Quick revision for French - 10th SSC Exam by ednexa

1. Quick Revision for French

2. General Instructions
• Please read each and every question carefully before you answer.
•Verify the answer immediately by re-reading the question. (whether you’ve
used the correct tense, the sentence structure – subject-verb-object, use of
articles before the nouns).
• In case of plural, make the entire sentence plural and not just the subject. Pay
attention to the change in the conjugation of verb according to the change in the
subject.
• For comprehension, read the paragraph at least twice, get the meaning of
what the text is all about and then start answering the questions.

3. General Instructions
• For translation, avoid the spelling mistakes and reformulate the sentences, if
necessary, to get the proper English translation.
Ex: le verbe – verb, le futur – future, l’adresse – address, dans la rue – on the
street, etc.
• Once you finish writing all the answers, go through the answer paper once again
and check for the mistakes: spellings, use of tenses, placement of pronouns,
position of adjectives, conjugation corresponding to the subject, negation,
interrogation, etc.

4. Revision of Grammar
Verbs
Conjugations of Verbs (Regular & Irregular)
Verbs pronominaux (reflexive verbs)
Use of Verbs in different forms – Negation, Interrogation
Application of verbs in different Tenses : Présent, Futur Proche, Passé Composé.
Associate the verbs with the Nouns :
Eg. : La maison – habiter, vivre, acheter, vendre, rester, louer, etc.

5. Revision of Grammar
Articles
Articles définis, indéfinis, contractés, partitifs
Most of times the students forget to put the articles before
the nouns.
Nouns
Verify the gender : masculin, féminin
Ex: le magazine, le musée, la tour, le gâteau, le film, la vie, la
soirée, la France
Singular and plural forms : with ‘s’, ‘x’ at the end.

6. Revision of Grammar
Adjectives
Pay attention to the singular, plural form &
The placement of the adjective : before or after the noun
Ex: la belle chemise, la chemise noire, une petite maison,
les films intéressants.
Adjectifs Possessifs
Exception: Feminine nouns starting with a vowel – Mon amie, ton
école, son adresse.
Démonstratifs –
Exception : Masculine nouns starting with a vowel. - Cet enfant, cet
appartement, cet oiseau.

7. Revision of Grammar
Pronoms
Sujets : Je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils, elles
Toniques : moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles (placed after the preposition)
Objet Direct (COD): quoi ? or qui ?
Objet Indirect (COI) : à qui ?
Placement of pronouns in different tenses and in negation and interrogation.
Accord du participe passé (the past participle agrees with the replaced pronoun)

8. Questions from the Text Book
 Identify the subject and the tense used in the question.
For any question having ‘tu’ or ‘vous’, the answer will be in the first person
‘je’ or ‘nous’. (Hence the conjugation will also change!)
 Answer only 5 Questions out of 7 (of which you are confident)

9. PRONOMS SUJETS
PRONOMS OBJETS
OBJETS DIRECTS
(COD)
Pour
Remplacer
Le Sujet
Posez la
Question
Comment
Identifier?
OBJETS INDIRECTS
(COI)
L’Objet Direct
L’Objet Indirect
Avant le verbe
Qui? / Qu’est-ce qui?
Après le verbe
Qui ? – Personnes
Quoi ? – Objets
Je montre la photo.
Je montre quoi? – la photo
Il écoute le prof.
Il écoute qui ? – le Prof.
Exemples
Je montre la photo.
Qui regarde la télé?
- Je
Pronoms
Singulier
Pluriel
Singulier
Pluriel
1ère Personne
2ème Personne
3ème Personne
- Masculin
- Féminin
Je
Tu
Il
Elle
Nous
Vous
Ils
Elles
me
te
le / l’
la / l’
nous
vous
les
les
à qui ?
Je montre la photo
à Pierre.
Je montre la photo à
qui? – à Pierre.
Singulier
Pluriel
me
te
lui
lui
nous
vous
leur
leur

10. Letter or composition
 Read very carefully: the situation, the person to whom you are
writing, the use of tense, the date, the season, etc.
 For composition make sure you include all the points given in the
question and the tense in which you are going to narrate it.

While writing the agenda i.e. Daily routine of a person, please
pay attention to the tense (passé/présent/futur) in which you are
asked to write the same.

11. BONNE CHANCE!