CSEC French Paper 2 May/June 2007 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers

Your pen friend sends you an e-mail inquiring about your future plans. Tell him/her two things you intend to do next year.

You see a new student at your school doing something that is not allowed. Send him/her an anonymous note warning him/her about this.

In your French class you are asked to write a brief statement about your favourite book. What do you write?

Your sister has quarrelled with her boyfriend. She writes him a note telling him how she feels. What does the note say?

Your friend from France wants to know about the weather in your country at this time of the year. Tell him/her two things about the weather.

Using ONE of the following outlines as a guide, write in FRENCH a letter OR composition of NO MORE THAN 130 - 150 words. Use the tense or tenses appropriate to the topic which you have chosen.

CANDIDATES WILL BE PENALISED FOR DISREGARDING THESE INSTRUCTIONS.

EITHER

LETTER

You were chosen to represent your school in a competition in Martinique. Write a letter in which you

• explain how you were chosen
• talk about your arrival in Martinique and the time you spent there
• relate what happened on the day of the competition
• say how the results of the competition will change your future.

(Do NOT write your real name and address, but include the date in FRENCH and use the appropriate beginning and ending.)

OR

COMPOSITION

Your family planned a celebration for your mother's birthday. Write a composition in which you

• discuss how the family came up with the idea for the celebration
• describe the preparations for the occasion
• relate something that happened just before the celebration
• say what you will do differently in the future when planning such a celebration.

Use the cues provided to complete EITHER an announcement OR a dialogue.

EITHER

CONTEXTUAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Use the following information to write an announcement of about 80 - 100 words in FRENCH.

You and your classmates are hoping to promote a specific activity by starting a new club at your school. You want to encourage students who are interested to join the club and participate in the activity.

Responses to all of the cues listed below MUST be included in the announcement.

• A few details including the name of the new club
• Who should join the club
• Why joining the club will be worthwhile
• When and where the club will meet
• Additional information that might interest prospective club members

OR

CONTEXTUAL DIALOGUE

Stacy Richards has travelled to Guadeloupe to do a French course at a language institute. She arrives in Guadeloupe at approximately 11 a.m., but cannot find her luggage. She goes to an airport employee at the lost luggage department to make a report.

Using 80 - 100 words, complete the dialogue between Stacy Richards and the employee, giving Stacy's replies and questions.

Responses to all of the cues listed below MUST be included in the completed dialogue.

• The traveller's name and her problem
• Some details of her itinerary
• A description of her missing luggage
• Some precise information on its contents
• Her contact information in Guadeloupe

Complete the dialogue in the insert provided. The completed dialogue should then be attached to your answer booklet.

How does the author feel on the morning of the exam?

What has her mother always told her?

What in the passage suggests that her mother's attitude is quite typical of parents?

How does she spend her time on her way to school?

At approximately what time does she arrive at school?

Why is she not afraid for her Maths and Science exams?

How does she feel about her Spanish exam? Why?

What does she do after the exam?

Would you say that the author is an optimistic person? Why?