1. Education and Work
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
The test will last 7-9 minutes. You will have 12 minutes to prepare the role play and photo
card discussion.
Role play: you should attempt to provide complete responses in the role play task.
Photo card discussion: you should attempt to provide extended responses to each of the
questions asked.
Conversation: you may start the first part of the conversation with your nominated theme
from one of the broad themes and your teacher will start the second part of the conversation
with a different theme.
Complete the role play, the photo card discussion and the conversation.
This presentation will help you to prepare your General Conversation answers for EDUCATION AND WORK.
You need to prepare all 6 topics. You find out which 3 you will be answering on the day of the exam.

2. Education and Work
This PowerPoint presentation gives you the basic, Foundation Tier answers to the questions about EDUCATION AND WORK.
In order to score more highly (Grade C or above) you need to extend each answer.
Add an opinion
Say where, who with, when, why, how ….
In fact, add anything that is relevant to the question

3. 1: Qu’est-ce que tu fais pendant la récréation?
Education and Work
1: Qu’est-ce que tu fais pendant la récréation?
(What do you do during break ?)
 Normalement, pendant la récré, je (ACTIVITY). Quelquefois je (ACTIVITY)
 Normally during break I (ACTIVITY). Sometimes I (ACTIVITY)
Activities coming up……

4. Breaktime activities
Je fume Je bavarde avec mes copains I smoke I chat with my friends
Je vais sur le champ Je vais aux toilettes I go on the field I go to the toilet
Je fais mes devoirs I do my homework
Je mange quelque chose I have something to eat
Je bois quelque chose Je joue au foot I have something to drink I play football

5. 2: Où et quand as-tu fait ton stage ?
Education and Work
2: Où et quand as-tu fait ton stage ?
(Where and when did you do your work experience ?)
 J’ai fait mon stage en octobre de l’année dernière. Je suis allé(e) à (COMPANY)
 I did my work experience in October last year. I went to (COMPANY)

6. 2: Où et quand as-tu fait ton stage ?
Education and Work
2: Où et quand as-tu fait ton stage ?
(Where and when did you do your work experience ?)
Say what it was like:
 C’était (ADJECTIVE)
 It was (ADJECTIVE)
Adjectives coming up…….

7. What was it like ? Super nul rubbish Extra ennuyeux boring
Chouette difficile excellent difficult
Génial affreux great terrible
Intéressant interesting
Utile useful

8. 3: Quelles sont tes matières préfèrées?
Education and Work
3: Quelles sont tes matières préfèrées?
(What are your favourite subjects ?)
 J’aime / J’adore (SUBJECT) parce que c’est (REASON)
 I like / I love (SUBJECT) because it’s (REASON)
Subjects and reasons coming up…

9. School subjects
Les maths La musique
Les sciences La religion
Le français L’anglais
Le dessin L’histoire
La technologie L’informatique
La géographie L’éducation civique

10. reasons Ennuyeux intéressant boring interesting
Difficile facile difficult easy
Inutile utile not useful useful
Le prof est sévère le prof est sympa The teacher is strict the teacher is nice

11. 3: Quelles sont tes matières préfèrées?
Education and Work
3: Quelles sont tes matières préfèrées?
(What are your favourite subjects ?)
 Je n’aime pas / Je déteste (SUBJECT) parce que c’est (REASON)
 I don’t like / I hate (SUBJECT) because it’s (REASON)
Subjects and reasons as before……..

12. 4. Tu vas continuer tes études ? Pourquoi ?
Education & Work
4. Tu vas continuer tes études ? Pourquoi ?
(Are you going to continue your studies ? Why ?)
 Oui, je vais continuer mes études au lycée à (PLACE) parce que …
 Yes, I’m going to continue my studies at college in (PLACE) because…
 Non, je ne vais pas continuer mes études, parce que…
 No, I’m not going to continue my studies because…

13. Reasons:  J’aimerais étudier (SUBJECT)  Je voudrais être (JOB)
Education & Work
Reasons:
 J’aimerais étudier (SUBJECT)
 I would like to study (SUBJECT)
 Je voudrais être (JOB)
 I would like to be (JOB)
 Je n’aime pas étudier – je voudrais travailler comme (JOB)
 I don’t like studying – I’d like to work as a (JOB)
Jobs coming up….

14. Jobs
Agent de police coiffeur/se médecin police officer hairdresser doctor
Cuisinier infirmier/ère P.D.G chef/cook nurse company owner
Hôtesse de l’air mécanicien/ne secrétaire air hostess mechanic secretary
Réceptionniste vendeur/se professeur receptionist salesperson teacher
Jardinier/ère instituteur/trice vétérinaire gardener primary school teacher vet
Caissier/ère programmateur dentiste cashier programmer dentist

15. 5. Comment est-ce que tu gagnes ton argent de poche ?
Education and Work
5. Comment est-ce que tu gagnes ton argent de poche ?
(How do you earn your pocket money?)
 Pour gagner mon argent de poche, je dois…..
 To earn my pocket money I have to…
Jobs coming up…….

16. Part-time jobs:
Faire le ménage garder mon frère do the housework look after my brother
Faire du babysitting faire la vaisselle do babysitting do the washing-up
Promener le chien laver la voiture walk the dog wash the car
Livrer des journaux faire du jardinage do a paper round do the gardening
Mettre la table lay the table
Ranger ma chambre tidy my room

17. 5. Comment est-ce que tu gagnes ton argent de poche ?
Education and Work
5. Comment est-ce que tu gagnes ton argent de poche ?
(How do you earn your pocket money?)
Say how much pocket money you get:
 Je reçois (NUMBER) livres par semaine par mois
 I earn (NUMBER) pounds per week per month