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Junior Cycle French: Articles, blogs & interviews
How often Articles, blogs & interviews comes up on the French papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker
Articles, blogs & interviews, Common Level(9 marks)
Quick ones on Articles, blogs & interviews.
(a)An interview question begins « Depuis quand… ? ». What does it ask?
- How much or how many
- Since when (how long)
- Where from (which place)
(b)Chloé writes « Je fais du surf depuis trois ans. » What does this tell you?
- She surfed once, 3 years ago
- She started surfing 3 days ago
- She has surfed for 3 years
(c)An interviewer asks « De quelle nationalité es-tu ? » Which answer fits?
- Je suis belge
- Je suis né en mai
- Je suis en Belgique
Show the answers
(a) Since when (how long)
(b) She has surfed for 3 years
(c) Je suis belge
Common Level
Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Q11, Q12, Q13, Q14 |
| 2025 | Q10, Q11, Q12, Q14 |
| 2024 | Q12, Q13 |
| 2023 | Q12, Q15 |
| 2022 | Q12, Q13 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
Other French topics
- Adjectives & possessives
- Blog, email or presentation
- Countries & the francophone world
- Daily routine & household chores
- Family, friends & animals
- Filling in a form
- Food & drink
- Future tenses
- Gap-fill & sentence completion
- Hobbies & sport
- Holidays, travel & transport
- Jobs, money & future plans
- My town & directions
- Numbers, dates, times & spelling
- Past tense (passé composé)
- Present tense & reflexives
- School life & subjects
- Shopping & clothes
- Signs, pictures & word matching
- Weather & seasons
- Ads, posters & text messages
- Famous francophones
- Health & the body
- Literary extracts & poems
- Myself & describing people
- Articles & prepositions
- Festivals & celebrations
- Music, film, TV & technology
- My house & bedroom