MCM NKANA SECONDARY SCHOOL

End of year Examination for Junior Secondary School Grade8

French 305

November/December, 2017

Mark: 50

NAME OF CANDIDATE:_______________________________
CLASS :_______________________________

INSTRUCTIONS

You have 5 minutes for reading the examination paper and 1 hour for writing.

Write all your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.

Information for Candidates

Cell-phones are not allowed in the examination room.

MCM Nkana Secondary School . This question paper consists of 6 printed pages
 I. READING COMPREHENSION [ 20 MARKS]

A. Summary

Read the short text and then fill in the form that follows:

Je mappelle Anne Kunda. Jai 38 ans. Je suis marie monsieur Dubois et jai
trois enfants. Mon pre et ma mre viennent de Kasama dans la province du
Nord de la Zambie. Jhabite rue 35, Chimwemwe Kitwe o je travaille
comme infirmire au Clinic de Chimwemwe. Quand je suis libre, jaime
regarder la tlvision et jaime aussi lire les journaux. Comme sport, jadore le
volleyball.

1. NOM:...[2]
2. PRNOM: ..[2]
3. NATIONALIT:......[2]
4. GE:............[2]
5. SITUATION FAMILIALE:....[2]
6. DOMICILE:.....[2]
7. PROFESSION:....[2]
8. GOTS:...........[2]

B. Translation

Translate the following two sentences from French to English and English to
French.

9. Joseph est en huitime anne.

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10. He has two pens

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PART II [20 MARKS]

STRUCTURE AND GRAMMAR

The words below are not in order. Rearrange them to make correct sentences,
starting with the word that begins with the capital letter.

1. quest-ce que - Bonjour - manges- tu ?

______________________________________________________________[2]
2. Vous - deux - avez livres

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3. beaucoup - adore- le basketball - J

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4. suis - ne - je - Aujourdhui - pas -malade

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5. Les - sont - lves - classe - en

[2]

B. Rewrite the following sentences by selecting the appropriate personal

pronoun

6. Joseph et Ruth sont lcole. Ils/Elles ont une runion.

______________________________________________________________[1]
7. Madame Asumani, vous/tu avez combien de stylos?
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C. In 8 and 9 indicate whether the underlined word is singular or plural.

8. Tu parles bien Anglais
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9. Justine et chiti sont des ingenieurs. Ils travaillent Mopani.
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D In 10 indicate whether the person speaking is masculine or feminine

10 Je suis rentre de Lusaka ce matin

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E. Write down the correct sentences/questions by selecting the appropriate

word(s)

1 Je mappelle
Il est 13 ans
Elle a

____________________________________________________________[1]
2 Mon fils, tu suis

est vraiment intelligent !

es
____________________________________________________________[1]

3 Comment tallez tu ?

il
vous
_____________________________________________________________[1]

4 Nous ont
avons une belle voiture
as

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5 Jacques et Pierre a

ont six livres de Franais

avez

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PART III: GUIDED COMPOSITION [ 10 MARKS]

Here is Graces timetable. She is in Grade 8 at MCM Nkana Secondary School.

She is 13 years old.

Look at the timetable and answer to the following questions:

Heure LUNDI MARDI MERCREDI JEUDI VENDREDI

8h Anglais Maths Bemba Histoire Franais

9h Religion Maths Education Informatique Maths

Physique

10h Franais Anglais Education Sciences Bemba

Physique Sociales

R E C R E A T O N

11h Sports science Education Espagnol Anglais

Physique

12h Sciences Dessin Education Maths Anglais

sociales Physique

13h Espagnol Franais - Religion -

1. Combien de matires diffrentes fait-elle?

.....[2]

2. Quel est son premier cours le Mardi ?



3. Quel est son dernier cours le Jeudi?

.[2]

4. O est-ce quelle tudie?

..[2]

5. Elle tudie en quelle anne scolaire?

..[2]

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FIN
Prepared by Mr. James Musonda