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
Jean-Pierre travaille comme agent de voyages à Port-au-Prince. Un client lui demande un vol direct pour la Guadeloupe. Quelle expression utilise-t-il pour demander la date de départ?
- Vous désirez partir quand?
- Vous avez combien de bagages?
- Vous préférez la fenêtre ou le couloir?
- Vous avez votre passeport?
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✓ Answer: A — Vous désirez partir quand?
B asks about luggage quantity. C asks about seat preference. D asks about passport possession.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3
You hear the following announcement at a bus station in Fort-de-France, Martinique: 'Le bus numéro quinze à destination de Sainte-Anne partira dans dix minutes.' What information is being given?
- The bus has been cancelled
- The bus will depart in ten minutes
- The bus arrived fifteen minutes ago
- The bus is full
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✓ Answer: B — The bus will depart in ten minutes
Award 1 mark for identifying that 'partira dans dix minutes' means 'will depart in ten minutes'. A is incorrect — there is no mention of cancellation. C confuses 'numéro quinze' (bus number fifteen) with time. D is incorrect — no reference to capacity is made.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3
Jean-Pierre, un élève guyanais, doit écrire une lettre au directeur de son école pour demander la permission d'organiser une fête culturelle. Quel pronom personnel doit-il utiliser pour s'adresser au directeur?
- tu
- vous
- on
- ils
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✓ Answer: B — vous
Award 1 mark for identifying 'vous' as the formal pronoun required when addressing authority figures in formal correspondence. A is incorrect — 'tu' is informal and inappropriate for a school director. C is incorrect — 'on' is impersonal. D is incorrect — 'ils' refers to third person plural.
Q4 · Difficulty 2/3
Lisez: 'Bien que le temps soit mauvais, les pêcheurs de Sainte-Lucie sortent en mer chaque jour.' Que signifie 'bien que' dans cette phrase?
- Parce que
- Donc
- Même si
- Puis
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✓ Answer: C — Même si
Award 1 mark for understanding the concessive conjunction. A is incorrect — 'parce que' indicates cause, not concession. B is incorrect — 'donc' indicates consequence. D is incorrect — 'puis' indicates sequence.
Q5 · Difficulty 2/3
Un étudiant de la Barbade prépare un exposé sur les inégalités mondiales. Quel indicateur est le plus utilisé pour mesurer le niveau de développement humain d'un pays?
- Le produit intérieur brut (PIB) uniquement
- L'indice de développement humain (IDH)
- Le nombre de touristes par an
- La superficie du pays
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✓ Answer: B — L'indice de développement humain (IDH)
Award 1 mark for correct identification. A is incorrect — GDP alone does not measure education or health. C is incorrect — tourism numbers do not reflect development. D is incorrect — country size has no relation to development level.
Q6 · Difficulty 1/3
Sophie travaille 20 heures par semaine dans une boutique de souvenirs à Sainte-Lucie. Comment décrit-on son type d'emploi?
- Un emploi à temps plein
- Un emploi à temps partiel
- Un emploi bénévole
- Un emploi saisonnier
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✓ Answer: B — Un emploi à temps partiel
Award 1 mark for correctly identifying part-time work (less than 35 hours per week). A is incorrect — temps plein requires full working hours. C is incorrect — bénévole means unpaid volunteer work. D is incorrect — saisonnier refers to seasonal employment, not hours worked.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3
A Haitian student describes her daily routine: 'Je me lève à six heures, je prends le petit-déjeuner, puis je vais à l'école à pied.' What does she do after waking up?
- She walks to school
- She has breakfast
- She takes the bus
- She watches television
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✓ Answer: B — She has breakfast
Award 1 mark for understanding the sequence — 'puis' indicates 'then', so breakfast ('petit-déjeuner') comes after waking up ('me lève') and before walking to school. A describes what she does after breakfast. C is incorrect — 'à pied' means on foot, not by bus. D is not mentioned.
Q8 · Difficulty 1/3
Dans un article sur l'agriculture en Guadeloupe, on lit: 'La production de bananes a diminué de 30% cette année à cause des ouragans.' Quelle est la cause de la diminution de la production?
- La sécheresse
- Les ouragans
- Les insectes
- Le manque de travailleurs
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✓ Answer: B — Les ouragans
Award 1 mark for correctly identifying the cause stated in the text ('à cause des ouragans'). A is incorrect — drought is not mentioned. C is incorrect — insects are not mentioned. D is incorrect — worker shortage is not mentioned.
CXC CSEC French FAQ
What does the CXC CSEC French exam look like?
The CXC CSEC French exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1 (Section A): 60 multiple-choice questions, 1 mark each. 75 minutes. Tests knowledge across the whole syllabus. Paper 2: Structured short-answer + 1 extended response question. Section A is compulsory; Section B has a choice. Approximately 2 hours 10 minutes. School-Based Assessment (SBA): Coursework component graded by the teacher, externally moderated. Worth ~20-30% of the final grade depending on subject. Total exam time: ~3.5 hours across Paper 1 and Paper 2 sittings.
Can I download a free CXC CSEC French past paper?
Real CXC past papers are published directly by CXC 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 CXC CSEC French graded?
Grades: I (highest) to VI (lowest). A grade of III or above is typically required for further study. 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.