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Help me mark my french? Estimate my grade...

Hi everyone, I've been preparing my for french speaking exams and i was wondering if anyone can help me estimate the grade i'll get for my work, so i can improve. Honest opinions please! :smile:

1. Describe yourself...

Je m'appelle Leanne! J'ai quinze ans. Mon anniversaire est le 6 avril. Je suis bavarde, paresseuse et drôle. Je suis de taille moyenne et j'ai les yeux bleus et les cheveux blondes. J'habite à en angleterre avec ma famille!

2. Describe your family...

Ma mère est petite. Elle a les yeux marrons et les cheveux bruns. Son anniversaire est le 7 mai. Elle est vraiment gentille et timide mais malheuresement kath est au chômage!
Mon père est trop grand. Il a les yeux bleu et les cheveux noirs! Son anniversaire est le 24 juin. Il est très bavarde et sportif!
Alfie a 17 ans. Il est grand et il a les yeux bleus et les cheveux brun. Son anniversaire est le 19 août. Il est intelligent et sportif!

3. Who do you get on with and why?...

Je m'entends bien avec mon frère parce qu'il est drôle et ouverte! On samuse bien, mais, de temps en temps, il se moque de moi et il m'enerve! Nous sommes très proches!
Je ne m'entends bien pas avec ma mère parce qu'elle ma critique! Mais, je i'aime bien!
Mon père est sensible! à mon avis je pense qu'il est amusant, branchè et sage!

4. Describe your house...

J'habite dans ma maison depuis quinze ans! Ma maison est petite! Nous habitons dans un quartier très calme! C'est cinq minutes de la bord de la mer. Je habitions une bungalow. Il y a, une cuisine, un salon, une salle de bains, trois chambres et un beaureu! J'aime ma chambre parce que c'est vraiment cozy et conforable, c'est génial! Dans ma chambre, j'adore ècouter de la musique de Beyonce. Aussi, j'aime regarder la tèlè avec mes copines! On préfere les séries policière!

And your town, what is in your town?...

Dans ma ville, il ya un parc, le centre de commercial et des magasins! On devrait construire plus de zones pietonnes! C'est ennuyeux parce qu'il n' ya pas plus grande chose a faire! chez nous, le problème c'est le embouteillages! Si j'avais le droit je réduirais la circulation en ville at je mettrais en place un système navette! Nous habitons dans un quartier calme! C'est beau! J'aime ma maison!

6. What do you generally like doing?

En général, j'aime faire du ski avec ma copine, Amie, parce que c'est excellent! J'adore jouer au tennis avec mon frère parce que c'est fantastique! Donc nous allons une fois par semaine!. J'ai horreur d'aller au collége, parce que c'est trop ennuyeux! J'aime bien écouter de la musique parce que c'est super! Je dèteste aider mon père à laver la voiture parce que à mon avis, c'est dégoutant! Normalement, je ne regarder jamais, la télé mais j'aime regarder les séries policiére parce qu'elles sont intéressantes!

7. What did you used to do when you were younger?

Quand j'etait plus jeune, je regardais les films avec mes copines chez moi, et c'etait vraiment bien! Tous les dimanche, j'allais au cinéma avec mon frère, mais c'etait cher! Aussi, je mangeais de la pizza avec ma famille, c'etait gènial. Je n'aimais pas jouer avec mes jouets parce que c'etait nul! Aussi, j'aimais mangé la frites, mais maintenant je la trouve dêgoûtant!

8. What did you do last weekend?...

Le weekend dernier, je suis allé de piscine avec ma famille et c'etait très bien! J'ai regardé la télé avec ma mère, c'etait amusant! Le dimanche matin, j'ai mangé mon petit déjeuner avec mon frère puis nous sommes allés chez mes grand-parents. Dans l'après midi, j'ai fait mes devoirs mais c'etait très moche! Je jouerais au tennis avec mes copines et je ecouterais de la musique parce que c'etait excellent!

9. What are you going to do this weekend?...

Le weekend prochain, je vais regarder un film au cinéma, avec mon frère, ce sera intéressant. Apres nous allons aller chez McDonalds ce sera chouette. Je vais me disputer avec mes parents, ce sera énervent. Le dimanche prochain, je ferai, du judo avec me mère ce sera vraiment bien! Aussi, j'écouterai de la musique avec frère à mon avis, ce sera assez génial! Finalement, je jouerai au tennis avec mon père ce sera très bien! Normalement, je mangerais des pommes, parce qu'ils sont délicièux, mais je ne le mange plus aussi, je regarderais la téle avec mon frère, Ils écouterais de la musique de McFly parce qu'ils sont fantastiques mais, malheuresement, je dois faire le devoirs ce weekend! Quelle dommage! :smile:


Sorry its very long! :/

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"Ma mère est petite" XD seems good so far wish I could have your French skills
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"Ma mère est petite" XD seems good so far wish I could have your French skills

Haha, Thanks although i don't think they are all that great, and i'm stressed out for my exam haha! :smile:
Too much repetition of similar phrases 'ce sera', 'c'etait' and 'c'est'. They all mean the same thing, just in different tenses
Not enough reasons for things/insufficient reasons for things. As an example: On devrait construire plus de zones pietonnes!- Here, you could have explained exactly why they should, expanding your answer and making it into a complex sentence.
I have a bit more to say, but I'm starting to sound horrible. I'm not trying to be mean, just brutally honest :smile: It's already pretty good, probably A/A* standard, but I just think you could add to it more to make it a definite A* :smile: Good luck!
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Too much repetition of similar phrases 'ce sera', 'c'etait' and 'c'est'. They all mean the same thing, just in different tenses
Not enough reasons for things/insufficient reasons for things. As an example: On devrait construire plus de zones pietonnes!- Here, you could have explained exactly why they should, expanding your answer and making it into a complex sentence.
I have a bit more to say, but I'm starting to sound horrible. I'm not trying to be mean, just brutally honest :smile: It's already pretty good, probably A/A* standard, but I just think you could add to it more to make it a definite A* :smile: Good luck!



Thank you this helps alot! It's not brutal at all, i'd rather know so i can improve! thanks for your help :smile:
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There are a few grammatical mistakes in there, and sometimes your reasons are a bit off. I like doing this because it's great or I didn't like doing that because it sucked for instance. At my school you'd get a 6/10 (or lower), but I think you'd get An A or a B in England :smile: So all in all, you're doing well! Of course, your pronunciation can change your grade.
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Original post by Smushy
There are a few grammatical mistakes in there, and sometimes your reasons are a bit off. I like doing this because it's great or I didn't like doing that because it sucked for instance. At my school you'd get a 6/10 (or lower), but I think you'd get An A or a B in England :smile: So all in all, you're doing well! Of course, your pronunciation can change your grade.


Thanks for your help! :smile:
Original post by Smushy
There are a few grammatical mistakes in there, and sometimes your reasons are a bit off. I like doing this because it's great or I didn't like doing that because it sucked for instance. At my school you'd get a 6/10 (or lower), but I think you'd get An A or a B in England :smile: So all in all, you're doing well! Of course, your pronunciation can change your grade.


Where do you go to school? :smile:
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What exam board are you with?
I'm with WJEC and for my conversation speaking my answers were much shorter (I had a couple more questions maybe 16-20) and I got 19/20 so I think you should be fine with that.. Just focus on your accuracy and pronunciation.


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What exam board are you with?
I'm with WJEC and for my conversation speaking my answers were much shorter (I had a couple more questions maybe 16-20) and I got 19/20 so I think you should be fine with that.. Just focus on your accuracy and pronunciation.


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AQA i think, thank you for your help! :smile:
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Original post by suzylemonade
Where do you go to school? :smile:


I used to go to the European school :smile: French grading was notoriously harsh, especially on oral exams. Such a pain :smile: Even native speakers had a hard time getting more than 8/10.
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AQA i think, thank you for your help! :smile:


AQA are pretty harsh with their marking and mark scheme. I do AQA too xD


Original post by Smushy
I used to go to the European school :smile: French grading was notoriously harsh, especially on oral exams. Such a pain :smile: Even native speakers had a hard time getting more than 8/10.


Yikes. That sounds pretty tough :O But I guess a challenge is always nice? :smile:
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Original post by suzylemonade
AQA are pretty harsh with their marking and mark scheme. I do AQA too xD




Yikes. That sounds pretty tough :O But I guess a challenge is always nice? :smile:


I used to love French :smile: it was all about analysing wonderful literature, choosing your words meticulously, defending your argument well... It was great! It was lovely to be challenged like that, it pushes you to do better. I ended up dropping it in favour of English though
:frown: The only oral exam I did in French was my history one.

Are you enjoying A-level/GCSE (?) French? :smile:
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Original post by suzylemonade
AQA are pretty harsh with their marking and mark scheme. I do AQA too xD




Yikes. That sounds pretty tough :O But I guess a challenge is always nice? :smile:


Most of my GCSE exams are done by AQA, and i took an early entry GCSE (Business and Communications) last year, and that was also by AQA, it was pretty tough! But i still came out with an A, so hopefully i'll do ok, i just hope i pass! :smile:
Original post by Smushy
I used to love French :smile: it was all about analysing wonderful literature, choosing your words meticulously, defending your argument well... It was great! It was lovely to be challenged like that, it pushes you to do better. I ended up dropping it in favour of English though
:frown: The only oral exam I did in French was my history one.

Are you enjoying A-level/GCSE (?) French? :smile:


Wow, the french you did in school sounds great! In my school, all we do is read passages, answer questions, listen to recorded french people, answer questions, do past papers and learn vocab/grammar. It's incredibly dull. Perhaps I should join a European school :tongue:
You did a history oral.. In french?! That's incredible.

Not exactly (and GCSE, by the way). It's very repetitive and dull. I love the language itself, but the lessons bore me xD
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Original post by Smushy
I used to love French :smile: it was all about analysing wonderful literature, choosing your words meticulously, defending your argument well... It was great! It was lovely to be challenged like that, it pushes you to do better. I ended up dropping it in favour of English though
:frown: The only oral exam I did in French was my history one.

Are you enjoying A-level/GCSE (?) French? :smile:


My school actually chose French for me, so i had to do it. I thought i was going to hate it as in Year 7,8 and 9 i had. But i actually really like GCSE French, and i'm glad my school forced me to take it, otherwise i wouldn't even considered taking it! :smile:
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Wow, the french you did in school sounds great! In my school, all we do is read passages, answer questions, listen to recorded french people, answer questions, do past papers and learn vocab/grammar. It's incredibly dull. Perhaps I should join a European school :tongue:
You did a history oral.. In french?! That's incredible.

Not exactly (and GCSE, by the way). It's very repetitive and dull. I love the language itself, but the lessons bore me xD


It was :smile: All French teachers were incredibly passionate about the literature they made us read. A lot of students didn't like it though :smile: They either felt it was too hard, or just ridiculous. You know they whole 'the curtains are blue' means the curtains are blue not the main character had an abusive mother and he's hiding his trauma :smile: If you like languages and are interested in different European cultures I really encourage you to do so!
History and Geography are taught in your second language :smile:

I'm sorry to hear that :frown: I guess it's partly because learning a new language requires a lot of repetition, but it would be lovely if you could read some good books or watch good films :smile: I've found reading and enjoying french music/films really helps with learning :smile: It also helps you pick up the culture :smile:
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My school actually chose French for me, so i had to do it. I thought i was going to hate it as in Year 7,8 and 9 i had. But i actually really like GCSE French, and i'm glad my school forced me to take it, otherwise i wouldn't even considered taking it! :smile:


Why can they choose your subjects? :O It's good you like it now though! Is it because the level has gone up and you get to do more of the fun stuff now because you've got the basics down? :smile:
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Why can they choose your subjects? :O It's good you like it now though! Is it because the level has gone up and you get to do more of the fun stuff now because you've got the basics down? :smile:


Because i'm in the top sets my school thought i was capable of doing the English Baccalaureate, which meant i had to do English, Maths, Science, A language (which was french) and a humanities (which i got to choose either history or geography). Aswell as this, my school has a christian ethos, which means all of its students have to take religion and life too. So in the end i had to choose one subject out of around 20 and it was a very hard choice! There were multiple ones i wanted to do, such as Graphics and Child Development, but in the end i took Business studies as i already have a GCSE in that subject area (Business & Communications).

So now i study... English Lit, English Language, Statistics (Another option chosen by my school), Maths, History, Business Studies, Religion and Life, Core Science, Additional Science and French! :smile:

What do you study? :smile:
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It was :smile: All French teachers were incredibly passionate about the literature they made us read. A lot of students didn't like it though :smile: They either felt it was too hard, or just ridiculous. You know they whole 'the curtains are blue' means the curtains are blue not the main character had an abusive mother and he's hiding his trauma :smile: If you like languages and are interested in different European cultures I really encourage you to do so!
History and Geography are taught in your second language :smile:

I'm sorry to hear that :frown: I guess it's partly because learning a new language requires a lot of repetition, but it would be lovely if you could read some good books or watch good films :smile: I've found reading and enjoying french music/films really helps with learning :smile: It also helps you pick up the culture :smile:


Ah, the infamous 'the curtains are blue' :lol: That would be rather interesting to attempt in French though, especially as I probably wouldn't be able to get that in English :tongue: Languages are pretty much my life, I love them :biggrin: I'm definitely going to look into it :biggrin:
And wow, that's awesome. That means that by the time you leave, you're pretty much fluent?

That's a great idea actually. I think I will find some french books in my local library and perhaps start listening to some music :smile: I've heard that totally immersing yourself in a language can work wonders for your learning xD I'm doing this at the moment with Korean, however quite unsuccessfully. It's hard because their writing system is so different to ours and I haven't bothered to go over basically grammar rules :tongue:

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