1. Exam Preparation Material
Y9 French
Exam Preparation Material
Name: ______________

2. Y9 French Exam (1 hour) The Y9 Exam will assess:
your knowledge and recall of vocabulary
Your translation skills & ability to apply grammar
Your reading comprehension skills
Your ability to write at varying lengths in French
The Y9 Exam will include the following sections:
Part 1 (15 minutes)
Section 1: Vocabulary (10 marks)
Section 2: Translation (10 marks) (Fre-Eng & Eng – Fre) & grammar (15 marks)
Part 2 (45 minutes)
Section 3: Reading comprehensions – not included in this pack.
Section 4: Written compositions

3. Y9 Revision Topics Where you live (key vocab & key verbs)
Sports and hobbies (key vocab & key verbs)
Family relationships (family members, adjectives, key verbs)
Opinions + noun ( e.g J’adore le foot – I love football)
Opinions + infinitive ( e.g. J’adore jouer au foot – I love playing football)
Adverbs of frequency (e.g sometimes/always/often/ once a week)
The definite & indefinite articles (a, some, the – how to use them)
Applying rules about adjectives
Connectives
Intensifiers (very, quite, really, a bit)
Using the negative (ne… pas - how to use it with past & present tenses)
Using “depuis” (to say how long you have been doing something for)
The present tense
The past (Perfect) tense
The near Future (je vais + infinitive)
The Future Simple ( I will…)

4. Section 1 : Knowledge & recall of vocabulary
1- 10 : write the English meanings
11-20: write the French
je m’entends bien avec… _________________
parce que _________________
Sympa ___________________
Le salon ___________________
Assez __________________
C’est __________________
Sévère ________________
Au premier étage __________________
Pourquoi? ____________________
Avec _____________________
But _______________
The bedroom _____________
The garden _______________
There is ___________________
Funny ___________________
In my opinion _______________
We ______________
Small _______________
Downstairs ________________
My brother ________________

5. Section 2 : Part A: Translation (? marks)
Translate the following sentences into English:
1. J’habite avec mes parents et ma soeur.
Ma mère travaille comme professeur.
3. Le weekend, j’adore faire du shopping.
Je joue au foot depuis 5 ans.
Le weekend dernier, je suis allé en ville.
Translate the following sentences into French:
My father is very strict.
At school, I like playing hockey.
I always listen to music.
I have lived in Gloucester for 2 years.
Yesterday, I played football with my friends

6. Section 2 : Part B: Grammar (15 marks)
The Definite & Indefinite Articles (5 marks)
Complete the blanks with the correct article
______ frère. (m.sing) The
______ maison (f. pl) some
______ sport (m. sing) a
______ pizza. ( f. sing) the
______ textos (m. pl) some
The negative (5 marks)
Make the following verbs negative
Je déteste
J’ai
Je suis
Je regarde
J’ai joué
Adjectives (5 marks)
Make the adjectives agree with the nouns below. Rewrite the adjective in the space provided.
If no spelling change is required , show this by copying the adjective as it is written.
1. Les filles (f.pl) sont timide ________________
La maison ( f. sing) est blanc ________________
Mes parents (m pl) sont travailleur ________________
Ma soeur a les cheveux (m. pl) marron _______________
Ma soeur (f.sing) est sportif. ________________

7. I like my house because…
Opinions
Reasons
Connectives
intensifiers
SPaG
Section 4: writing in French
Section A (12 marks)
Write 4 sentences in French to describe your house or where you live
Include at least 2 opinions.
________________________________________________
Down stairs,
there is….
all groups
I like my house because…
Upstairs, we have …
I don’t like….

8. Section 4 : writing in French (NEJ’s class)
Section B
You are writing a blog about what its like being a teenager.
Write words. Write 2 paragraphs about the
following:
Paragraph 1:
Your favourite sports & hobbies
Paragraph 2
Your family
What you have done recently at home. (The Past tense)
Checklist
give a variety of different opinions to express likes and dislikes
give reasons for your preferences.
use a variety of verbs
Write mainly in the PRESENT tense but include the PAST
include longer sentences using connectives to link ideas (e.g. because /but)
add detail by using time phrases, sequencing words & adverbs of frequency
describe using adjectives and qualifiers
include complex structures - Negatives
Spelling & punctuation must be good

9. Section 4 : writing in French (MAK & KAG’s classes)
Section B
You are writing a blog about what its like being a teenager.
Write words. Write at least 3 paragraphs about the
following:
Your favourite hobbies
How you get on with your family
What you have done recently at home.
Activities you will do/are going to do next weekend in Gloucester
Checklist
give a variety of different opinions
give reasons / justifications
use a variety of verbs
Use a range of tenses & time frames (past/ present/future)
include longer sentences using connectives to link ideas
add detail by using time phrases, sequencing words & adverbs of frequency
describe using adjectives and qualifiers
include complex structures - Negatives
Spelling & punctuation must be good
Set 1 & 2 only

10. Your favourite hobbies How you get on with your family
Write 3 sentences to describe the activities you do. Include
details like: what? When? Where? Who with? Your opinions.
How long you have been doing it.
Your favourite hobbies
How you get on with your family
Activities you will do/are going to do next weekend in Gloucester
Use at least 3 different verbs to describe what you will be doing next weekend. Include details , opinions and reasons (the Future Simple/ the Near Future)
How you get on with your family
Write 3 sentences to describe how you get on with at
least one family member, include details and reasons
& opinions.
What you have done recently at home.
(Use at least 3 different verbs to describe activities that you did recently, include opinions & reasons) Past (Perfect)Tense

11. Key Verbs INFINITIVE PAST PRESENT FUTURE Simple (I will) & Near Future
(I’m going to …)
HABITER (to live)
JOUER (to play)
FAIRE (to do)
REGARDER (to watch)
ECOUTER (to listen)
MANGER (to eat)
DÎNER (to have dinner)
TRAVAILLER (to work)
ALLER (to go)
SORTIR (to go out)
J’ai habité
J’ai joué
J’ai fait
J’ai regardé
J’ai écouté
J’ai mangé
J’ai dîné
J’ai travaillé
Je suis allé(e)
Je suis sorti(e)
J’habite
Je joue
Je fais
Je regarde
J’écoute
Je mange
Je dîne
Je travaille
Je vais
Je sors
J’habiterai / Je vais habiter
Je jouerai / Je vais jouer
Je ferai / Je vais faire
Je regarderai / Je vais regarder
J’écouterai / Je vais écouter
Je mangerai / Je vais manger
Je dînerai / Je vais dîner
Je travaillerai / Je vais travailler
J’irai / Je vais aller
Je sortirai / Je vais sortir
J’ai = I have nous avons = we have
Il y a = there is /there are Il y aura = there will be… Il y avait = there was/were
C’est = It’s Ce sera = it will be C’était = it was

12. Communication & Content
Marks
Description
No rewardable material
1-3
Communicates LIMITED INFORMATION
Expresses SIMPLE thoughts and OPINIONS
GENERALLY UNDERSTANDABLE but with major errors that affect communication of main points.
4-6
Communicates information RELEVANT to the topic, with SOME DETAIL
Expresses thoughts & OPINIONS with JUSTIFICATION (reasons), with SOME DEVELOPMENT
GENERALLY ACCURATE, with occasional minor or even the odd major impairment in communication
7-9
Communicates DETAILED INFORMATION relevant to the topic
FREQUENTLY expresses, JUSTIFIES and DEVELOPS A RANGE of thoughts and OPINIONS.
MAINLY accurate with hardly any impairment of communication
10-12
Communicates ALL PARTS OF THE TASK and DETAILED information RELEVANT to the topic
CONSISTENTLY ( throughout) expresses, JUSTIFIES and DEVELOPS a WIDE RANGE of thoughts and OPINIONS
CONSISTENTLY accurate so that FULL communication is achieved
Marks
Description
No rewardable material
1-2
Uses very BASIC Key stage 3 vocabulary & very basic grammatical structures, often REPETITIVE
OCCASIONALLY ACCURATE but with MANY BASIC ERRORS
Any use of different tenses & time frames, which refer to PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE events, is with LIMITED SUCCESS
3-4
Uses FAMILIAR & PREDICTABLE Key stage 3 vocabulary & grammatical structures
FAIRLY ACCURATE overall but with SOME BASIC ERRORS
Uses tenses & time frames to refer to PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE events with SOME SUCCESS
5-6
Uses a RANGE of Key Stage 3 vocabulary & grammatical structures
GENERALLY ACCURATE with occasional errors when attempting more complex sentences
Uses tenses & time frames to refer to PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE events with FREQUENT SUCCESS
7-8
Uses a WIDE RANGE of key stage 3 vocabulary & grammatical structures
VERY ACCURATE, including longer more complex sentences, with only isolated errors
Uses a VARIETY of tenses & time frames to refer to PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE events with CONSISTENT success

13. biggest impact on your marks if you did this again? WWW?
My Marks
The table below gives you an indication of what your performance
would be worth at GCSE using only some key words as prompts.
Score
17-20
15-16
13-14 12 11 10 9 8
5-7
Level
7 – 7.3
6.4 – 6.6
6 – 6.3
5.7 – 5.9
5.4 – 5.6
5 – 5.3
GCSE grade B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D-
EBI? What would have the
biggest impact on your marks if
you did this again?
WWW?

14. Key Stage 3 Grammar
Some Key Stage 3 Grammatical structures.
Genders of nouns are correct ( le/le/l’ /les ) (un/une /des)
Plurals are formed correctly
Correct position & agreement of adjectives
Opinion + Definite article + noun (e.g. J’adore le rugby)
Opinion + infinitive phrase ( e.g. J’aime jouer au foot)
The Negative ( ne …pas)
Connectives & linking words
Sequencing words & time phrases & expressions of frequency
Qualifiers/intensifiers
Il y a - there is / there are
Present tense of REGULAR –ER / -IR / -RE verbs
Present tense of IRREGULAR VERBS – AVOIR / ETRE/ALLER/FAIRE
Past tense with AVOIR & ETRE (The Perfect Tense)
Near Future ( aller + INFINITIVE ) E.G. Je vais jouer au golf -I’m going to play golf
Present tense + DEPUIS + length of time (e.g. Je joue au foot depuis 6 ans )
The Simple Future ( Subject + infinitive + Avoir endings) e.g. Je jouerai… I will play
Avoir l’intention de + infinitive (e.g. J’ai l’intention de faire de la natation – I intend to…)
Je peux + infinitive (I am able to …. (I can …)
je veux + infinitive (I want to…)
Je dois + infinitive ( I have to (must) ) e.g. Je dois faire mes devoirs – I must do my homework
Direct object pronoun ( Je l’aime / je le déteste / j’y joue /j’en fais/ elle m’écoute)
The comparative ( plus …. que… / moins…que…) e.g. je suis plus sportif que mon ami