ICSE Class 9 French Syllabus 2023

Candidates will be required to write, in French, one short composition which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives. There will be a choice of subjects which will be varied and may be suggested by language or other stimuli such as pictures or objects.

Candidates will be required to write a letter from a choice of either a formal or an informal letter. Suggestions may be given. The layout of the letter with address, introduction, conclusion, etc., will form part of the assessment. 

An unseen passage of about 150 words will be given in French. Questions based on the given passage, will be set, to be answered in French, so as to test the candidates’ understanding of the content of the passage.

This will consist of tests in vocabulary, syntax and idiom, e.g., synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentences in French correctly embodying given words or forms. The question will not require detailed knowledge of grammatical definitions. The questions on grammar will include the following:

Grammaire:  

• Articles (définis, indéfinis. Contractés, partitifs)  
• Adjectives (démonstratifs, possessifs, qualificatifs, interrogatifs)  
• Interrogation
• Negation (ne … pas, ne … rien, ne …personne, ne … plus, etc.)  
• Pronouns (sujet, COI, COI, quantité, lieu, relative)  
• Prepositions  
• Tenses (présent, imparfait, passé compose, futur simple, passé récent, futur
• simple, verbes pronominaux, impératif)  
• Comparaison (plus de … que, moins de … que, plus de / moins de + nombre)  
• Superlative (Ie plus .. ./le moins … )

Conjugation exercises (for testing verbs), gap filling (for testing articles, pronouns, prepositions), correcting errors (for testing adjectives, negation, comparative etc.), Making questions and negative sentences, correcting jumbled sentences etc.