for each correct sentence. Expect: Demain à Accra, il fait chaud. À Kumasi, il y a des nuages. À Tamale, il y a du soleil. Il pleut à Takoradi. Il y a du vent à Cape Coast. Award marks for correct town and weather pairing.
- (a) Quel temps fait-il aujourd’hui ? (1 mark) (b) Il fait chaud et il y a du soleil. (1.5 marks) (c) Il pleut et il y a du vent. (1.5 marks)
- le printemps, l’été, l’automne, l’hiver (0.5 mark each, 2 marks). Ghana has la saison des pluies and la saison sèche (1 mark each).
Education Always (education.inspiringalways.com). Original practice questions, not official WAEC or BECE questions.