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Junior Cycle French: Literary extracts & poems

How often Literary extracts & poems comes up on the French papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Literary extracts & poems, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Literary extracts & poems.

(a)A poem line reads « La neige tombe sur les toits ». What is falling on the roofs?
  1. Rain
  2. Snow
  3. Leaves
(b)A story says « Le petit garçon pleurait dans son lit. » What was the boy doing?
  1. Reading in his bed
  2. Laughing in his bed
  3. Crying in his bed
(c)A French fairy tale begins « Il était une fois… ». How do English fairy tales begin?
  1. Once upon a time
  2. Happily ever after
  3. The end
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(a) Snow

(b) Crying in his bed

(c) Once upon a time

Your turn: Common Level questions on Literary extracts & poems.

Common Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Q13
2024Q14
2023Q13
2022Q11

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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