Year 8 Summer Exam 2016 - Writing

Write on one topic of your choice, for example:

·  a visit to a safari park

·  food and drink

·  you and your family

·  where you live

·  school

·  your last holiday

·  your town

·  clothes

·  hobbies and sports

·  your favourite sportsperson

What you say need not be true.

To attain a Level 6: you must give as much detail as possible, giving opinions and developing your ideas. You must use some complex sentences and have accurate spelling and grammar. You must use three tenses.

Use all work you have done this year to help.

You must also know the following grammar:

Be able to conjugate the following verbs in the present tense:

·  Être

·  Avoir

·  Aller

·  Faire

·  Regular –er, - ir and –re verbs

·  Vouloir, pouvoir and devoir

·  Reflexive verbs

·  How to make a sentence negative

·  The future tense using ‘aller’ + infinitive

·  The passé compose tense (perfect)

·  Know which verbs take être as their auxiliary

·  Tell the time

Irregular verbs – present tense

Complete the table and translate

Être: to be / Avoir: to have
Je
Tu
Il
Nous
Vous
ils

Complete the table and translate

faire: to do / Aller: to go
Je
Tu
Il
Nous
Vous
ils

Complete the table and translate

pouvoir: to / Vouloir: to
Je
Tu
Il
Nous
Vous
ils

Complete the table and translate

Devoir: to
Je
Tu
Il
Nous
Vous
ils

Regular verbs – present tense

Complete the table and translate

Regarder: to / Choisir: to
Je
Tu
Il
Nous
Vous
ils

Complete the table and translate

écouter: to / vendre: to
Je
Tu
Il
Nous
Vous
ils

Reflexive verbs – present tense

Complete the table and translate

Se réveiller: to / Se laver: to
Je
Tu
Il
Nous
Vous
ils

How do you make a sentence negative?

Write these sentences in the negative form

Il est intelligent.

Nous mangeons de la pizza.

J’ai une soeur.

Mes parents travaillent dans la banque.

Mes copains vont au stade.

Je voudrais être informaticien.

Le Passé Composé

How many parts do you need to form the passé composé ( past tense)

What are they?

Which verbs take être as their auxiliary?

How do you form the past participle of regular verbs?

What is the past participle of the following irregular verbs and translate:

infinitive / Past participle / English of past participle
Boire / bu / Drank
Voir
Écrire
Dire
Avoir
Etre
Faire

Write down the following times in French:

En français – 12 hour clock / 24 hour clock
1 / 1pm / il est une heure / Il est treize heures
2 / 2.15am
3 / 8.10pm
4 / 8.15am
5 / 9.30
6 / 12.00
7 / 8.45am