Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises KALA Joint Trials 2024 French Paper 1 Exam with Answers and Marking Scheme. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE French Paper 1 (501/1) Joint Mock examination administered in July 2024.

  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Total Marks: 35
  • Paper Structure: Three Sections – Listening Comprehension, Dictation, and Creative Writing.

  The paper was structured as follows:

  • Section I – Listening Comprehension (15 marks): Candidates listened to recorded passages played twice and answered structured comprehension questions based on the audio texts.
  • Section II – Dictation (5 marks): Candidates listened to a recorded passage and wrote the dictated text accurately during the second reading.
  • Section III – Creative Writing (15 marks): Candidates wrote one imaginative composition in French of between 150 and 180 words based on one of the provided prompts.

  It covered the following topics and language skills:

  • Listening comprehension and interpretation of spoken French passages
  • Telephone conversations and everyday communication situations
  • Discussion of domestic animals and their advantages and disadvantages
  • Understanding advertisements and consumer products
  • Vocabulary relating to household items and daily life
  • Understanding travel arrangements and event participation
  • Recognition of key details from spoken narratives
  • French dictation skills including spelling, grammar, and punctuation
  • Creative writing and narrative development in French
  • Use of appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures in composition
  • Expression of ideas clearly and coherently in written French
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  FRENCH

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