Section A (AQA GCSE French): Revision Note

Let's look in more detail at the types of question in Section A, and how to achieve top marks.

Section A: listening

Multiple-choice questions

• In this type of question, you need to identify factual details

• You may be given a selection of correct options to choose from, or you may have to choose the correct sentence ending

• Answer these questions by writing letters in boxes

• Make sure you write the correct number of letters

• Use your reading time to note down key vocabulary in French

• This will help you to listen out for important information, but beware of distractors

Positive, negative, positive & negative

• In this type of question, you need to identify if a speaker's opinion or experience is positive (P), negative (N) or positive and negative (P&N)

• A strong knowledge of opinion phrases and adjectives is essential for success in this type of question

• Listen out for phrases which introduce contrasting opinions, e.g. mais (but) or cependant (however)

• Listen carefully for negative constructions like ne ... pas (not) which change the meaning of a sentence

• Take notes whilst listening of any adjectives or opinion phrases so you can check them

Responding in English

• These are open-ended questions, which means that there are no options provided to choose from

• You may have to complete sentences in English, or answer questions in English

• The mark for each question is provided in brackets (e.g. [2 marks]), and tells you how much detail to include

• Do not provide too much detail - incorrect information could invalidate a correct answer

• Focus on communicating the key idea