Level: JHS, Basic 9  |  Subject: French  |  Strand: Les médias  |  Topic: Parler de la presse

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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. Name six parts of a newspaper in French and say what each one is. (6 marks)
  2. Write a short news item of four sentences about an event at your school. Use the passé composé and answer qui, quoi, où, quand. (5 marks)
  3. Write six questions in French about a news event, using qui, que, où, quand, pourquoi and comment. (6 marks)
  4. Write a headline and a lead (chapeau) for the news: a school wins a football cup. (3 marks)
  5. Put the verbs in the passé composé: (a) Le président (arriver) à Accra. (b) La police (arrêter) le voleur. (3 marks)

Essay Questions: Marking Guide for Teachers and Parents

  1. One mark for each correct item with its meaning. Expect: la une (front page), le titre (headline), le chapeau (lead), une rubrique (section), un fait divers (minor news item), un journaliste (reporter), un article. Accept any six.
  2. One mark for each correct sentence and one extra mark for answering the four questions. Expect: Hier, un élève a gagné un prix. Cela s’est passé à l’école. Le directeur a félicité l’équipe. Check the auxiliaries and the participles.
  3. One mark for each correct question. Expect: Qui est arrivé ? Que s’est-il passé ? Où est-ce arrivé ? Quand est-ce arrivé ? Pourquoi est-ce arrivé ? Comment cela s’est-il passé ? Accept est-ce que forms.
  4. Headline (1 mark), for example Notre école gagne la coupe ! Lead (2 marks), for example L’équipe de football a battu ses rivaux samedi à Kumasi.
  5. (a) est arrivé (b) a arrêté. Arriver takes être and arrêter takes avoir. One mark each, plus one for correct agreement.

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

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