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      Contrôle écrit: short and long essay practice (AQA)

      I can confidently complete exam-style essay tasks from the writing paper.

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      Contrôle écrit: short and long essay practice (AQA)

      I can confidently complete exam-style essay tasks from the writing paper.

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      1. The BORDER acronym is a useful tool to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts.

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      • BORDER - acronym used to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts

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      I can choose which bullet points I answer for the essay questions in the writing paper.

      You must answer all bullet points for the essay questions in the writing paper.

      For extra scaffolding in Tasks B1 and B2, you could provide students with some useful sentence starters.
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      6 Questions

      Q1.
      Which adjectives require a change in their feminine form?

      Correct answer: dangereux
      Correct answer: excellent
      pratique
      rare
      sensible

      Q2.
      Order the numbers from smallest to largest.

      1 - sept
      2 - huit
      3 - neuf
      4 - quinze
      5 - vingt
      6 - trente
      7 - mille

      Q3.
      Match the French and English.

      Correct Answer:sol (m),floor, ground
      Correct Answer:espoir (m),hope
      Correct Answer:espace (m),space
      Correct Answer:réchauffement (m),warming
      Correct Answer:plaisir (m),pleasure
      Correct Answer:promesse (f),promise

      Q4.
      Match the French and English.

      Correct Answer:frapper,to hit, knock
      Correct Answer:polluer,to pollute, polluting
      Correct Answer:sourire,to smile, smiling
      Correct Answer:supporter,to tolerate, bear, put up with
      Correct Answer:renvoyer,to send back, resend
      Correct Answer:souligner,to underline, stress

      Q5.
      Write in English: 'le rêve m'a surpris'.

      Correct Answer: the dream surprised me, the dream has surprised me

      Q6.
      Write in French: 'we notice the difference'.

      Correct Answer: nous remarquons la différence

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      4 Questions

      Q1.
      Which statement is incorrect?

      Correct answer: I can choose which bullet points to answer for the essay question.
      I must answer all bullet points for the essay question.
      The BORDER acronym is a useful tool to respond to bullet point writing prompts.
      BORDER stands for Basic answer, Opinion, Reason, Develop, Extend, Review.

      Q2.
      Match the French and English.

      Correct Answer:j'aime,I like
      Correct Answer:je n'aime pas,I don't like
      Correct Answer:j'adore,I love
      Correct Answer:je préfère,I prefer
      Correct Answer:je pense que,I think that
      Correct Answer:je trouve que,I find that

      Q3.
      Order the words to say: 'which made me very happy'.

      1 - ce
      2 - qui
      3 - m’
      4 - a
      5 - rendu
      6 - très
      7 - content

      Q4.
      Write in French: 'I have never smoked'.

      Correct Answer: je n'ai jamais fumé

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