Foundation Listening Personal details. Listen to Éléa talking about herself and complete this form in English. Example: First name: Eléa a Surname: b Age: c Colour of eyes: d Personality: 2 Entertainment and hobbies. Listen to these people talking about their hobbies. Which activity is it? Write the correct letter in the box. A B C D E F G H I Example: Nathan A a Julie b Simon c Marine d Damien e Liane f Farid AQA GCSE French Assessment Pack Pearson Education Limited 2009 un
Foundation/Higher Listening Free Time. Listen to the teenagers talking about their free time activities. Write the correct letter in the box. a David s favourite hobby is c He hates A basketball. A team games. B reading. B rugby. C ice skating. C swimming. b Last weekend he A stayed at home. B went swimming. C played football. d Next weekend he hopes to... A go to a concert. B go fishing. C go to a friend s house. 2 Leisure time. Listen to the 3 young French people who are talking about what they did last weekend. Fill in the grid with the correct letters. Activity Extra detail Example: Jamel A H a Nathalie b François c Zoé Activities: Extra details: A played football G great fun B went sailing H team won C played squash I had to babysit D surfed the net J it rained E downloaded music K good weather F went for a walk L boring M met a friend AQA GCSE French Assessment Pack Pearson Education Limited 2009 deux 2
Higher Listening Family. Lucie is talking about her family. Fill in the gaps. Example: She has 2 dogs and cat a Lucie would like a brother. She gets on well with her two. b Her parents give her plenty of. She plans to live next year. 2 TV programmes. Listen to these young French people discussing TV programmes. Decide which type of programmes they are discussing and whether they had a positive (P), negative (N) or both positive and negative (P/N) reaction to them. Programme P: N: P/N Example: Lucas Music P a Emma b Quentin c Véronique AQA GCSE French Assessment Pack Pearson Education Limited 2009 trois 3
Foundation Reading Hobbies. Which hobbies are these people interested in? Match the hobbies to the pictures. Write the correct letter in each box. A B C D E F G Example: J aime regarder la télé. B a Je fais du vélo. b J adore faire de la planche à voile. c J aime la natation. d Je fais beaucoup d équitation. 2 Lifestyle. Read Amina s post on a website and answer the questions in English. Fichier Edition Affichage Insertion Format Outils Message Répondre Répondre à tous Je m appelle Amina et j ai quinze ans. J habite avec ma mère et son ami, Luc. Mes parents sont divorcés et mon père habite en Espagne. Mon frère habite avec mon père et je le vois rarement, mais je m entends bien avec lui et il m envoie des e-mails chaque semaine. Luc est super cool et il aime la même musique que moi, alors on s entend bien. En revanche, ma mère est souvent stressée et impatiente. Example: How old is Amina? 5 a With whom does she live? b Where does her father live? c Why does she rarely see her brother? d Why does she get on well with Luc? e Give one word to describe her Mum. (2 marks) ( mark) ( mark) ( mark) ( mark) AQA GCSE French Assessment Pack Pearson Education Limited 2009 quatre 4
Foundation/Higher Reading Family. Read the texts about family relationships. Choose the correct person. Write S (Servane), F (Fabienne) or A (Amélie) in the correct box. Je m entends bien avec mes parents car ils me respectent. Mon père adore le VTT comme moi, alors nous faisons des promenades à vélo ensemble. Par contre mon frère m irrite car il est égoïste. Servane Mes parents sont séparés et j habite avec ma mère et mon beau-père. Ils sont trop sévères. Par exemple, samedi dernier je suis rentrée vers dix heures et ils n étaient pas contents. Fabienne J ai un frère avec qui je m entends très bien et une sœur qui m énerve car elle prend mes vêtements sans me demander la permission. Elle est vraiment casse-pieds. Amélie Example: Who gets on well with her parents? S a Who has very strict parents? b Who shares a hobby with one of her parents? c Who gets on well with her brother? d Who has a step father? AQA GCSE French Assessment Pack Pearson Education Limited 2009 cinq 5
Foundation/Higher Reading (continued) 2 Personality. Read the e-mail and choose the correct answer. Write the correct letter in the box. Fichier Edition Affichage Insertion Format Outils Message Répondre Répondre à tous Salut! Je ne sais pas ce que je veux faire dans la vie. Mes parents pensent que je suis travailleuse et timide car je passe beaucoup de temps dans ma chambre à dessiner ou à lire des romans, mais, des fois je suis sociable, et j aime bien sortir en boîte ou au cinéma avec mes copains. Mon frère est tout à fait différent car il ne fait que du sport. Il nage tous les jours, il fait du kayak et il aime aussi faire de la planche à voile. La semaine dernière il est allé aux sports d hiver et il a fait un stage en haute montagne. Lucie Example: Lucie... B A knows what her future holds. B does not know what she wants to do later in her life. C wants to be a teacher. a Her parents think that Lucie is A sociable. B lazy. C hard working. b She spends some of her free time A writing. B playing on the computer. C drawing. c She sometimes likes to A go out with friends. B do some DIY. C watch TV. d Her brother A does a lot of sport. B does no sport. C goes to the cinema a lot. e He particularly likes A clubbing. B water sports. C team sports. f Last week he A went skiing. B went into town with friends. C went to the cinema. AQA GCSE French Assessment Pack Pearson Education Limited 2009 six 6
Higher Reading A favourite hobby. Read the text about Marc s favourite hobby. Choose 4 sentences which are correct and write the correct letters in the boxes. Je fais de la natation depuis quinze ans et c est ma passion. Je m entraîne tous les matins de six heures à sept heures trente, et je fais deux heures de musculation le dimanche et le samedi. La semaine dernière, j ai participé à un concours régional, et j ai gagné, mais mon ambition est de nager pour mon pays. Selon moi, c est important de manger équilibré, alors je consomme beaucoup de fruits et de légumes et j évite les sucreries. J adore nager mais, des fois, je me sens un peu isolé car c est un sport plutôt solitaire. En fait, je suis très sociable et je sors souvent au cinéma avec mes copains. Marc a Marc started swimming when he was 5. b He trains for 90 minutes every morning. c He does extra training at the weekend. d He has represented his country at swimming. e He likes eating sweets. f He pays close attention to his diet. g He hates going to the cinema. h He sometimes feels a bit lonely. 2 Free time. Read the texts about different free time activities. Read sentences a f. Who is it? Write E (Éric), P (Pascal) or S (Samir) Samedi dernier, j ai fait du cheval avec ma copine. Ensuite, nous sommes allés en ville où nous avons mangé un repas spécial pour fêter son anniversaire. Le week-end prochain j espère faire de la planche à voile avec mon oncle. Éric Je me passionne pour la musique. Je joue de la batterie depuis cinq ans et ça me détend. J aime aussi les sports nautiques. Hier j ai fait de la planche à voile avec des copains de mon collège. Ce week-end je compte faire du VTT à la montagne. Pascal Dimanche prochain je vais assister à un concert de rock avec mon frère. Il joue de la batterie, mais moi, je ne joue pas d un instrument de musique. Je suis assez sportif par contre. Samedi dernier, j ai joué au volley pour l équipe de mon collège, et dimanche j ai fait de la plongée. Samir Example: Who has a brother? S a Who plays drums? b Who plays for a school team? c Who is going wind surfing in the future? d Who finds his hobby relaxing? e Who has a girlfriend? f Who has been diving? AQA GCSE French Assessment Pack Pearson Education Limited 2009 sept 7
Speaking Task You are having a conversation with your French pen friend about your family. Your teacher will play the part of your friend. You should include: how many people are in your family with personal details what your parents do for a living what they think of their jobs details of any pets you have how you get on with your family and why what you did last week together what you plan to do next weekend.!!= Remember at this point you will have to respond to something that you have not yet prepared. The dialogue should last between 4 and 6 minutes. You can use your notes including 40 words maximum (no full sentences and no conjugated verbs.) Task 2 You are being interviewed for a part time job. Your teacher will play the part of the interviewer. You should include: personal details (name, age, birthday) details of your hobbies/interests what kind of person you think you are and why how well you get on with people something you have recently done which you are proud of your ambition for the future.!!= Remember at this point you will have to respond to something that you have not yet prepared. The dialogue should last between 4 and 6 minutes. You can use your notes including 40 words maximum (no full sentences and no conjugated verbs.) AQA GCSE French Assessment Pack Pearson Education Limited 2009 huit 8
Writing Task You are writing a post for your French friend s blog on sports. You should include: details of your hobbies including when, where, why and with whom you do them information about another friend s hobby which is different a hobby you did when you were younger and why you no longer do it a new hobby you would like to try in the future a hobby you don t like and why you don t like it. Task 2 You have been asked to devise an episode for a new TV series for people in France. You should include: what sort of programme it is who the main characters are and what they are like what their pasts were like who the target audience should be what future plans you might have for the programme what happens in the episode. AQA GCSE French Assessment Pack Pearson Education Limited 2009 neuf 9