Level: JHS, Basic 7 | Subject: French | Strand: Ma vie quotidienne | Topic: L’heure
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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 the following times in French words: 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 12:00 and 9:10. (6 marks)
- Write six French sentences to describe your school day, with the time of each activity. Example: Je me lève à cinq heures et demie. (6 marks)
- Write a dialogue of four lines in which a friend asks you the time and you answer, then ask when the lesson starts. (5 marks)
- Write in numbers the times given in French: (a) Il est huit heures moins le quart. (b) Il est dix heures et demie. (c) Il est midi vingt. (d) Il est minuit. (e) Il est quatre heures cinq. (5 marks)
- Explain how we say 15h30 in the 24-hour system and in the 12-hour system. (3 marks)
Essay Questions: Marking Guide for Teachers and Parents
- Il est une heure. Il est trois heures et quart. Il est cinq heures et demie. Il est huit heures moins le quart. Il est midi. Il est neuf heures dix. (1 mark each). Accept douze heures for midi in the 24-hour style.
- One mark for each correct sentence with a correct time and verb. Accept reflexive verbs (je me lève) and simple verbs (je mange, je vais à l’école, j’étudie).
- Four correct lines. Expect: Quelle heure est-il ? Il est dix heures. À quelle heure commence le cours ? Il commence à dix heures et quart. (1 mark each) plus one mark for natural flow.
- (a) 7:45 (b) 10:30 (c) 12:20 (d) 00:00 (e) 4:05 (1 mark each).
- Quinze heures trente in the 24-hour system (1.5 marks). Trois heures et demie de l’après-midi in the 12-hour system (1.5 marks). Accept 3:30 pm.
Education Always (education.inspiringalways.com). Original practice questions, not official WAEC or BECE questions.