Entertainment: Exam Skills (AQA GCSE French): Revision Note

Four young people are talking about what they have read, watched or listened to recently. What is their opinion?

Write P for a positive opinion.
Write N for a negative opinion.
Write P&N for a positive and negative opinion.

Answers:

Here are the correct answers:

1. P&N

   les personnages étaient intéressants mais l’histoire était un peu ennuyeuse (the characters were interesting but the story was boring)

2. P

   les acteurs ont très bien joué leurs rôles

   (the actors played their roles really well)

3. N

   les paroles étaient trop tristes pour moi

   (the lyrics were too sad)

4. P

   c'est maintenant mon émission préférée ... j’ai beaucoup ri

   (it’s his favourite series, he laughed a lot)

Prepare the following role-play.

1. Say what you do in your free time. (Give one detail.)

2. Give your opinion of watching TV.  (Give one detail.)

3. Say something about going to the cinema. (Give one detail.)

4. Give an advantage of reading. (Give one detail.)

5. ? Ask your friend a question about music.

Answers:

Here are some example responses:

1. Dans mon temps libre j’adore chanter.

2. Je n’aime pas regarder la télé.

3. Je vais au cinéma deux fois par mois.

4. Lire est important parce qu’on peut se relaxer.

5. Tu aimes écouter de la musique ?

Translate these sentences into English.

1. Je préfère lire un journal chaque jour.

2. Elle a écrit un blog sur ce chapitre.

3. Nous allons aller à un concert ce week-end.

4. Mon acteur préféré parle français. 

5. Je ne vais pas au cinéma car c’est trop cher. 

Answers:

Here are the correct answers:

1. I prefer to read a newspaper every day.

2. She wrote / has written a blog about / on this chapter.

3. We are going to go to a concert this weekend.

4. My favourite actor speaks French.

5. I don’t go to the cinema because it’s too expensive.

There are three different tenses used here - questions 1, 4 and 5 are in the present tense, question 2 is in the perfect (past) tense and question 3 is in the near future tense. Remember that préférer is a verb meaning ‘to prefer’ and préféré is an adjective meaning ‘favourite’.

Translate the following sentences into French.

1. He is my favourite singer because he is kind.

2. These films are always a bit sad.

3. The story was interesting but too short.

4. I am going to buy a novel.

5. My brothers watched a TV programme.

Answers:

Here are the correct answers:

1. Il est mon chanteur préféré parce que / car il est gentil / sympa.

2. Ces films sont toujours un peu tristes.

3. L’histoire était intéressante mais trop courte.

4. Je vais acheter un roman.

5. Mes frères ont regardé une émission de télé(vision). 

When translating into French, remember that adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in gender and number. Check the answers above to ensure you used the correct adjective endings.