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
To write about what you did yesterday you would use the:
- Imperative
- Present tense
- Perfect tense (passé composé)
- Future tense
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✓ Answer: C — Perfect tense (passé composé)
The passé composé describes completed past actions, as in 'hier j'ai mangé au restaurant'.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3
'Stationnement interdit' means:
- Free parking
- No parking
- Parking ahead
- Paid parking
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✓ Answer: B — No parking
'Stationnement' is parking and 'interdit' means forbidden.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3
You hear 'Tournez à droite'. Which way should you turn?
- Left
- Around
- Back the way you came
- Right
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✓ Answer: D — Right
'À droite' means to the right and 'à gauche' to the left. Directions come up regularly in listening papers.
Q4 · Difficulty 1/3
'La gare' is:
- The bus stop
- The railway station
- The airport
- The car park
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✓ Answer: B — The railway station
'La gare' is the railway station. 'L'arrêt de bus' is the bus stop and 'la gare routière' the coach station.
Q5 · Difficulty 1/3
A hotel notice reads 'Le petit déjeuner est servi de 7h à 10h'. It gives the times for:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Check-out
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✓ Answer: A — Breakfast
'Le petit déjeuner' is breakfast. 'Le déjeuner' is lunch and 'le dîner' dinner — an easy set to confuse.
Q6 · Difficulty 1/3
'La semaine prochaine' means:
- This weekend
- Every week
- Last week
- Next week
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✓ Answer: D — Next week
'Prochaine' means next. 'La semaine dernière' would be last week.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3
Which greeting is appropriate when speaking formally to a teacher?
- Coucou !
- Ça roule ?
- Bonjour
- Salut, mec !
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✓ Answer: C — Bonjour
'Bonjour' works in any formal situation. The others are informal and would cost marks for register.
Q8 · Difficulty 1/3
You hear 'Il fait du vent'. What is the weather like?
- Snowing
- Windy
- Sunny
- Raining
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✓ Answer: B — Windy
French weather expressions use 'il fait': il fait du vent (windy), il fait beau (fine), il fait froid (cold).
Pearson Edexcel International IGCSE French FAQ
What does the Pearson Edexcel International IGCSE French exam look like?
The Pearson Edexcel International IGCSE French exam is structured across 2 components. Paper 1: Objective and short-answer questions covering the breadth of the specification. Paper 2: Structured and extended-response questions testing depth of understanding. Total exam time varies by board and tier — typically 2.5 to 3.5 hours.
Can I download a free Pearson Edexcel International IGCSE French past paper?
Real Pearson Edexcel International past papers are published directly by Pearson Edexcel International 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 Pearson Edexcel International IGCSE French graded?
See the official board specification for the current grading scale. 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.