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PAPER 1
- Section A: Comprehension
- Section B: Structure
PAPER 2
- Section A: Essay
- Section B: Letter writing
PAPER 3
- Listening Comprehension
- Reading
- Conversation
- Dialogue
- Exposition
Structure
- Parts of speech (Grammatical categories)
- Articles - definite, indefinite, partitive. (Gender and number where applicable).
- Verbs
- Common moods and tenses
- Standard expressions such as
- avoir + noun (e.g. avoir faim)
- venir de + infinitive.
- Nouns - complements, gender, number
- Pronouns – personal, possessive, indefinite, demonstrative, relative, impersonal, (number and gender where applicable).
- Adjectives - possessive, demonstrative, indefinite interrogative, (agreement and position)
- Adverbs - formation and position, special adverbs: mal, vite, fort, tout, etc.
- Negatives - negative expressions (ne...pas, ne...rien, ne... jamais, etc.)
- Conjunctions in common use: et, mais, donc,, ou, parce que, etc
- Preposition - à, de, sur, en, devant, etc.
- Sentence patterns (declarative, interrogative, exclamative, etc)
- Voice – active/passive
- Direct speech/reported speech
- Compound and complex sentences
- Idiomatic expressions& proverbs
- Forms of writing (formal/informal)
- Context and meaning e.g. to convey politeness, disgust, disappointment.
- Common figures of speech e.g. (similes, metaphors, hyperbols)
- Structures of major “Acte de Parole" e.g. (exprimer la deception, la probation, le degout, la surprise, le plaisir, le regret, etc.
Suggested Reading List
- Course books
- General Grammar Books
- Any other useful grammar books
- ORAL Practice
- Any other useful document designed for Oral Practice
- Literature (Ghana only)
- Dictionaries/Glossaries

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