Level: JHS, Basic 8  |  Subject: French  |  Strand: Acheter et vendre  |  Topic: L’habillement et la mode

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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

  1. Describe what you wear to school and what you wear on Sunday in six French sentences. Give the colour of each item. (6 marks)
  2. Complete with ce, cet, cette or ces: (a) ___ robe (b) ___ chapeau (c) ___ chaussures (d) ___ homme (e) ___ jupe (f) ___ pantalons. (6 marks)
  3. Write the colour in the correct form: (a) une jupe (vert) (b) des chaussettes (blanc) (c) des chemises (bleu) (d) une robe (marron) (e) des sacs (orange). (5 marks)
  4. Write a dialogue of six lines in a clothes shop. You ask for a size, you try the clothes on and you ask the price. (6 marks)
  5. Explain which two colours do not agree with the noun and give one example for each. (2 marks)

Essay Questions: Marking Guide for Teachers and Parents

  1. One mark for each correct sentence. Expect: À l’école, je porte une chemise blanche et un short marron. Je porte aussi des chaussures noires. Le dimanche, je porte une robe verte. Check that the colour follows the noun and agrees in gender and number, and that marron stays invariable.
  2. (a) cette (b) ce (c) ces (d) cet (e) cette (f) ces (1 mark each).
  3. (a) une jupe verte (b) des chaussettes blanches (c) des chemises bleues (d) une robe marron (e) des sacs orange (1 mark each).
  4. One mark for each correct line. Expect: Bonjour, je cherche une chemise. En quelle taille ? En taille M. Je peux l’essayer ? Oui, bien sûr. C’est combien ? Vingt cedis, merci.
  5. Marron and orange do not change (1 mark). Example: des chaussures marron, des robes orange (1 mark for two correct examples).

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

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