Year 6 French Summer Exam Guide
The French exam will consist of a short individual oral session and a written
Paper which consists of a listening section and ticking the correct answer, a
comprehension section, and a further written section focusing on the
conjugation of verbs and on writing a short description on one of the following
topics; school, animals or activities outside the school.
The vocabulary words in this exam are in the sommaire of each unite up to
and including unité 8
Grammaire
Plural of nouns
To write most nouns in the plural you add an « s » at the end, but in
spoken French you can’t normally hear the « s » sound.
-If a word already ends with an « s », then there is no change in the plural,
ex : une souris, des souris
- a few words finishing in « u »have a special plural ending in « x », example :
un cadeau, des cadeaux, un jeu, des jeux
-any irregular plural ending will be given in the dictionary.
Adjectives: in the book, grammaire section p160
-Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe
-Adjectives of colour are always placed after the noun they describe
-Adjectives agree with the noun they describe, which means that they can be masculine or feminine,
and singular or plural. Many adjectives follow a regular pattern and add an « e » to change to
feminine, and an « s » to change to plural.
The pronoun « on »
“On” means sometimes « they », or « people », or « we », or « one », or
« someone » according to the context. The ending of the verb, when used
with « on » is the same as for « il » or « elle ».
Revise : Le verbe être : to be and Le verbe avoir : to have
Le verbe aller : to go
infinitve
aller
je vais
il va
elle va
nous allons
vous allez
ils vont
elles vont
to go
I go
you go
he/it goes
she/it goes
we go
you go
they go
they go
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Les Verbes du 1er groupe
We can find a verb in the infinitive form in the dictionary. In the infinitive
form no one is doing the action, and no pronoun is used. In English a verb in
the infinitive form has the preposition “ to” before the verb. For example: to
speak.
In French, verbs in the infinitive form are recognisable by their ending and do
not use a preposition like “ to” in front of the verb.
We are learning the present tense of the verbs of the first group which end
with « er », like :
aimer, parler, regarder, écouter, chercher, arriver, détester, habiter, travailler,
penser…..
To conjugate a verb we must add the correct ending to the stem of the verb.
The stem of the verb is found when the verb is in the infinitive form. The stem
is the part that stays the same, and is placed before the « er » ending, for
instance for jouer it would be jou.
-One must learn the matching ending corresponding to each pronoun.
The present tense
Je* joue
I play
tu joues
you play
(for one person, and in a familiar tone)
il joue
he/it plays
elle joue
she/it plays
on joue
one/we play
nous jouons
we play
vous jouez
you play (for one person, and in a respectful tone, or for
more than one person)
ils jouent
they play
elles jouent
they play
* if a verb starts with a vowel or an « h », je becomes j’, example : j’arrive,
j’habite.
In: “in”can be translated 4 different ways in French
1- à: when followed by the name of a town or city
exemple: Je suis à Lille : I am in Lille
2- dans : when followed by le, la, les, un, une,des, mon, ma, mes, ton, ta, tes
and a noun
exemple: le cahier est dans le cartable : The exercise book is in the school
bag
3-au and aux: when followed by a masculine country in the singular and in
the plural
exemple: nous sommes au Pays de Galles : we are in Wales
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nous sommes aux Etats-Unis : we are in the United States
4-“en”: followed by a feminine country exemple: J’habite en France: We live
in France
Learn the gender ( masculine or feminine) of each country listed p. 11
To and at
The French for “ to” and “at” followed by a common noun is:
-if the noun is masculine singular: au
exemple: au restaurant : at the restaurant
-if the noun is feminine singular : à la
exemple: à la poste : at the post office
- if the singular noun starts with a vowel or an “h”: à l’
exemple: à l’ office de tourisme : at the tourist office, à l’hôpital : at the
hospital
-if the noun is plural : aux
exemple: aux magasins : at the shops
ont : have
sont : are
Orthographe (Spelling)
a : has
à : at
IMPORTANT
Jouer au (foot/ tennis/ ping pong) : to play (football/ tennis/ table tennis)
Téléphoner à un ami : to call a friend
Au printemps : in the Spring
En été : in the Summer
En automne : in the Fall
En hiver : in the Winter
Le temps :
1) il fait beau/ chaud/ mauvais/ froid/ gris
2) il y a du soleil/ du vent/ des nuages/ du brouillard
3) And some verbs : il pleut et il neige
Qu’est-ce que tu fais ? What are you doing ?
Quelle heure est-il? What time is it?
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