6th yr Revision list Ordinary Level
s
Your exam consists of the following parts:
1. Oral exam (12 minutes approx) 20%
2. Listening exam (5 sections) 25%
3. Reading comprehensions ( 2 comprehensions with questions in English, 2 with questions in French) 40%
4. Writing in French 15%
Revise Units 1-9 Tout Va Bien textbook, handouts, hard backed notebook, notes, CDs, LC papers
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ORDINARY LEVEL
1. FOR THE ORAL You can go back through your oral notes/handouts and say out loud your answers to all the questions. Try to anticipate what you may be asked and prepare for it. Revise chapters 1-9 of Tout Va Bien . Page 339- 343 is useful too, oral notes/carnet d'oral
1. Presenting yourself
2. Family
3. House
4. Town/ area
5. Weekend
6. School
7. Newpark
8. Holidays
9. France
10. Housework/helping at home
11. Transport/travel/journeys
12. Description of self/friends
13. Daily routine
14 Pastimes (sport/tv/cinema/reading/music etc).
15. Future after Leaving Cert/career/college
16.Past/present/future weekend/holidays etc
17. Pocket money
18. Part time work, jobs
19. What would you do if ….
20. LE DOCUMENT
NOTE: The Oral exam by its nature follows the flow of the conversation and therefore may lead to other areas of discussion in addition.
2021: the following topics will be included.
Oral French Examination 2021
The French Oral examination will consist of an interview. During this interview, candidates will be asked a number of questions. These will include a question or questions on each of the following topics:
1. Ma vie quotidienne
2. Ma ville / Mon quartier / Ma région
3. L’avenir
You can also bring in a Document to your oral exam.
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2. For the listening: ORDINARY
Page 344-345 textbook
Go through the vocab in your hardbacks/hand outs
Listen to CD from textbook/ practice listeing comprehensions from LC papers/ French radio/ watch a French film/ listen to French music/ tune in radio app/ listen or watch something from my website/ listenlive.eu (live streaming of radio on line)
3. For the reading comprehension:
Units 1-9 of textbook
Hardbacks / handouts
Questions and question words in French page 346-349, 52-53
Technique for reading comprehension. page 346-349
Feel free to borrow any magazines/newspapers. Read French material of interest from the internet. Read articles from my website.
4. For the writing: ORDINARY
Gapped:14
Form : 15
Letter: 356-357
Email: 358-361
Diary: 362-365
Formal letter: 366-372
Postcard: 373-375
Message: 376-378
FOR 2021: Written section: Answer any two questions from the six available.
Revise the different types of writing: gapped exercise, form, message, email, postcard, fax, diary, letter . (Revise chapters 1-9 Tout Va Bien pages
Learn useful phrases for each type of writing
Revise all the grammar we have done and how to use it in context.
Remember to work out your own weak and strong points and use whatever techniques work for your particular learning style- everybody’s different!
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REVISION LIST ORDINARY LEVEL Full itemised list with page numbers for Tout Va Bien
Unit 1 “Tout Va Bien”. INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
Introduce yourself page 2
Physical description page 4
Personality 5
Dates/days/ months 7
Numbers 8
Signs of the zodiac 9
ORAL questions 11
Gapped exercise 14
Forms 15
Present tense 18-19
Reflexive verbs 19
Unit 2 FAMILY
Family 34
Household tasks 41
ORAL questions 44-45
Adjectives 48-49
Negatives 50-51
Questions 52
Question words top 53
Unit 3 HOUSE/ HOME/ AREA
Types of house 63
Rooms and furniture 63
Your area 68-69
Country and town 71
Countries 75
French speaking countries 78
ORAL questions 80-81
Past tense 84-86
Imperfect tense 87
Unit 4 FRIENDS
Weekend 105
Clothes and fashion 108
Pocket money 115
Part-time jobs 116
Transition Year placements 120
ORAL questions 122-123
Near future 127
Future tense 128-129
Unit 5 SCHOOL
Schools in France 140
School subjects 144
Daily routine 146
School uniform 147
school rules 150
Technology 151
Plans for future 156
ORAL questions 160-161
Conditional tense 164-165
Si + construction 166
Adverbs 167-168
Unit 6 PASTIMES
Pastimes 181
TV 187
Cinema 190
Sport 192-194
Music 197
ORAL 200-201
Articles 204
Prepositions 205
Unit 7 Holidays
Holidays 222
Map of France 225
Weather 232
Transport 234
ORAL questions 240-241
Pronouns 244-247
Unit 8 Health
Health 261
Parts of body 263
Food 266
ORAL What do you do to stay fit and healthy?
Unit 9 Ireland and France
What do you like and dislike about Ireland? How does it compare and contrast with France?
Your exam consists of the following parts:
1. Oral exam (12 minutes approx) 20%
2. Listening exam (5 sections) 25%
3. Reading comprehensions ( 2 comprehensions with questions in English, 2 with questions in French) 40%
4. Writing in French 15%
Revise Units 1-9 Tout Va Bien textbook, handouts, hard backed notebook, notes, CDs, LC papers
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ORDINARY LEVEL
1. FOR THE ORAL You can go back through your oral notes/handouts and say out loud your answers to all the questions. Try to anticipate what you may be asked and prepare for it. Revise chapters 1-9 of Tout Va Bien . Page 339- 343 is useful too, oral notes/carnet d'oral
1. Presenting yourself
2. Family
3. House
4. Town/ area
5. Weekend
6. School
7. Newpark
8. Holidays
9. France
10. Housework/helping at home
11. Transport/travel/journeys
12. Description of self/friends
13. Daily routine
14 Pastimes (sport/tv/cinema/reading/music etc).
15. Future after Leaving Cert/career/college
16.Past/present/future weekend/holidays etc
17. Pocket money
18. Part time work, jobs
19. What would you do if ….
20. LE DOCUMENT
NOTE: The Oral exam by its nature follows the flow of the conversation and therefore may lead to other areas of discussion in addition.
2021: the following topics will be included.
Oral French Examination 2021
The French Oral examination will consist of an interview. During this interview, candidates will be asked a number of questions. These will include a question or questions on each of the following topics:
1. Ma vie quotidienne
2. Ma ville / Mon quartier / Ma région
3. L’avenir
You can also bring in a Document to your oral exam.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. For the listening: ORDINARY
Page 344-345 textbook
Go through the vocab in your hardbacks/hand outs
Listen to CD from textbook/ practice listeing comprehensions from LC papers/ French radio/ watch a French film/ listen to French music/ tune in radio app/ listen or watch something from my website/ listenlive.eu (live streaming of radio on line)
3. For the reading comprehension:
Units 1-9 of textbook
Hardbacks / handouts
Questions and question words in French page 346-349, 52-53
Technique for reading comprehension. page 346-349
Feel free to borrow any magazines/newspapers. Read French material of interest from the internet. Read articles from my website.
4. For the writing: ORDINARY
Gapped:14
Form : 15
Letter: 356-357
Email: 358-361
Diary: 362-365
Formal letter: 366-372
Postcard: 373-375
Message: 376-378
FOR 2021: Written section: Answer any two questions from the six available.
Revise the different types of writing: gapped exercise, form, message, email, postcard, fax, diary, letter . (Revise chapters 1-9 Tout Va Bien pages
Learn useful phrases for each type of writing
Revise all the grammar we have done and how to use it in context.
Remember to work out your own weak and strong points and use whatever techniques work for your particular learning style- everybody’s different!
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
REVISION LIST ORDINARY LEVEL Full itemised list with page numbers for Tout Va Bien
Unit 1 “Tout Va Bien”. INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
Introduce yourself page 2
Physical description page 4
Personality 5
Dates/days/ months 7
Numbers 8
Signs of the zodiac 9
ORAL questions 11
Gapped exercise 14
Forms 15
Present tense 18-19
Reflexive verbs 19
Unit 2 FAMILY
Family 34
Household tasks 41
ORAL questions 44-45
Adjectives 48-49
Negatives 50-51
Questions 52
Question words top 53
Unit 3 HOUSE/ HOME/ AREA
Types of house 63
Rooms and furniture 63
Your area 68-69
Country and town 71
Countries 75
French speaking countries 78
ORAL questions 80-81
Past tense 84-86
Imperfect tense 87
Unit 4 FRIENDS
Weekend 105
Clothes and fashion 108
Pocket money 115
Part-time jobs 116
Transition Year placements 120
ORAL questions 122-123
Near future 127
Future tense 128-129
Unit 5 SCHOOL
Schools in France 140
School subjects 144
Daily routine 146
School uniform 147
school rules 150
Technology 151
Plans for future 156
ORAL questions 160-161
Conditional tense 164-165
Si + construction 166
Adverbs 167-168
Unit 6 PASTIMES
Pastimes 181
TV 187
Cinema 190
Sport 192-194
Music 197
ORAL 200-201
Articles 204
Prepositions 205
Unit 7 Holidays
Holidays 222
Map of France 225
Weather 232
Transport 234
ORAL questions 240-241
Pronouns 244-247
Unit 8 Health
Health 261
Parts of body 263
Food 266
ORAL What do you do to stay fit and healthy?
Unit 9 Ireland and France
What do you like and dislike about Ireland? How does it compare and contrast with France?