This set mixes the skills from speaking preparation and interaction: expanding answers, asking for clarification, keeping a conversation two-way and reflecting on what you said. The questions go from easier to harder.
Say each reply aloud before you open the worked answer. Sample answers are only one possibility, so judge yours on the frame, the tense and the politeness.
Questions
1. Question: Tu aimes le chocolat ? A student says only Oui, j’aime le chocolat. Expand it with a reason and a detail.
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One possible reply: Oui, j’aime le chocolat parce que c’est délicieux. Je mange du chocolat noir après le dîner. The frame is answer, reason (parce que), then a detail about when.
2. Question: Qu’est-ce que tu aimes manger ? A student says Je mange du riz. Add a reason and a contrast.
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One possible reply: J’aime manger du riz avec du poulet parce que c’est simple et bon. Mais je n’aime pas le poisson. Mais gives the contrast, and je n’aime pas is a correct negative.
3. Question: Qu’est-ce que tu vas faire demain ? Give an expanded reply using the near future.
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One possible reply: Demain, je vais aider ma mère à la maison, puis je vais regarder un film avec mon frère. The question uses vas faire, so the answer needs aller plus an infinitive.
4. A classmate speaks too fast. Politely ask them to slow down, using tu.
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Tu peux parler plus lentement, s’il te plaît ? Pardon before it would also be fine.
5. A shop assistant says a price quickly. You are not sure whether it was quinze or cinquante euros. Ask politely, using vous.
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Pardon, c’est quinze euros ou cinquante euros ? Naming both options shows exactly what is unclear.
6. You understood the date of an appointment but not the place. Say so and ask for the missing piece, using vous.
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J’ai compris la date, mais pas le lieu. Pouvez-vous répéter le lieu, s’il vous plaît ? It says what you got and asks only for what you missed.
7. Your partner says Je regarde souvent des séries. React and ask a question back.
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One possible reply: Moi aussi, j’aime les séries. Et toi, quelle série tu préfères ? The reaction comes first, then the question.
8. Write a four-line exchange between two students about travel to school. Each speaker must say something beyond one word, and one must ask a question back.
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One possible exchange:
A : Comment tu vas à l’école ? B : Je vais à l’école en bus avec mes amis. Et toi ? A : Moi, je vais à l’école à vélo parce que j’habite près. B : Ah, c’est bien. C’est loin ?
Each turn adds a detail, and B returns the question with Et toi ?.
9. Rewrite this reflection so it is useful: I was terrible at speaking.
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One possible rewrite: I answered in the present when the question was in the past. Next time I will check the tense of the question before I speak. It gives evidence and one action.
10. Which note is the most useful reflection? A: I am not good at speaking. B: I answered “Qu’est-ce que tu as fait hier ?” with a present-tense verb. C: I would get 6 out of 10.
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B. It points to a specific moment and shows what to practise. Note A is a judgement and note C is a guessed score. Official marks come from the Cambridge assessment process.
11. Role-play: a friend says On va au cinéma samedi à quatorze heures ? You missed the time. Ask about it, then accept the invitation.
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One possible reply: Pardon, tu as dit quelle heure ? … D’accord, quatorze heures, c’est bon pour moi. On se retrouve devant le cinéma ? The reply repairs the missed detail, accepts, and asks a follow-up question.
If you got these wrong
- Questions 1 to 3, answers too short or in the wrong tense: revisit expanding a short answer. For tense, see past and future meaning.
- Questions 4 to 6 and 11, repair phrases missing or too vague: revisit asking for clarification.
- Questions 7 and 8, one-way conversation: revisit rehearsing a two-way conversation.
- Questions 9 and 10, vague or score-based reflection: revisit reflecting on communication.
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