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Free AQA GCSE French
Practice Paper

8 mixed-difficulty practice questions in the style of real AQA GCSE papers — answers, mark-scheme-style explanations, and the official exam structure all on one page.

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What the real AQA GCSE French paper looks like

Paper 1
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification.
Paper 2
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification.
Paper 3
Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions.
Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Grading: Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass.

Mini practice paper: 8 questions

Mixed-difficulty questions from across the French syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.

Q1 · Difficulty 1/3

'Sortie' on a sign means:

  1. Lift
  2. Entrance
  3. Exit
  4. Toilets
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✓ Answer: C — Exit
'Sortie' = exit.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

Lisez le passage suivant: 'Mon frère travaille dans une usine de sucre à la Barbade. Il commence son travail à sept heures et finit à quinze heures.' À quelle heure le frère finit-il son travail?

  1. À quinze heures
  2. À dix-sept heures
  3. À sept heures
  4. À midi
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✓ Answer: A — À quinze heures
Award 1 mark for identifying the correct finishing time from the text. C is incorrect — this is the starting time. D is incorrect — midi is not mentioned. B is incorrect — this time does not appear in the passage.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

'la famille' means:

  1. the school
  2. the family
  3. the house
  4. the friend
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✓ Answer: B — the family
'la famille' means the family.
Q4 · Difficulty 2/3

'mon frère' means:

  1. my brother
  2. my sister
  3. my father
  4. my son
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✓ Answer: A — my brother
'mon frère' means my brother.
Q5 · Difficulty 2/3

To give an opinion, a useful phrase is:

  1. Il y a…
  2. Voici…
  3. À mon avis…
  4. Au revoir…
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✓ Answer: C — À mon avis…
'À mon avis' = in my opinion.
Q6 · Difficulty 2/3

Speaking clearly with correct ____ helps a French speaking exam.

  1. spelling only
  2. font
  3. budget
  4. pronunciation
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✓ Answer: D — pronunciation
Good pronunciation matters in speaking.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3

You hear 'Tournez à droite.' You should turn:

  1. Back
  2. Left
  3. Right
  4. Around
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✓ Answer: C — Right
'à droite' = to the right.
Q8 · Difficulty 2/3

Un élève de Saint-Vincent rédige un dialogue entre deux amis qui discutent d'un match de cricket. Quel signe de ponctuation doit-il utiliser au début de chaque réplique?

  1. Les parenthèses ( )
  2. L'astérisque (*)
  3. Le point-virgule (;)
  4. Le tiret (—)
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✓ Answer: D — Le tiret (—)
Award 1 mark for identifying the tiret as the conventional punctuation mark introducing dialogue in French written texts. C is incorrect — the semicolon separates clauses. A is incorrect — parentheses enclose additional information. B is incorrect — asterisks are used for footnotes or emphasis.
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AQA GCSE French FAQ

What does the AQA GCSE French exam look like?
The AQA GCSE French exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification. Paper 2: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification. Paper 3: Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions. Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Can I download a free AQA GCSE French past paper?
Real AQA past papers are published directly by AQA on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is AQA GCSE French graded?
Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.