National 5 French 2018/19

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Agree about the listening! I thought that the questions were weird e.g rather than giving you 4 options to choose from, they told you 2 and you had to pick 2!

I found it okay except the listening it seemed quite hard especially item 2 in places

Reply 61

rittajmoghal29

Wait we had to pick two options for the listening? 😲

Reply 62

beth1709

Original post by rittajmoghal29

Wait we had to pick two options for the listening? 😲

What?

Reply 63

BethKennedy_x

I agree about the unpredictables! Thankfully I had memorised them ones (as well as 10 others lol) beforehand so I’m happy with how writing went :smile:

Reply 64

BethKennedy_x

Also, what did people put for the last question for item two? (Three market about the carnival)
I put people listened to the orchestra, danced in the streets and sang traditional songs but I don’t know if any of that is right ahhaha

Reply 65

rittajmoghal29

What do you mean? We had to pick two choices or was it for each item we had to pick one choice?

Original post by thepunmaster.e

Agree about the listening! I thought that the questions were weird e.g rather than giving you 4 options to choose from, they told you 2 and you had to pick 2!

Reply 66

rittajmoghal29

Orchestra was already mentioned, I put they partied, sang traditional songs, danced in the streets

Original post by BethKennedy_x

Reply 67

sophieeeeee.x

Original post by rittajmoghal29

Orchestra was already mentioned, I put they partied, sang traditional songs, danced in the streets

I put that also

Reply 68

sophieeeeee.x

What did you put for the Colombo question

Reply 69

elenitzemos

french listening Q1 answers
1a) how long is the coast?
-300km
b) why is it the perfect place for a holiday?
- more than 100 beaches
- Sunny almost every day
c) what’s the landscape like?
- mountains in the north and south
- Very dense tropical forest
- Many small rivers
- most businesses and houses are in the capital
d) what can you buy at the indoor market?
- sweets
- Local products
e) it’s a great destination for everyone

Reply 70

elenitzemos

french listening Q2 answers
2.a) where is his village?
- at the seaside
b) who else does he live with?
- his grandmother
c) what time does his school start and finish?
- 0800- 1430
d)i) what are some things he says abt Le Colombo
- speciality of Martinique
- Served with rice
ii) what does he suggest for desserts
- tropical fruits (like...)
- pineapple
- coconut
e)i) what sports can you do there (aside mentioned)
- horse riding
- mountain biking
ii) a night of folk music in the capital Fort-de-France
f) What does everyone do at the carnival?
- Dance in the street
- Sing traditional songs
- Dress up in costumes
- Party

Reply 71

SchuylerSister22

I think it was the greatest exam paper of all time. Personally, I think the reading and writing were a gift from god 😂 The listening was great too. I thought Item 1 was harder than Item 2 which is normally not the case as 2 is worth more marks. Couldn't be happier with it, the sqa have redeemed themselves after the maths 😂

Original post by sophieeeeee.x

How did everyone find today

Reply 72

thepunmaster.e

I couldn’t really hear s 3rd one so I said dancing in the streets, sang traditional sing and everyone had a party

Original post by BethKennedy_x

Reply 73

thepunmaster.e

Original post by rittajmoghal29

What do you mean? We had to pick two choices or was it for each item we had to pick one choice?

I don’t understand what you are saying? It depended on what the question asked you, like the sports one in item 2

Reply 74

username4250206

It was a godsend. Finished reading and writing in 45 minutes and the listening was the easiest I've ever done (though it was slightly harder than Spanish) However I thought the pacing of item 1 was strange like 3 answers in a row then like a good full minute of speech with no answers whatsoever.

Ironic that I'm not taking French and Spanish next year even though they were the easiest exams I've done (with very very minimal revision)
Anyway that is me exam free. Good luck with the rest of your exams everyone. :smile:

Reply 75

BethKennedy_x

Original post by elenitzemos

Thanks for this!

Reply 76

Lilyycopper

I got 6/20 lol

Original post by elenitzemos

Reply 77

aingidh

I thought all 3 papers were good. The only one that really threw me was the second reading passage about that travel app thing, and the dictionary didn’t have many answers.

They were quite kind to us with the unpredictable bullets I thought, although I wasn’t sure what to put for information so I just asked where the workplace was in relation to the airport.

Reply 78

Vladimir Poutine

Oh, “produits locaux” for d. I spent ages thinking on that and thought it was l’ something.
Also put “sugary things” for sucrerie, as I had only ever heard bonbons for sweets, which I doubt’ll get me the mark. Still, only two lost is about average for me in listenings so fine.

Original post by elenitzemos