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French for Common Entrance 13+ Revision Guide –

Chapter 3: Family, friends and pets

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Exercise 7.3

Au téléphone

Listen to the audio track and then answer thequestions in English.

1

Where is Sylvie?

2

Whatdoeshermother say aboutwhen shewillbeback?

3

Whatmessagedoes Julien leave forher?

4

When can Sylvie ringhim?

5

Whywillhebe athome at that time?

Exercise 7.4

Une Française à Londres

Listen to the audio track and then answer thequestions in English.

1

What is the girl’sfirstquestion?

2

Whatdoes theboynot know?

3

Whatdoeshe know?

4

Give theprecisedirections that theboy givesher.

Exercise 7.5

Au restaurant

Listen to the audio track and then answer thequestions in English.

1

Whatdoes the girl say she is about todo?

2

Whatdo theydiscuss andwhat is theoutcome?

Exercise 7.6

On choisit un cadeau

Listen to the audio track and then answer thequestions in English.

1

Whyhas theboy come into the shop?

2

What is thefirst itemhe looks at?

3

Whydoesheparticularly like it?

4

Howmuch is it?

5

Why is it so expensive?

6

Howmuchdoeshepay for the itemhefinally chooses?

Track43

Track44

Track45

Track46

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How the exam operates

Instructions will be given in English. There will be 25 questions on a number of short

passages, arranged in 5 sections. There will be several exercises of differing lengths,

covering a range of different approaches to the development of reading skills, for

example gap-filling, multiple choice, matching headlines to texts, matching pictures

to descriptions, matching two halves of a sentence, matching questions and answers,

matching people and opinions, choosing a number of correct answers.

Exercise 8.1

Michel is talking about a typicalday.Copy thepassage and choose aword from the

optionsbelow tofill each gap,as in the example:

Je

m’appelle

Michel. J’ai treizeans.

fort maison prof m’appelle anglais latin forte

travailler route voiture mange suis sciences

matin vélo fenêtre

Bon,normalement, le

jevaisà l’écoleen

avecpapa. Il

conduitassezvite. Ilabeaucoupde

à faire,etonquitte toujours la

en retard.Aucollègecetteannée je suisen sixième,donconadeux

heuresd’

par semaine.

Moi j’aimeça,car je suis

en langues.Lemardionacinqcours,

dontmaths,chimie,anglais,

ethistoire-géo.

On

assezbienà lacantine, ilya toujoursquelquechoseque

j’aimeetonpeutchoisir.Mon

de latinest trèsaimable,mais je

n’aimepasmonprofdemusique: ilnous fait

!

Exercise 8.2

Read the following text,and answer thequestions that follow.

Marianne

EnFrancepresque tous lesécoliers sontexternes. Ilsarriventà

l’école lematin,et rentrentà lamaison tous les soirs.Moi, je suisdonc

exceptionnelle! Je suispensionnaireparcequemonpèreestmilitaire,

alorsnouschangeonsdedomicile tous lesdeuxans.Quandmonpère

revientaprèsuneabsencedequelquesmois,on fête sonarrivée!

Magali

Aucollège, je suisunpeu triste leweek-end,carnousne sommespas

nombreusesdans lepensionnat,mais les surveillantesqui restentpour

nousgarder sont trèsgentilles.Onn’apas ledroitde sortirenville le

week-end,maison s’amuseassezbienentrenous.

3

Reading

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3

Family, friends and pets

3.1

Meeting people

People

lesgens

(m.)

people

lesados

teenagers

lapersonne

person

l’enfant

(m.and f.) child

troispersonnes

threepeople

le/lacamarade

friend

l’homme

(m.)

man

l’ami(e)

friend

lemonsieur

gentleman

lecopain

friend (m.)

ladame

lady

lacopine

friend (f.)

la femme

woman,wife

lecorrespondant

penfriend (m.)

un(e)adolescent(e)

teenager

lacorrespondante

penfriend (f.)

Some useful verbs

rencontrer

tomeet

se rencontrer

tomeetupwithone another

se retrouver

tomeetupwithone another

s’amuser

tohave fun,enjoyoneself

s’entendreavec…

to getonwith someone

Useful phrases for greeting people

Bonjour*

Hello,goodmorning,good afternoon

Bonsoir*

Good evening

Bonnenuit

Goodnight

Salut

Hi/Cheerio

Allô

Hello (onlywhen answering the telephone)

Au revoir

Goodbye

Bonne journée

Have a goodday

Bonne soirée

Have a good evening

Àbientôt

See you soon

*Note that ifyoumeet

amanor ladyyouwill

probably just say ‘Good

morning’or ‘Hello’,but

in French you should

say

BonjourMonsieur

or

BonjourMadame

.

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Useful phrases for introductions

Useful phrases for arranging to meet friends

Je teprésentema famille

May I introducemy family (informal)

Jevousprésentema famille

May I introducemy family (formal)

Enchanté(e)

Pleased tomeetyou

Voicimonchien

This ismydog

Comment t’appelles-tu?

What’syourname?

Jem’appelle…

I’m called…

Comment s’appelle-t-il/elle?

What’shis/hername?

Il/elle s’appelle…

He/She is called…

Commentallez-vous?

How are you? (formal)

Jevaisbienmerci

I’mwell thank you

Çava?

How are you? (informal)

Çava

I’mfine

Et toi?

What about you?

Rendez-vousoù?

Where shallwemeet?

Rendez-vousau stade

Let’smeet at the stadium

Rendez-vousà lapiscine

Let’smeet at the swimmingpool

Rendez-vousdevant lagare

Let’smeetoutside the station

àdemain

see you tomorrow

àdimanche

see youon Sunday

Exam-stylequestions

Try these sample exam-stylequestions for yourself.Answers are given at theback

of thebook.

Speaking

Role-playpractice

Lookat the sectionon theSpeakingpaper in the Introduction forhelpwith role-plays.

3.1

Yourpenfriend’s family come to visityou.Try to say the following in French:

(a)

Sayhello to yourpenfriend’sparents.

(b)

Ask themhow they are.

(c)

Tell them that you arewell.

(d)

Say that youwould like to introduce your family.

(e)

Introduce your cat.

3.2

Your friend Julie calls youonyourmobile.Try to say the following in French:

(a)

Sayhello.

(b)

Say you arefine and askhow she is.

(c)

Your friend asks tomeetup so askwhere.

(d)

Disagree and suggest youmeet in frontof the railway station.

(e)

Say that youwill seeher tomorrow.

(f)

Wishher goodnight.

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Girl

Non, jenecroispas. Il faut laisserunpourboire.

Boy

Tuasde lamonnaie?

Girl

Attends, jevaisvoir.

Boy

Oh regarde!C’estmarqué «servicecompris».

Girl

Tantmieux.

1

Thegirl isabout toask for thebill.

2

Theydiscusswhetherservice is included in thebill.Theyfind that it is.

Exercise 7.6

On choisit un cadeau

Girl

Jepeuxvousaider?

Boy

Oui, jechercheuncadeaupourmamèr .

Girl

Qu’est-cequevousvoulez luioffrir?

Boy

Jene saispas. Jen’aipasbeaucoupd’argent.

Girl

Un foulardpeut-être?

Boy

Jepeuxvoir le foulardbleu là-bas?

Girl

Oui,bien sûr. Ilest joli,n’est-cepas?

Boy

Oui,etenplusmamèreadore lebleu.C’estcombien?

Girl

Cinquanteeuros.C’esten soie.

Boy

C’estunpeucher.Vousavezquelquechosedemoischer?

Girl

Celui-cipeut-être? Ilcoûtevingt-cinqeuros.

Boy

Parfait. Je leprends.

1

Theboy is looking forapresent forhismother.

2

Theboyfirst looksatabluescarf.

3

Hismother lovesblue.

4

Thescarfcosts50euros.

5

It isexpensivebecause it ismadeofsilk.

6

Theboypays25euros foranotherscarf.

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The following are the answers for each exercise. Candidates are awarded one mark for each correct answer.

Exercise 8.1

Bon,normalement, le

matin

jevaisà l’écoleen

voiture

avecpapa. Ilconduitassezvite. Ila

beaucoupde

route

à faire,etonquitte toujours la

maison

en retard.Aucollègecetteannée je

suisen sixième,donconadeuxheuresd’

anglais

par semaine.

Moi j’aimeça,car je suis

fort

en langues.Lemardionacinqcours,dontmaths,chimie,

anglais,

latin

ethistoire-géo.

On

mange

assezbienà lacantine,ilya toujoursquelquechoseque j’aimeetonpeutchoisir.

Mon

prof

de latinest trèsaimable,mais jen’aimepasmonprofdemusique:ilnous fait

travailler

!

Exercise 8.2

1

Patrick

2

Stéphane

3

Patrick

4

Magali

5

Marianne

6

Marianne

7

Patrick

8

Patrick

9

Magali

10

Stéphane

Exercise 8.3

1

(d)

2

(a)

3

(b)

4

(f)

5

(e)

Exercise 8.4

D’habitude,je

passe

leweek-endà fairedesactivitéssportivesenpleinair.Quand il faitbeau,je

déteste

rester

à l

’intérieur.Je

joue

souvent

avecmesdeux

petits

frères,quiontsixetquatreans.

S’ilpleuton faitdes

jeux

de sociétéouon regardeunDVDdans le

salon

. Je suis fanatiquede

dessinsanimés:monpèremeditque je suis toujoursunbébémaisçam’estégal!

Quelquefois j’aidemamèreàpréparer ledéjeuner.Ellene refuse

jamais

uncoupdemain,

parcequ’ilya toujoursbeaucoupde

monde

à table ledimanche.Mescousinshabitent tout

près

et ilsviennentmangercheznous.Onvachez

eux

le samedi soir.

3

Reading

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