Contrôle oral
In a French tourist information office
● Adapt what Zoe said to answer
4 Now listen to the final part of Zoe’s
interview and answer the questions.
Imagine you are working
in a tourist information
office in France. Your
teacher is going to ask you
about your area.
Controlled assessment interview
Module 7
questions about a holiday destination,
but add new ideas of your own.
● Prepare your answers to the questions
in exercise 1 and try to predict what the
unprepared question will be.
● Record the interview. Ask a partner
to listen to it and say how well you
performed.
1 What verb does she use to translate ‘to
try’ or ‘to taste’?
2 What word does she use to say ‘I have
eaten too much of it’?
3 What words does she use to say ‘I
haven’t been there yet’?
4 How does she say ‘there is no lack of
things to do’?
5 What is the unprepared question?
Your teacher will ask you
the following:
● Can you help me? I am
looking for a campsite.
● Which do you
recommend?
● What is there to do here?
● Can you recommend
where to shop and eat?
● Are there any special
events here at the
moment?
Award each other one star, two stars or
three stars for each of these categories:
5 Now it’s your turn! Prepare your
answers to the task opposite, then take
part in an interview with your teacher
or partner.
● Use the Grade Studio and your answers
to exercises 1–4 to help you.
● Make sure you understand the French
for the questions you will be asked.
You will also have to
respond to something that
you have not yet prepared.
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pronunciation
confidence and fluency
range of tenses
variety of vocabulary and expressions
using longer sentences
taking the initiative.
What do you need to do next time to
improve your performance?
The dialogue will last a
maximum of six minutes.
1 You will hear a model interview.
Look at the names of the three
campsites Zoe mentions. Which
campsite do you think she is
talking about in each of the phrases
below? Listen to check.
A
B
C
1
2
3
4
5
6
CAMPING
les Dunes
CAMPING LA FORÊT
CAMPING
M UN I C I PAL
Ce n’est pas cher.
Il est au bord de la mer.
C’est proche des commerces.
Ici c’est tranquille.
C’est bien pour les enfants.
Ici on peut faire des promenades.
2 In the interview, both speakers use
the vous form because it is a formal
situation. Listen again and note
down the verbs you hear from both
speakers, in the vous form.
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3 Listen to the second part of Zoe’s interview
and fill in the gaps.
■ Qu’est-ce qu’on peut faire ici?
● Alors … il y a la plage (1)
on
(2)
se baigner ou faire du surf. Il y a
aussi l’Aquaparc avec cinq toboggans, et si on
aime faire des promenades à pied ou en VTT il
y a des sentiers appropriés. Si vous (3)
intéressez à la culture et à l’histoire, il y a la
vieille ville, le château et des musées à visiter,
et (4)
vous avez (5)
tout cela
vous pouvez aller dîner dans un restaurant
typique de la région.
■ Pouvez-vous me recommander où faire les
achats et où dîner?
● Pour les achats il y a un hypermarché
(6)
est ouvert tous les jours en saison,
même le dimanche matin. (7)
un
marché tous les jours mais maintenant c’est
seulement le mardi et le vendredi. Si vous
(8)
des souvenirs, il y a des boutiques
au centre-ville. Pour manger il y a (9)
restaurants. Si vous voulez (10)
les
spécialités de la région, il y a des petits
restaurants pas chers en face de la plage.
To achieve a Grade C, you need to show that you can use a variety of verbs, structures and expressions. Use:
◆ connectives to make longer sentences. Listen to how Zoe uses et, mais and ou.
◆ interesting adjectives. Note how Zoe uses tranquille and bruyant to describe the campsites.
◆ expressions with modal verbs, such as on peut + infinitive, to say what you can do.
◆ To aim higher than a Grade C, you need to show you can use other tenses, such as the imperfect
and future tenses. Zoe uses the imperfect to say there used to be a market every day and the
future to say where she will go tonight.
◆ She also uses a reflexive verb in the phrase si vous vous intéressez …
◆ She uses the comparative to say ‘nearer to the shops’: plus proche des commerces.
To really impress an examiner and aim for an A or
A* Grade, you should show that you can use the
relative pronouns qui and que; pronouns y and
en, and the superlative. Zoe uses:
◆ qui to say ‘the campsite which is beside the
sea’: qui est au bord de la mer
◆ y to say ‘I went there’: j’y suis allée
◆ en to say she ate ‘too much (of it)’: j’en ai trop
mangé
◆ le plus tranquille to say ‘La Forêt campsite is
the quietest’.
Épate l’examinateur!
◆ Listen for some of the more unusual expressions
that Zoe uses and see if you can use them:
– même sous la pluie – even when it’s raining
– Il ne manque pas de … – There’s no lack of …
– d’après la météo – according to the forecast.
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