Level: JHS, Basic 8 | Subject: French | Strand: Acheter et vendre | Topic: Faire des courses et marchander
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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 a dialogue of eight lines between a buyer and a seller at the market. The buyer asks the price, bargains and buys vegetables. (8 marks)
- You buy 3 kilos of rice at 8 cedis the kilo and you give 50 cedis. Say in French how much you pay and how much change you get. (4 marks)
- Write in words: 15, 60, 80, 95. (4 marks)
- Translate into French: (a) How much are the oranges? (b) They are too expensive. (c) Can you lower the price? (d) I will take two kilos. (4 marks)
- Write four polite sentences that a buyer can use at the market. (3 marks)
Essay Questions: Marking Guide for Teachers and Parents
- One mark for each correct line. Expect: Bonjour madame. C’est combien, les tomates ? Cinq cedis le kilo. C’est trop cher ! Pouvez-vous baisser le prix ? Alors quatre cedis. Je prends deux kilos. Voilà, merci, au revoir. Award marks for natural language, politeness and correct numbers.
- Trois fois huit font vingt-quatre. Je paie vingt-quatre cedis (2 marks). Cinquante moins vingt-quatre, la monnaie est vingt-six cedis (2 marks).
- quinze, soixante, quatre-vingts, quatre-vingt-quinze (1 mark each). Note that quatre-vingts takes an s when nothing follows it.
- (a) Combien coûtent les oranges ? or Les oranges, c’est combien ? (b) Elles sont trop chères. (c) Pouvez-vous baisser le prix ? (d) Je prends deux kilos. (1 mark each).
- One mark for each correct sentence, to a maximum of 3. Expect: Bonjour madame. Je voudrais un kilo de mangues, s’il vous plaît. Pouvez-vous baisser le prix ? Merci beaucoup, au revoir.
Education Always (education.inspiringalways.com). Original practice questions, not official WAEC or BECE questions.