4th Form French End of Year Exam Revision Guidance

Examination Overview and Competency Skills

• Assessment Format: The 4th Form End of Year (EOY) exam is a comprehensive evaluation covering four core linguistic skills:     * Speaking: Oral production and interaction.     * Writing: Written expression and grammatical accuracy.     * Listening: Auditory comprehension of spoken French.     * Reading: Textual analysis and comprehension.
• Support Materials: Pupils are advised to reference the specific vocabulary lists provided by their class teachers for every topic listed across the primary learning modules.

Module 1: Identity and Relationships with Others

• Thematic Focus Areas:     * Personality: Vocabulary used to describe individual character traits and temperaments.     * My Future Self: Exploration of personal aspirations and the evolution of one's identity over time.     * Family: Terminology related to family structures, household dynamics, and relatives.     * Friends: Descriptions of social groups, friendships, and peer relationships.
• Grammar and Syntax Overview:     * Adjectival Agreement: The rule that adjectives must agree in gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural) with the nouns they modify.     * Present Tense of –re Verbs: Conjugation patterns for regular third-conjugation verbs.     * Simple Future of Regular Verbs: The formation of the 'futur simple' for regular verbs to express future intent or certainty.     * Negatives: Usage of negation markers (e.g., ne… pas) to create negative statements.     * Comparative Adjectives: Sentence structures used to compare entities (e.g., more than, less than, as… as).     * Present Tense of –ir verbs: Conjugation patterns for regular second-conjugation verbs.     * Present Participles: Formation of the '-ant' verb form used as adjectives or to express simultaneous actions.     * Impersonal Verbs: Verbs that are used only with the third-person singular impersonal pronoun 'il' (e.g., weather or necessity).     * Near Future Tense: The 'futur proche' construction using 'aller' + infinitive.     * Plural Nouns: Rules for converting singular nouns into their plural forms.

Module 2: Physiology, Health, and Nutrition

• Thematic Focus Areas:     * Body Parts: Anatomical vocabulary for describing the physical self.     * Healthy Choices: Discussion of lifestyle decisions that impact physical and mental wellbeing.     * Food and Drink: Comprehensive vocabulary for nutrition, meals, and beverages.     * Recent Activities: Describing events or actions taken in the immediate past regarding health.     * Challenges of a Healthy Lifestyle: Identifying and discussing barriers to maintaining a healthy regiment.
• Grammar and Syntax Overview:     * Two Tenses Together: The syntactical integration of different tenses within a single sentence or narrative context.     * Prepositional Infinitive Construction: Use of the structure $\text{Avant de} + \text{infinitive}$ to denote "before doing [something]."     * Partitive Article: Usage of 'du', 'de la', 'de l’', and 'des' to denote an unspecified quantity of an item.     * Perfect Tense of Regular Verbs: Formation of the 'passé composé' for regular verbs to describe completed past actions.     * Indirect Object Pronouns: Use of pronouns (e.g., lui, leur) to replace nouns that are the indirect recipients of an action.     * Impersonal Expressions: Fixed phrases such as 'il est important de' that set a general context.     * Irregular Present Participles: Exceptions in the formation of the '-ant' participle form.     * Comparative Quantity: Using the structure $\text{Plus/moins de} + \text{noun}$ to compare amounts.     * Comparative Degree: Using the structure $\text{Plus/moins de} + \text{adjective}$ to compare qualities.

Module 3: Education, Professional Planning, and Future Aspirations

• Thematic Focus Areas:     * School Day: Describing the daily schedule, lessons, and routines within the educational system.     * Description of School: Vocabulary for detailing the layout, facilities, and characteristics of the institution.     * Post-16 Studies: Discussion regarding educational pathways and subject choices following the age of 16.     * Dream School: Hypothetical descriptions of an ideal or utopian educational environment.     * School Uniform: Pros, cons, and descriptions of mandatory school attire.     * School Rules: Institutional regulations, disciplinary codes, and expectations of conduct.     * What You Used to Like: Expressing past preferences and childhood interests.     * Jobs and Future Plans: Identifying career paths, professional goals, and vocational aspirations.     * Part Time Jobs: Terminology for employment undertaken alongside full-time education.
• Grammar and Syntax Overview:     * Negative Constructions: Advanced negation (e.g., 'ne… jamais', 'ne… personne', 'ne… plus').     * Conditional of Regular –er Verbs: Formation of the conditional mood to express hypothetical or polite requests for first-group verbs.     * Superlative Adjectives: Expressing the highest or lowest degree of a trait (the most/the least).     * Imperfect Tense: Using 'l’imparfait' to focus on past descriptions, habits, or ongoing states.     * Indefinite Adjectives: Using adjectives like 'chaque' (each), 'plusieurs' (several), or 'quelques' (some).     * Tense Synthesis: Demonstrated ability to alternate between the imperfect, present, and future tenses within a cohesive text.     * Adverbs of Quantity: Modifiers used to define amounts (e.g., beaucoup, peu, assez, trop).     * Recent Past Construction: Use of the structure $\text{Venir de} + \text{infinitive}$ to describe an action that has just happened.

Module 4: Hobbies, Media, and International Leisure

• Thematic Focus Areas:     * Sports: General and specific athletic activities and team sports.     * Television: Discussion of media consumption, genres, and favorite shows.     * Music: Vocabulary for instruments, musical styles, and listening habits.     * Cinema: Topics covering film, movie theaters, and the film industry.     * Leisure Activities Around the World: Comparative views on how different cultures spend their free time.     * Extreme Sport: Adrenaline-based and non-traditional athletic pursuits.
• Grammar and Syntax Overview:     * Perfect Tense Irregular Past Participles: Conjugating the 'passé composé' with verbs that have non-standard past participles (e.g., faire to fait, prendre to pris).     * Emphatic Pronouns: Use of pronouns like 'moi', 'toi', 'lui', and 'elle' for emphasis or after prepositions.     * Reflexive Verbs in the Past: Correct placement of reflexive pronouns and auxiliary choice in the 'passé composé'.     * Perfect Tense with Être: Mastery of the verbs (often movement or reflexive) that require 'être' as the auxiliary in the past tense.     * Modal Verbs in the Perfect Tense: Usage of 'pouvoir', 'vouloir', and 'devoir' in the past context.

Module 5: Celebrations, Festivals, and Cultural Customs

• Thematic Focus Areas:     * Birthdays and Other Personal Special Days: Vocabulary for personal milestones and celebrations.     * Describing Popular Customs/Events in the Past: Retrospective accounts of historical traditions or previously attended festivals.     * Describing Future Festivals/Celebrations: Anticipatory descriptions of upcoming cultural or national events.
• Grammar and Syntax Overview:     * Present Tense of Common Irregulars: Mastery of fundamental irregular verbs such as être, avoir, aller, and faire.     * Direct Object Pronouns: Use of pronouns (e.g., le, la, les) to replace nouns that are the direct object of a verb.     * Imperfect Tense: Continued focus on the descriptive past tense.     * Y and En: Use of adverbial pronouns to replace phrases beginning with 'à' (places/things) or 'de' (quantities).     * Using Two Tenses Together: Coordination of temporal sequences (e.g., descriptive background in the imperfect vs. specific action in the perfect).     * Definite and Indefinite Articles: Contrast between specific (le/la/les) and non-specific (un/une/des) noun markers.