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BBC - GCSE Bitesize - French | Reading: Foundation | Index
Index for French | Reading activities: foundation: Reading question: At the airport, Worked answer with examiner's comments
- At the airport
Have you have ever been stranded at an airport waiting for a plane? This exercise will make you think about where you might go and what you might do to pass the time. - Halloween
Halloween is a very important festival in the USA, but it is also becoming more popular in France. This exercise tells you a little about how Halloween is celebrated in both countries and will test your reading skills. - Job adverts
- Magazines
Possibly the best way to improve vocabulary and informal French is by reading a magazine and that's why they are often used in examinations. This will help you understand the contents page of a French magazine. - Penfriends
Christophe cherche un correspondant. Having a penfriend is a brilliant way of making friends and learning a language at the same time. Have you ever thought of getting one? This exercise will help you learn the vocabulary for getting started. - Problems
Problems, problems, problems! In this exercise you will read amagazine problem page in which three girls are complaining abouttheir parents' attitude to schoolwork. - Small ads
Have you ever had a look through the small advertisements in the back of your local paper for a second hand bike or computer? This exercise will show you the right places to look for the items you want. - Television
Normally you would reach straight for the Radio Times but what would you do in France? TV programme listings are the sort of everyday language that you may be tested on. You will need to show you understand the programme titles and descriptions of French TV. - Teenagers' problems
This exercise will help you understand the sort of problems that young people in France talk about today. It covers subjects you could find in an agony aunt’s column in many French magazines for teenagers.