[milworthy]

(Original post by A193)
Which one was answer 'D' and which one was 'E'

Bceuase I just guessed and I put down 'A' and 'D'

I think D was optimistic. But I don't know which one is right. I think i put E for pessimistic.

[GracieV]

For the final question, the answers were she didn't want to see him anymore because he must have annoyed her as they spent so much time together. He feels like a change and has to study but can't.

[Fas]

(Original post by A193)
Which one was answer 'D' and which one was 'E'

Bceuase I just guessed and I put down 'A' and 'D'

A and D were correct well i know A was correct, massive debate whether it was D or E so we will have to wait and see

[NidaJaffri]

(Original post by A193)
what grade would you say i got, if i think around 28/40 if i'm pessimistic, or 32/40 if i'm optimistic, please tell me because i'm curious
for curry i wrote that it is spicy

Everything above 30 is likely to be an A*, so stay optimistic and let's hope you get A*. I didn't get any questions with food items in... does everyone get a different CD?

[TtTtT]

For the curry, she said it was spicy, but she liked that - it was too cold;
For the tart, they said it didn't have enough sugar - "amer" means bitter;
For the steak, he said it was "saignant", which means rare "j'ai horreur de ca" - he hates that.

That was BY FAR the hardest listening paper I had done, let's hope the grade boundaries reflect that!

[TtTtT]

(Original post by milworthy)
If you are french perhaps you can help me??? In the absolute last question did he say anything about feeling ill for a few days? And also did the dad say on the camping trip that he was disappointed because he wanted to do some walks because he couldn't (because there were too many people)

I got that he wanted to go on a walk before leaving, but was disappointed because there too many people or something like that :P

I completely flopped that exam :|

[TtTtT]

Guys, I know it costs 69p, but if you have an iPod touch or iPhone or similar, you should buy this app called Cramit. It's amazing and has all the necessary vocab (about 1500 words-ish?). I feel like a proper salesperson.
Probably a bit late now, but worth checking out...

[user1-4]

(Original post by TtTtT)
For the curry, she said it was spicy, but she liked that - it was too cold;
For the tart, they said it didn't have enough sugar - "amer" means bitter;
For the steak, he said it was "saignant", which means rare "j'ai horreur de ca" - he hates that.

That was BY FAR the hardest listening paper I had done, let's hope the grade boundaries reflect that!

is rare steak the same as undercooked?

[milworthy]

(Original post by user1-4)
is rare steak the same as undercooked?

I would say so. you are probably safe with that.

[Georacer]

(Original post by TtTtT)
For the curry, she said it was spicy, but she liked that - it was too cold;
For the tart, they said it didn't have enough sugar - "amer" means bitter;
For the steak, he said it was "saignant", which means rare "j'ai horreur de ca" - he hates that.

That was BY FAR the hardest listening paper I had done, let's hope the grade boundaries reflect that!

so for the steak bit, they thought it wasn't cooked how they liked it? That's what I put but everyone else said that was wrong, it was too fatty.. confused!

[usycool1]

(Original post by Georacer)
so for the steak bit, they thought it wasn't cooked how they liked it? That's what I put but everyone else said that was wrong, it was too fatty.. confused!

You may still be right but this I heard "trop gras" which means too fatty/greasy.

Good luck tomorrow everyone in the reading!!

[nornor16]

i thought my french listening went pretty awful too, but the day after the exam, my teacher had a copy of the transcript and we kinda figured out the answers. here are some of the answers i can remember
question 1 was homeless, then racism
qestion 2 was he loved his job, then that he enjoyed working with kids
question 3 was she was the envy of her friends and her opinion was influential
the food one went curry-was cold
tart-less sugar
steak-too bloody
dessert-too much cream.
the relationship one was that he was too possesive and didn't want her to spend time with other people and he hasn't seen her since last wednesday. this had a negative impact on his studies and he regrets it enormously.

if only i had these answers in the exam :P anyway hope it helps

[nornor16]

(Original post by milworthy)
was the woman in mali pessimistic or optimistic?

pessimistic

[Molly_D]

Wow! This has been interesting to see what everyone put for the answers! Definitely found the paper hard!
Also, me and my year were in the hall so the cd was really muffly and it was echoey so hard to understand anyway!

Totally didn't understand the last question! Also, the question about the man's holiday was really confusing!
Definitely agree about this paper being harder than all the past papers!
Let's hope the grade boundaries reflect this!

About the curry question, I put "too spicy" because I didn't hear the "too cold" comment
However, the furniture shop/factory question was definitely factory because he said that he cleaned them and then gave the beds to the shops to sell

[rosie.mae]

(Original post by nornor16)
i thought my french listening went pretty awful too, but the day after the exam, my teacher had a copy of the transcript and we kinda figured out the answers. here are some of the answers i can remember
question 1 was homeless, then racism
qestion 2 was he loved his job, then that he enjoyed working with kids
question 3 was she was the envy of her friends and her opinion was influential
the food one went curry-was cold
tart-less sugar
steak-too bloody
dessert-too much cream.
the relationship one was that he was too possesive and didn't want her to spend time with other people and he hasn't seen her since last wednesday. this had a negative impact on his studies and he regrets it enormously.

if only i had these answers in the exam :P anyway hope it helps

Oh God didn't write any of that stuff hope the reading exam tomorrow is alot easier!

[rosie.mae]

They usually lower the boundaries if people found it hard so that some many people fall into each boundary. There is the reading to pick some more marks up on too don't worry and good luck everyone!

[ambermo]

(Original post by Molly_D)
Wow! This has been interesting to see what everyone put for the answers! Definitely found the paper hard!
Also, me and my year were in the hall so the cd was really muffly and it was echoey so hard to understand anyway!

Totally didn't understand the last question! Also, the question about the man's holiday was really confusing!
Definitely agree about this paper being harder than all the past papers!
Let's hope the grade boundaries reflect this!

About the curry question, I put "too spicy" because I didn't hear the "too cold" comment
However, the furniture shop/factory question was definitely factory because he said that he cleaned them and then gave the beds to the shops to sell

I completely agree with you! I found the cd very hard to understand too as it was muffly (especially the deep men's voices) and I was sat quite close to the speakers.

[Jamie King]

"Don't cry over split milk" meaning don't cry over an exam you've already done, take it in your stride and aim to do better tomorrow as records suggest the reading to be considerably easier. Good luck to everyone I wish you all well

[hines]

Good luck with the reading tomorrow

There's a vocab list with everything on on the specification: http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/newgcse...-4655-W-SP.PDF

[Chloe0802]

(Original post by No brainer1)
Well ive done it... dunno if i did it well ???


I found it hard did any of you find it hard... lemme know with some of your answers and we can compare.... i think i flopped. many of the kids in my year thought they flopped too?? hmm was it that hard of a test??
me thinks... YES

YES! It was incredibly difficult Most of my year found it hard too....
How did you find the reading today??