Cambridge IGCSE French - Foreign Language 0520 — 2018 Oct/Nov Paper 4 · Variant 2

0520/42/O/N/18 · 50 marks · ≈56 min

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This document consists of 7 printed pages and 1 blank page. DC (NH/CGW) 151390/1 © UCLES 2018 [Turn over * 7 8 2 9 1 6 7 6 6 5 * FRENCH 0520/42 Paper 4 Writing October/November 2018 1 hour Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer three questions: Question 1, Question 2 and Question 3(a) or Question 3(b) or Question 3(c). The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate. Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

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3 0520/42/O/N/18 © UCLES 2018 [Turn over Section 1 1 Vous préparez des petits gâteaux. Faites une liste, en français, de 8 ingrédients. Exemple : Exemple : orange __________________________ 1 ________________________________ 2 ________________________________ 3 ________________________________ 4 ________________________________ 5 ________________________________ 6 ________________________________ 7 ________________________________ 8 ________________________________ [Total : 5]

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4 0520/42/O/N/18 © UCLES 2018 2 Une personne célèbre que vous admirez • Qui est cette personne ? • Donnez des détails sur cette personne (par exemple : âge ? nationalité ? caractère ?). • Qu’est-ce qu’il/elle fait comme travail ? • Pour quelles raisons est-ce que vous admirez cette personne ? • Est-ce que vous aimeriez devenir célèbre ? Pourquoi/Pourquoi pas ? Écrivez environ 80–90 mots en français. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … [Total : 15]

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6 0520/42/O/N/18 © UCLES 2018 Section 2 3 Choisissez un des sujets suivants. Vous devez écrire 130–140 mots en français. (a) Mon voyage en avion Vous avez pris l’avion pour faire un voyage. Écrivez une lettre à un(e) ami(e) français(e). • Où êtes-vous allé(e) et quand ? • Donnez des détails sur ce voyage (temps ? repas ? durée ?). • Quels sont les avantages et les inconvénients de voyager en avion ? • Quels pays voudriez-vous visiter ? Donnez vos raisons. OU (b) Le nouveau centre sportif On a construit un nouveau centre sportif dans votre ville/village. Écrivez un blog sur ce centre. • Quand et avec qui êtes-vous allé(e) au centre sportif ? • Quels sports avez-vous faits dans ce centre ? • Expliquez pourquoi ce centre est important pour votre ville/village. • Qu’est-ce qu’on pourrait faire pour améliorer votre ville/village ? Donnez vos raisons. OU (c) Un petit chien perdu « Pendant une promenade à la campagne avec mes ami(e)s, j’ai trouvé un petit chien… » Continuez l’histoire. • Décrivez votre promenade à la campagne. • Que faisait le chien quand vous l’avez trouvé ? • Qu’est-ce que vous avez fait après ? • Quelle a été votre réaction et la réaction de vos ami(e)s à cet événement ?

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7 0520/42/O/N/18 © UCLES 2018 ÉCRIVEZ VOTRE RÉPONSE À LA QUESTION 3 ICI … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … [Total : 30]

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8 0520/42/O/N/18 © UCLES 2018 Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge International Examinations Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cie.org.uk after the live examination series. Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge. Additional Page If you use the following lined page to complete the answer(s) to any question(s), the question number(s) must be clearly shown. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

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This document consists of 43 printed pages. © UCLES 2018 [Turn over Cambridge Assessment International Education Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education FRENCH 0520/42 Paper 4 Writing October/November 2018 MARK SCHEME Maximum Mark: 50 Published This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers. Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for Teachers. Cambridge International will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2018 series for most Cambridge IGCSE™, Cambridge International A and AS Level components and some Cambridge O Level components.

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 2 of 43 Generic Marking Principles These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers. They should be applied alongside the specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptors for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these marking principles. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1: Marks must be awarded in line with: • the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question • the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question • the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2: Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions). GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3: Marks must be awarded positively: • marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit is given for valid answers which go beyond the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme, referring to your Team Leader as appropriate • marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do • marks are not deducted for errors • marks are not deducted for omissions • answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these features are specifically assessed by the question as indicated by the mark scheme. The meaning, however, should be unambiguous. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4: Rules must be applied consistently e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed instructions or in the application of generic level descriptors. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5: Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question (however; the use of the full mark range may be limited according to the quality of the candidate responses seen). GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6: Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should not be awarded with grade thresholds or grade descriptors in mind.

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 3 of 43 1 General Marking Principles 1.1 Crossing out: (a) If a candidate changes his/her mind over an answer and crosses out an attempt, award a mark if the final attempt is correct. (b) If a candidate crosses out an answer to a whole question but makes no second attempt at it, mark the crossed out work. 1.2 For Questions 2 and 3, if the candidate has written an answer in the space provided for that purpose, you should ignore anything written anywhere else, unless: (a) there is an indication from the candidate that other material should be considered. (b) the candidate has continued their answer outside the space provided. (c) there is no answer in the space provided. 1.3 Annotation used in the Mark Scheme: (a) tc = ‘tout court’ and means that on its own the material is not sufficient to score the mark. (b) BOD = benefit of the doubt and is used to indicate that the Examiner has considered the answer/that part of the answer and judged it to be more correct than incorrect: the benefit of the doubt is given to the candidate and the mark is awarded.

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 4 of 43 1.4 No response and ‘0’ marks There is a NR (No Response) option in RM Assessor. Award NR (No Response): If there is nothing written at all in the answer space or If there is only a comment which does not in any way relate to the question being asked (e.g. ‘can’t do’ or ‘don’t know’) or If there is only a mark which isn’t an attempt at the question (e.g. a dash, a question mark). Award 0: If there is any attempt that earns no credit. This could, for example, include the candidate copying all or some of the question, or any working that does not earn any marks, whether crossed out or not. 1.5 Optional questions: You must mark all questions attempted by the candidate. Where a question has not been attempted then NR must be entered. (For Question 3 only, after marking the question(s) the candidate has answered, NR is populated automatically when you click on ‘Complete’.) Where the candidate attempts more than one of the alternatives in Question 3, RM Assessor will automatically only aggregate the candidate’s best result. 1.6 Spellings recognised by the Académie Française will be accepted

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 5 of 43 Question Answer Marks Question 1 Candidates are required to list 8 items in French. Read all of the items that the candidate has listed and award marks as follows: (i) Select the most correct items up to a maximum of 5. Award 1 mark for each correct item up to a maximum of 5. Stop ticking once 5 items have been rewarded. (ii) On Question 1, award marks for items wherever the candidate has written them. (iii) If the candidate offers more than one word per line, award a mark for each acceptable item (e.g. where a candidate has linked two words as in gâteau au chocolat / gâteau chocolat = 1 tick; however gâteau et chocolat / gâteau, chocolat (candidate intends these as two items) = 2 ticks). (iv) The pictures provided on the question paper are only suggestions. (v) Mark for communication. Tolerate inaccuracies, provided the message is clear. Ignore any definite / indefinite article, possessive adjective, etc. Ignore any verbs. (vi) If spelling is questionable, start by referring to the detailed mark scheme. Refer to the bullet points below if no decision on the spelling you have encountered is recorded there. • ‘If in doubt, sound it out’: if you read what the candidate has written, does it sound like the correct answer? • Look-alike test: does what the candidate has written look like the correct answer, e.g. one letter missing but no other word created. • If the first part of the word is correct, small errors in what comes next are less likely to impede communication (unless they suggest another meaning). • Where letters are transposed, the word is likely to communicate (unless another word has been created). (vii) Once marking proper starts, if there are five clearly acceptable items, award marks wherever these are in the list. This approach may allow questionable versions to be ignored. (viii) Refuse all nouns which are repeated and which do not have a separate meaning: • gâteau, gâteau au chocolat: award one mark to each item • gâteau au chocolat, gâteau à la crème: award one mark to each item • gâteau, gâteau au chocolat, chocolat: award one mark to each item • gâteau, grand gâteau: award one mark for the first gâteau (ix) Reject misspelt words which suggest a word with a quite different meaning. Where nouns are usually plural, accept the singular and vice versa.

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 6 of 43 Question Answer Marks 1 Vous préparez des petits gâteaux. Faites une liste, en français, de 8 ingrédients. The following are examples. Accept any ingredients used in biscuits, including fruits, vegetables, flavourings and savoury ingredients. Refuse any references to meat. Do not accept orange – it is the example ACCEPT ACCEPT REFUSE banane bannan(e) / banan / banann(e) / banana beurre beure beur / buerre / beaurre / berre, burre / bur café carotte carote / carrote / carrot carot champignon chocolat chocola / chocolat(t)e chocolade / choclat citron confiture crème eau au eu / leu / los / lot épices / bergamotte / lavande / fleur d’oranger fleur tc farine fromage formage / fomage froimage / formaige lait lai / lay laid margarine magrine miel noix (de coco) 5

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 7 of 43 Question Answer Marks 1 ACCEPT ACCEPT REFUSE œufs euf ouefs / oefus oignon / ognon onion / ognone oinon / onio / ognos / oigneaux poivre pommes raisins (sec) riz ris sel sal sucre sucr suce / sucer tomate tommate / tomatte / tomat tomatoe / tomote vanille yaourt / yoghurt Total for Question 1: 5 marks

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 8 of 43 Question Answer Marks Question 2 Candidates are required to answer the question. Read the whole answer and award marks as follows: • Communication: award a mark out of 10, according to the instructions in 2.1. • Language: award a mark out of 5, according to the instructions in 2.2.

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 9 of 43 Question Answer Marks 2 Une personne célèbre que vous admirez 2.1: Award a mark out of 10 for Communication (i) Place the appropriate ‘numbered’ tick as close as possible to each relevant communication point in the body of the answer. (ii) Award ticks flexibly across the tasks for each piece of relevant information conveyed, up to a maximum of 10. HOWEVER, each of the tasks must be covered to get the 10 communication marks: • If 1 of the tasks is missing, the maximum communication mark is 9. • If 2 of the tasks are missing, the maximum communication mark is 8 (and so on). (iii) Add up the ticks to give a mark out of 10 for Communication. (iv) For COMMUNICATION • Look for a verb (finite or infinitive) before awarding a mark. Lists without a verb will not score. • See Appendix II for rules on how to decide whether a verb is accurate enough to convey meaning. • For language other than verbs, use ‘rules’ in Question 1: look alike, sound alike, etc. • Misplaced adjectives, negatives and adverbs will not usually compromise communication. (v) LISTS = a maximum of 3 marks for communication: lists of 1–3 items = 1 mark; lists of 4 items = 2 marks; lists of 5–6 items = 3 marks • elle a les cheveux noirs avec de beaux yeux et une petite bouche (1 verb, therefore treat as list of 3 items) • elle a les cheveux noirs, est de taille moyenne, et elle est jolie (3 verbs therefore each piece of information can score a separate communication mark) (vi) Only reward each piece of information once, e.g. elle est super cannot score both as description and reason for liking; elle est super et sa musique est super can both be rewarded as they each contain a different extra detail. (vii) Do not penalise factual errors. (viii) What the candidate writes may not follow the order of the tasks on the question paper – this is fine. 15

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 10 of 43 Question Answer Marks Tick Accept 31 Qui est cette personne ? REWARD any statement relating to name of the person. Reward references to one person only. Il / elle s’appelle« J’admire / J’aime le président / mon ami / ma mère / mon professeur / Banksy Ma célébrité préférée est / s’appelle« There is only one mark available here for identifying the person. Therefore: J’aime beaucoup l’acteur égyptien 33 qui s’appelle Farouk 31 J’aime beaucoup l’acteur égyptien Farouk 31 Il s’apple Michael Jordan but later in 34 states: j’admire Michael Jordan 31 parce qu’il est fort 34 Refuse mon célèbre favori s’appelle / est« 32 Donnez des détails sur cette personne (par exemple : âge ? nationalité ? caractère ?). REWARD any piece of information about the person, their lifestyle (NB work details Tick 3) Elle est américaine / ses parents sont africains Nationalities: -ain / -aine; -ais / -aise; -ien / -ienne; -ois / oise (ignore gender error) Phonetic version acceptable Il a les cheveux noirs Il est grand Elle est gentille / passionnante / passionnée Il habite en France Elle a une grande famille Elle aime les animaux Elle aide / a aidé les pauvres Elle a 30 ans (NB elle est 40 ans 32 but no reward for: elle a / est 40) Countries/numbers must be phonetically correct. Refuse adjectives for countries and vice versa. Refuse third person references to family.

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 11 of 43 Question Answer Marks Tick Accept 33 Qu’est-ce qu’il/elle fait comme travail ? REWARD any statement relating to information about their work Il / elle est acteur Elle est chanteuse Il travaille comme médecin / elle travaille dans un hôpital Elle a un magasin Il / elle danse / chante / joue au foot Elle chante 33 elle écrit de belles chansons 33 (the second 33 could be considered as a 34 if there is no other response.) Refuse actor, doctor, etc. 34 Pour quelles raisons est-ce que vous admirez cette personne. REWARD any statement explaining why they admire this person. (Je l’admire car) il aide les autres (J’admire cette personne parce qu’) elle écrit de belles chansons « j’aime faire la même chose Je joue au foot (aussi) J’aime chanter / J’adore écrire Tout le monde l’aime J’adore ses films / ses chansons Elle est généreuse / il est sincère J’adore sa personnalité / son caractère Reward the same information given either in 32 or 33 if there is some additional language. i.e. J’admire Rihanna parce qu’elle chante bien (where ‘elle chante bien’ was rewarded 33) For footballers, il joue pour Barcelona 34 but j’adore Barcelona is not sufficient. Do not reward j’adore les films tc / le cinéma tc / le foot tc / j’écoute sa musique

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 12 of 43 Question Answer Marks Tick Accept 35 Est-ce que vous aimeriez devenir célèbre ? Pourquoi/Pourquoi pas ? REWARD any positive / negative statement about becoming famous and related reasons Expect attempt at je voudrais / je ne voudrais pas devenir / être célèbre unless the candidate makes a clear link between his / her plans and the field of work of the person mentioned OR offers an alternative role model Benefits Je voudrais être célèbre 35« parce que je voudrais gagner beaucoup d’argent 35 « c’est magnifique / intéressant 35 Alternative career Je ne voudrais pas être célèbre 35« parce que je veux travailler dans un hôpital 35 Inconvenience « je suis trop introverti 35 « je veux protéger ma famille 35 « je n’aime pas l’attention 35 « c’est épouvantable / affreux / horrible 35 Motivation « je veux écrire des livres 35 « je veux danser 35 et chanter 35 « j’aime chanter 35 Reward reasons expressed with on / tu / vous Do not reward: C’est mal / bon / bien « car il est mon acteur favori J’ai voudrais devenir célèbre«

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 13 of 43 Question Answer Marks 2.2: Award a mark out of 5 for Language Award a mark out of 5 for Language*, according to the Grade descriptors in the table below (see Note on using mark schemes with Grade descriptors (Appendix 1)). Grade descriptors for Language (Question 2) 5 Straightforward vocabulary and structure. The style of writing is basic, but reasonably coherent. Use of a limited range of verbs, generally successful. More accuracy than inaccuracy. 4 Basic vocabulary and structure. Some awareness of verb usage, but inconsistent. The writing is sufficiently accurate for meaning to be conveyed. 3 Very basic vocabulary and structure. Little awareness of verb usage (e.g. infinitives regularly used instead of finite verbs). Despite regular errors, the writing often conveys some meaning. 2 A few phrases or short sentences are accurate enough to be comprehensible. Very simple sentence structure. 1 Disjointed words or short phrases, one or two of them accurate enough to be comprehensible. 0 One or two disjointed words or short phrases may be recognisable. *Consider the whole answer when awarding mark for language Total for Communication: 10 marks Total for Language: 5 marks Total for Question 2: 15 marks

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 14 of 43 Question Answer Marks Question 3 Candidates answer 1 question from a choice of 3. Read the whole answer and award marks as follows: • Communication: award a mark out of 10, according to the instructions in 3.1. • Language: award a mark out of 8 for Verbs, according to the instructions in 3.2. award a mark out of 12 for Other linguistic features, according to the instructions in 3.3. For question-specific guidance, see later in this mark scheme. 3.1: Award a mark out of 10 for Communication (i) There are 5 relevant communication points per question, each worth a maximum of 2 marks. (ii) For each relevant communication point, use the appropriate numbered tick and place up to 2 of these ticks as close as possible to each relevant communication point (in the body of the answer). 2 ticks Message clearly communicated. Minor errors (adjective endings, use of prepositions etc.) are tolerated. 1 tick Communication of some meaning is achieved, but the message may be ambiguous or incomplete. 0 ticks Nothing of worth communicated. (iii) Look for a verb (finite or infinitive) before awarding a mark for communication. See Appendix II for rules on how to decide whether a verb is accurate enough to convey meaning. (iv) Add up the ticks to give a mark out of 10 for Communication.

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 15 of 43 Question Answer Marks 3.2: Award a mark out of 8 for accurate use of Verbs When awarding ticks for Verbs, please refer back to the question in order to establish which tense is appropriate for the response. For question- specific guidance, see later in this mark scheme. (i) Place a tick above the first occurrence of each correct verb, up to a maximum of 18 ticks (details of how to award ticks are provided below). (ii) Place the tick so that it does not obscure the accent/tilde. (iii) Convert the total number of ticks to a mark out of 8 using the Conversion table below. Conversion table for accurate use of Verbs (Question 3) Number of ticks Mark 18+ 8 16,17 7 14,15 6 12,13 5 10,11 4 8,9 3 6,7 2 4,5 1 0,1,2,3 0 How to award ticks for accurate use of Verbs (Question 3): (a) Subject (noun or pronoun) + any finite verb • both subject and verb must be correct for the verb to score a tick • verb must be in the appropriate tense to score a tick • inaccuracies in the use of accents are ignored except in the case of –er verbs and être where there must be an accent on the past participle in a compound tense, and the absence of such an accent in the present tense • do not tick verbs contained in the ‘letter etiquette’: appropriate beginnings and endings to letters are considered for reward under Other linguistic features

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 16 of 43 Question Answer Marks Tick No tick Note Je suis (3) J’aime (3) Je aime (no tick) «Je n’aime (3) (pas) le camping» Je ne aime (3) pas treat as misuse of negative, not misuse of verb: verb is ticked Il est allé (3) Il est allée (no tick) insist on correct agreement Les proffesseurs sont (no tick) gentils incorrect subject Le voiture s’est approché (no tick) incorrect subject Les nouveau professeurs sont (3) gentils «Les professeurs» is the subject and is correctly spelt. The incorrect adjective does not prevent the tick being awarded Les invites sont arrivés (3) missing accent on noun does not prevent tick being awarded Les invités sont arrives (no tick) past participle must have accent for tick to be awarded; grave is tolerated La site que j’ai adoré (3) despite wrong gender of noun the verb is correct La site que j’ai adorée gender of noun wrong; «site» is not a feminine noun, therefore verb should not agree and is not ticked Le site j’ai adoré (3) «que» clauses where the «que» is missing: tick the verb; take absence of «que» into account when awarding mark for Other linguistic features Mon frère a (3) sept ans. Il y a (3) 30 enfants dans sa classe for «il y a/avait», allow the impersonal use to count as an extra

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 17 of 43 Question Answer Marks With direct and indirect object pronouns Tick No tick Note Je l’aime (3) Je le joue (3) Je se joue (no tick) first example – «je joue» is correct despite incorrect object pronoun; second example – «jouer» is not a reflexive verb Je lave (3) les voitures Je me lave (no tick) les voitures «laver» should not be used reflexively in this statement Je t’ai dit (3) J’ai te dit (3) basic verb formation is correct Je les ai achetés (3) Je les ai acheté (no tick) past participle must agree in number and gender with preceding direct object for verb tick to be awarded With «y» and «en» Tick No tick Note J’y vais (3) / Elle en achète (3) Je vais (3) y en voiture correct «je vais» scores despite incorrect position of «y» Elle achète (3) en correct «elle achète» scores despite incorrect position of «en» Passive Tick No tick Note Elle a été attrapée (3) Les vélos ont été vendus (3)

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 18 of 43 Question Answer Marks Reflexive Tick No tick Note Elle s’est levée (3) Elle est se levée (no tick) Je me lave (3) les mains Je me suis réveillé (3) et j’ai réveillé (3) ma mère correct use of a reflexive and non-reflexive verb can both be credited Impersonal Tick No tick Note C’est comique (3) Il y a (3) «Ilya» (3) all right letters and in right order (by same rule «yatil» also gains a tick) «Il y a» does not score in expressions meaning ‘ago’ Est-ce que (3) With negative Tick No tick Note Ils ne jouent pas (3) tick is awarded for the correct verb; the negative is considered for reward in ‘Other linguistic features’ Ils ne pas jouent (3) Je ne aime (3) pas

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 19 of 43 Question Answer Marks Sequence of tenses Tick No tick Note Si j’avais (3) le choix je voudrais (3) Si j’ai eu (no tick) le choix je voudrais (3) if sequence is incorrect, both verbs cannot be rewarded Quand j’ai fini (no tick) de déjeuner (3) je suis sorti (3) in time clauses, the pluperfect must be used for the verb to be rewarded. In other cases the perfect is acceptable Quand j’avais fini (3) de déjeuner (3) je suis sorti (3) Single auxiliary with multiple past participles Tick No tick Note Nous avons chanté (3) et dansé (3) Nous avons chanté = tick; Nous avons dansé = tick Correct verb within meaningless statement Tick No tick Note La journée est (3) longue La journée est (no tick) intelligente do not reward correct verb in a meaningless statement (b) Imperative Tick No tick Note Viens (3) Ne touche pas (3)

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 20 of 43 Question Answer Marks (c) Interrogative Tick No tick Note Tu viens? (3) / Tu viens. (3) question mark not required for mark to be awarded Est-ce que (3) tu viens(?) (3) Comment ça va(?) (3) (d) Infinitive Tick No tick Note Je veux (3) sortir (3) Je veut (no tick) sortir (3) award tick for any correct dependent infinitive, even if main verb is incorrect / in the wrong tense Je veux (3) sortier (no tick) Il a commencé (3) à pleuvoir (3) Il a commence (no tick) à pleuvoir (3) Il a commencé (3) de pleuvoir (no tick) J’ai essayé (3) de travailler (3) Il m’aide (no tick) à préparer le repas (3) a past tense required by the task: main verb is, therefore, in the wrong tense, but dependent infinitive is correct and is ticked

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 21 of 43 Question Answer Marks Tick No tick Note Visiter (3) d’autres pays est (3) important Sans hésiter (3) Sans hésité (no tick) Je veux (3) sortir (3) parce que je veux (no tick) aller (3) aux magasins je veux can only score once, but different infinitives can each score if correct Après être arrivé(e) (3) il/(elle) a mangé (3) un sandwich Après être sorti il a commencé (3) à pleuvoir (3) the subject of the perfect infinitive is not the subject of the main verb Après avoir mangé (3) je suis sorti (3) Ticking forms of the verb in the future: is the future tense appropriate to the task? Tick No tick Note Nous allons (3) jouer (3) au tennis in all these cases the future tense is appropriate to the task on the question paper so both the finite verb and the infinitive are ticked in the normal way Je vais (3) regardé (no tick) un film Elle vas (no tick) arriver (3) ce soir Je vais (no tick) aller (no tick) en ville task is: what did you do last weekend? Future tense is not appropriate therefore do not tick either verb

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 22 of 43 Question Answer Marks (e) Inversion Tick No tick Note ««» a-t-il dit (3) « a-t-il dis (no tick) accept both normal word order and inversion after direct speech ««» il a dit (3) Viens-tu (3) / Viens tu (3) (f) Participle (past or present) Tick No tick Note En arrivant (3) Ayant fini (3) Une fois arrivé (3) (g) Reward only the first occurrence of a verb, e.g. • J'aime (3) la natation. J'aime (no tick) aussi le tennis • J'aime (3) la natation. Je n’aime (no tick) pas le tennis • Dans ma région il y a (3) des montagnes et des rivières. Il y a (no tick) aussi des« However, • Je préfère (3) la natation et mon frère préfère (3) le tennis – 2 different persons of the verb • Mon frère préfère (3) la natation et ma sœur préfère (no tick) le tennis – both third person usage • Elle est (3) fâché, ce n’est (no tick) pas amusant – both third person usage • Je me suis réveillé (3) et j’ai réveillé (3) ma mère: correct use of a reflexive and non-reflexive verb can both be credited • Mon frère a (3) sept ans. Il y a (3) 30 enfants dans sa classe: with «il y a/avait» allow the impersonal use to be credited as an extra (the same applies to «est-ce que» and «il/elle est»)

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 23 of 43 Question Answer Marks 3.3: Award a mark out of 12 for Other linguistic features (i) Award a mark out of 12 for Other linguistic features, according to the Grade descriptors in the table below (please see Note on using mark schemes with Grade descriptors (Appendix I)). (ii) Use the highlighter marking tool to highlight the first new use of any correct usage. Use the highlighter marking tool to underline a creditable attempt at a structure. This annotation is intended to help you arrive at an appropriate mark. Therefore, the kinds of things you highlight/underline will vary according to the quality of work, e.g. for a mark of 7/8 to be awarded the assumption is that ‘spelling of common words, genders, adjectival agreements and basic prepositions are almost always correct’ so annotation will focus on the degree of success with more complex language. (iii) Consider the extent to which the following are used correctly and appropriately when assessing the candidate’s control of structures: • Subordinate clauses, including car / parce que, qui and que (relative pronouns), ce qui and ce que. Indirect or reported speech (il a dit que, je pense que). Time clauses with quand, pendant que etc. and si (= if) • Object pronouns (il m’a dit) and ‘strong’ pronouns (chez nous etc.) • Conjunctions other than et and linking words (e.g. cependant, malheureusement, toutefois) • Prepositions – Time: depuis, pendant, pour, du« au« etc / – Place: en, dans etc. • Negatives • Adverbs • Adjectives, including possessives and demonstratives. Also comparatives and superlatives • Expressions of quantity • Partitive articles, especially de after negative, use of du, de la, des • Appropriate use of politesses in the letter.

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 24 of 43 Question Answer Marks Grade descriptors for Other linguistic features (Question 3) 11–12 • Uses a wide range of structures effectively; produces longer, fluent sentences with ease. • Highly accurate at this level, though not necessarily faultless. • Makes effective use of a wide range of vocabulary fully appropriate to the task. 9–10 • Attempts a range of structures with a good degree of success. • More complex language usually error-free^^. • Uses a variety of relevant vocabulary at this level. 7–8 • In control of simple structures. Varied success with more complex structures. • Accuracy is fairly consistent throughout*. Errors may occur when more ambitious language is attempted. • Has sufficient vocabulary to add some interest to the writing. 5–6 • Attempts more than basic structures. • On balance, the work is more accurate than inaccurate. • Straightforward vocabulary relevant to the task. 3–4 • Reliant on basic structures. • Some examples of correct language. Meaning usually conveyed. • Basic vocabulary. 1–2 • A few phrases or short sentences are accurate enough to be comprehensible. Very simple sentence structure. 0 • One or two disjointed words or short phrases may be recognisable. ^^subordinate clauses, linking words, object pronouns, comparative adjectives/adverbs, strong negatives usually error free. *spelling of common words, genders, adjectival agreements and basic prepositions are almost always correct. Total for Communication: 10 marks Total for Verbs: 8 marks Total for Other linguistic features: 12 marks Total for Question 3: 30 marks

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 25 of 43 Question Answer Marks 3(a) Mon voyage en avion Vous avez pris l’avion pour faire un voyage. Écrivez une lettre à un(e) ami(e) français(e). 3.1: Award a mark out of 10 for Communication – see generic guidance above Tick Accept Mark 31 Où êtes-vous allé(e) et quand ? INSIST ON PAST TENSE FOR 2 COMMUNICATION MARKS – INSIST ON WHERE AND WHEN Je suis allé(e) à Paris la semaine dernière 3131 Je suis allé(e) à Paris 31 J’ai voyagé en avion à Paris 31 J’ai pris l’avion pendant les vacances 31 J’ai pris l’avion à 7h 31 La dernière semaine / le dernier week-end / les vacances dernières je suis allé à Paris 31 If the required details are given in two separate sentences, the verb in each sentence must be acceptable for 3131 Reward récemment / récement but refuse any other spelling Refuse j’ai travaillé« 2 30

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 26 of 43 Question Answer Marks Tick Accept Mark 32 Donnez des détails sur ce voyage (temps ? repas ? durée ?). INSIST ON PAST TENSE FOR 2 COMMUNICATION MARKS – ALLOW ANY SENSIBLE DESCRIPTION OF THE JOURNEY J’ai mangé du poulet 3232 J’ai écouté de la musique 3232 Je me suis amusé 3232 Je suis arrivé à dix heures 3232 Il faisait mauvais 3232 Le voyage a duré trois heures 3232 Le voyage était long 3232 Le vol / voyage a pris deux heures 3232 Le voyage était magnifique / ennuyeux / agréable / c’était merveilleux 32 In the absence of any relevant detail about the journey, no marks should be given for information about the holiday / visit. 2

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 27 of 43 Question Answer Marks 33 Quels sont les avantages« FOR 2 COMMUNICATION MARKS ALLOW ANY SENSIBLE ADVANTAGE EXPRESSED IN AN APPROPRIATE TENSE l’avantage est que« is not required, reward any positive comment On arrive à sa destination rapidement 3333 L’avion est confortable / rapide 3333 J’aime voyager en avion car c’est amusant / intéressant 33 33 Je peux dormir / écouter de la musique, etc. « 3333 On arrive à votre destination rapidement 33 L’avion est un moyen de transport magnifique 33 C’est confortable / rapide / rapid tc 33 c’est vite / bien tc 33 Positive references to specific journey, i.e. in past tense: 33 Ignore l’advantage if detail is otherwise relevant 2 34 « et les inconvénients de voyager en avion ? FOR 2 COMMUNICATION MARKS ALLOW ANY SENSIBLE DISADVANTAGE EXPRESSED IN AN APPROPRIATE TENSE l’inconvénient est que« is not required, reward any negative comment. L’avion est cher 3434 Ce n’est pas bon pour l’environnement 3434 Je n’aime pas voyager en avion parce que c’est bruyant 3434 Ça peut être dangereux 3434 C’est dangereux tc 34 Je ne peux pas« 3434 Negative references to specific journey, i.e. past tense: 34 2

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 28 of 43 Question Answer Marks 35 Quels pays voudriez-vous visiter ? Donnez vos raisons. As questions should not be a test of general knowledge there should be no penalty for naming a destination which is not a country. Je voudrais visiter la France 35 parce que j’aime la cuisine française 35 J’espère« / je compte« / je veux« / j’ai l’intention de« J’aimerais un jour visiter l’Islande pour sa nature et ses paysages uniques 3535 Accept references to revisiting the country already mentioned in 31 2 3.2: Award a mark out of 8 for accurate use of Verbs – see generic guidance above Communication point For Verbs, accept: 1 Past 2 Past 3 Appropriate tense 4 Appropriate tense 5 Appropriate tense 3.3: Award a mark out of 12 for Other linguistic features – see generic guidance above

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 29 of 43 Question Answer Marks 3(b) Le nouveau centre sportif On a construit un nouveau centre sportif dans votre ville/village. Écrivez un blog sur ce centre. 3.1: Award a mark out of 10 for Communication – see generic guidance above Tick Accept Mark 31 Quand et avec qui êtes-vous allé(e) au centre sportif ? INSIST ON PAST TENSE FOR 2 COMMUNICATION MARKS – INSIST ON BOTH WHEN AND WITH WHOM (for communication only, any past tense is acceptable) Je suis allé au centre sportif le week-end dernier avec mon amie 31 31 J’ai visité le centre sportif« 31 31 Je suis allé au centre sportif avec mon copain 31 La semaine prochaine je suis allé au centre avec mon frère 31 La dernière semaine / le dernier week-end, je suis allé au centre avec ma copine 31 Normalement je suis allé au centre avec mon frère 31 If the required details are given in two separate sentences, the verb in each sentence must be acceptable for 3131 2 32 Quels sports avez-vous faits dans ce centre ? ALLOW ANY DETAIL – FOR 2 COMMUNICATION MARKS EXPECT A PAST TENSE (for communication only, any past tense is acceptable) J’ai fait de la gymnastique 3232 Nous avons joué au basket 3232 Mon ami a joué au badminton 32 Refuse naiger and la naige 2 30

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 30 of 43 Question Answer Marks Tick Accept Mark 33 Expliquez pourquoi ce centre est important pour votre ville/village. FOR 2 COMMUNICATION MARKS ALLOW ANY SENSIBLE REASON WHY/WHY NOT EXPRESSED IN AN APPROPRIATE TENSE On peut garder la forme 3333 On peut rencontrer ses amis 3333 Le sport est une chose très importante pour tout le monde 3333 On a plus de choses à faire maintenant 3333 Les jeunes sont paresseux 3333 C’est bon pour les jeunes qui sont toujours sur leur téléphone portable 3333 Les gens ne sont pas en bonne santé 3333 On peut/nous pouvons faire beaucoup de sports 3333 Je peux rester en forme 33 Il y a beaucoup de choses à faire 33 Il y a beaucoup de sports 33 when presented in an earlier paragraph. Do not reward any qualifying detail referring to votre ville/village 2

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 31 of 43 Question Answer Marks Tick Accept Mark 34 Qu’est-ce qu’on pourrait faire pour améliorer votre ville/village. ALLOW ANY SENSIBLE SUGGESTION FOR IMPROVING AREA. DO NOT EXPECT A CONDITIONAL TENSE. On pourrait nettoyer les rues 3434 On pourrait construire une piscine 3434 On ne doit pas jeter les déchets 3434 Il faut nettoyer les rues 3434 On doit mettre des poubelles 3434 Nous devons réduire la pollution 3434 Je peux utiliser mon vélo pour aller à l’école 34 Il devrait réduire la pollution 34 Je voudrais un parc / un hôpital 34 (action required) J’aimerais plus de magasins 34 On pourrait mettre des bibliothèques 34 Task 4 and Task 5 linked On pourrait planter des arbres 3434 pour réduire la pollution 35 If more than one suggestion is made, reward the one which will best allow marks for 35 2 35 Donnez vos raisons. FOR 2 COMMUNICATION MARKS ALLOW ANY SENSIBLE REASON EXPRESSED IN AN APPROPRIATE TENSE LINKED TO THE SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENT 2

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 32 of 43 Question Answer Marks 3.2: Award a mark out of 8 for accurate use of Verbs – see generic guidance above Communication point For Verbs, accept: 1 Past 2 Past 3 Appropriate tense 4 Appropriate tense 5 Appropriate tense 3.3: Award a mark out of 12 for Other linguistic features – see generic guidance above

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 33 of 43 Question Answer Marks 3(c) Un petit chien perdu « Pendant une promenade à la campagne avec mes ami(e)s, j’ai trouvé un petit chien « » Do not award marks in any category until after introduction provided on question paper, e.g. after j’ai trouvé un petit chien« 3.1: Award a mark out of 10 for Communication – see generic guidance above Tick Accept Mark 31 Décrivez votre promenade à la campagne. INSIST ON PAST TENSE FOR 2 COMMUNICATION MARKS – LOOK FOR ANY DESCRIPTION OF THE WALK (for communication only, any past tense is acceptable) Actions Nous avons marché dans les champs 3131 Nous sommes partis à une heure 3131 BUT il était une heure 31 Descriptions Il faisait chaud 3131 La campagne était jolie 3131 Il y avait des fleurs 3131 La promenade était difficile 31 2 30

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 34 of 43 Question Answer Marks Tick Accept Mark 32 Que faisait le chien quand vous l’avez trouvé ? INSIST ON PAST TENSE FOR 2 COMMUNICATION MARKS (for communication only, any past tense is acceptable) Il a aboyé 3232 Le chien pleurait 3232 Le chien était malade / blessé 3232 Le chien avait mal à la jambe 3232 Le chien avait peur 3232 2 33 Qu’est-ce que vous avez fait après ? INSIST ON PAST TENSE FOR 2 COMMUNICATION MARKS – LOOK FOR ANY SENSIBLE DETAIL OF WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS (for communication only, any past tense is acceptable) J’ai pris le chien 3333 J’ai pris le chien chez moi 3333 Je l’ai donné de la nourriture 3333 J’ai donné de la nourriture 33 J’ai pris le chien chez mon grand-père 33 2

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 35 of 43 Question Answer Marks Tick Accept Mark 34 Quelle a été votre réaction« ALLOW ANY REACTION EXPRESSED IN AN APPROPRIATE TENSE Nous étions surpris 3434 Je ne savais pas quoi faire 3434 C’était un moment mémorable 3434 Refuse shoqué 2 35 « et la réaction de vos ami(e)s à cet événement ? ALLOW ANY REACTION EXPRESSED IN AN APPROPRIATE TENSE Reward two plural statements with nous / on Max 1 35 if both responses with je / il / elle 2 3.2: Award a mark out of 8 for accurate use of Verbs – see generic guidance above Communication point For Verbs, accept: 1 Past 2 Past 3 Past 4 Appropriate tense 5 Appropriate tense 3.3: Award a mark out of 12 for Other linguistic features – see generic guidance above

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 36 of 43 Appendix I Note on using mark schemes with Grade descriptors It is important that you award marks positively. In order to ensure that you reward achievement rather than penalise failure or omissions, you should start at the bottom of the mark scheme and work upwards through the descriptors when awarding marks. You should adopt a ‘best fit’ approach. You must select the set of descriptors provided in the mark scheme that most closely describes the quality of the work being marked. As you work upwards through the mark scheme, you will eventually arrive at a set of descriptors that fits the candidate’s performance. When you reach this point, you should always then check the descriptors in the band above to confirm whether or not there is just enough evidence to award a mark in the higher band. For example, when marking Question 3 you may find that a candidate uses a variety of relevant vocabulary but has varied success with more complex structures. In such cases, you will need to award a mark that takes into account both the strengths and weaknesses of the piece of work. To select the most appropriate mark within each set of descriptors, use the following guidance: • If most of the descriptors fit the piece (and after you have considered the band above), award the top mark in the band. • If there is just enough evidence (and you had perhaps been considering the band below), award the lowest mark in the band. Note on irrelevant material In the case of a deliberately evasive answer which consists entirely of irrelevant material exploited in defiance of the rubric, a score of 0 is given. This is extremely rare. A genuine attempt to answer the question which fails due to a misunderstanding of the rubric will normally lose Communication marks but will score for Language. You should consult your Team Leader.

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 37 of 43 Appendix II: Communication Rules on how to decide whether a verb is accurate enough to convey meaning Communication • an attempt at a verb is required for any communication mark to be awarded • for QUESTION 2, candidates score 1 or 0 marks for each piece of relevant information they communicate. For a sentence/phrase to be considered for the award of a mark for communication, the verb must meet or go beyond the criteria outlined in B • for QUESTION 3, candidates score 2, 1 or 0 marks for communicating each task. For the criteria the verb must fulfil in order for a sentence/phrase to be considered for the award of 2 marks for communication, see A below. For the criteria the verb must fulfil for a sentence/phrase to be considered for the award of 1 mark for communication, see B below. • where a verb fits the criteria for C, the mark for communication is 0 • although some allowances are made for faulty verbs when awarding COMMUNICATION marks (see below), in order for a verb to score a LANGUAGE tick, it must be correct • ‘ticks’ for communication are to be placed just above the end of the qualifying sentence/phrase A QUESTION 3 ONLY: where THE VERB IS APPROPRIATE IN THE MEANING IT CONVEYS AND THE TIME FRAME IS APPROPRIATE, 2 communication marks are awarded in the following cases. (i) For 2 communication marks: accept a Present where a Future context is apparent L'an prochain je voyage en France = 2 for communication. (Je voyage receives a tick for verb) (ii) For 2 communication marks: accept the use of a Future when a Conditional would be correct and vice versa (iii) For 2 communication marks: accept a 'phonetic version' of the correct time frame J'ai passer/passez les vacances = 2 for communication Les gens pense/pensait que = 2 for communication Il a commencé à joué = 2 for communication (Il a commencé à joue = 1 for communication – joue is not phonetic) (iv) For 2 communication marks: accept the use of any past tense when a past is required, even when a different past tense would be grammatically correct or appropriate Allow Perfect, Imperfect, Pluperfect or Past Historic. Ignore inconsistency of the Perfect and Past Historic if it occurs

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 38 of 43 (v) Use of avoir with a past participle when être is correct: award 2 communication marks J’ai resté en France = 2 marks for communication However the use of être when avoir is correct= 1 communication mark, e.g. Je suis mangé la pomme (see B (iii)) (vi) Errors of accent: award 2 communication marks (eg il va telephoner = 2; il commencais = 2; j’achete = 2), except in the following cases For 2 communication marks, insist on the accent on a past participle of –er verbs Il a joue = 1 for communication (as an attempted perfect tense) Il joué = 1 for communication (as an attempted present tense) For 2 communication marks insist on an accent when an adjective is also a past participle Il était fatigue = 1 for communication Il être fatigue = 1 for communication Il et fatigue = 1 for communication For 2 communication marks, tolerate a grave accent for an acute accent Il a jouè = 2 for communication (vii) Errors of punctuation: award 2 communication marks in spite of errors of punctuation Jai fait« = 2 for communication in spite of missing apostrophe In addition jai fait scores a tick for the verb (viii) Errors of elision: award 2 communication marks in spite of errors of elision Je aime« / Je habite« = 2 for communication in spite of missing elision Je aime / Je habite: no tick for the verb as elision has not been made (ix) Single consonant where there should be double and vice versa: award 2 communication marks J’appele / J’apelle / J’apele / J’appelle ma mère au téléphone= 2 for communication J’appelle ma mere au téléphone= tick for the verb

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 39 of 43 (x) In complex sentences, reward communication based on the verb in the subordinate clause and reward according to the normal rules (it is the information in the subordinate clause which fulfils the task) Mon ami a dit qu’il avait mal au genou = 2 for communication (in addition both verbs can receive a tick) Mon ami annonce (wrong tense) qu’il avait mal au genou = 2 for communication (in addition second verb can receive a tick) However, Mon ami a dit qu’il a mal au genou = 1 for communication (see B(viii)) (in addition first verb can receive a tick) Mon ami a dit qu’il mal au genou = 0 for communication (no verb in subordinate clause) (first verb can receive a tick) Je pensais que j’étais malade = 2 for communication (in addition both verbs receive a tick) However: Je pensais qu’il pleut = 1 for communication (see B (viii)) Je pensais que j’avais malade = 0 for communication (see B (iv)) (In both cases, first verb can receive a tick) (xi) Use of a verb in the ‘indicative’ where a subjunctive would be expected: award 2 communication marks Il faut que j’aille chez ma grand-mère = 2 for communication (plus both verbs receive a tick) Il faut que je vais chez ma grand-mère = 2 for communication (plus both verbs receive a tick) (xii) Treat the verbs retourner, revenir and rentrer as synonyms: award 2 communication marks (xiii) «ne» omitted in a negative statement: award 2 communication marks J’aime pas la biologie = 2 for communication (in addition, the verb receives a tick) However Je n’aime la biologie = 1 for communication (see B (ix)) (verb receives a tick)

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 40 of 43 B QUESTIONS 2 AND 3: where THE VERB IS APPROPRIATE IN THE MEANING IT CONVEYS but is flawed in the following ways, the message is partially conveyed, and 1 communication mark will be awarded: (i) The candidate has produced a correct spelling of an inappropriate form/part/tense of an appropriate verb: award 1 communication mark Task: where did you go on holiday. Candidate writes: Je passe les vacances en France Je passons les vacances en France Je passé les vacances en France Je vais passer les vacances en France Je suis passer les vacances en France J’irons en France Je allez en France J’aille en France Je vas en France All score 1 mark for communication In all these cases, passer is an appropriate choice of verb in terms of meaning. The task (‘where did you go on holiday’) requires a past tense (or phonetic version of a past tense) for 2 communication marks to be awarded: these versions do not meet this requirement. However, in all these cases the candidate has produced an existing part/tense/form of what is an appropriate verb and therefore 1 communication mark is awarded Ticks are not scored for these verbs Task: how did you and your friends react? Candidate writes: Mes amis est contents J’été triste Ils avons pleure All score 1 mark for communication Task: what do you want to eat for lunch. Candidate writes. Je veux mange un sandwich = 1 for communication Je veux = tick for verb Task: what will you do next year. Candidate writes: L'an dernier je voyage en France = 1 for communication L'an dernier je vais voyager en France = 1 for communication L'année prochaine j’allait en ville = 1 for communication (if the task required a past tense, J’allait en ville tout court could score 2 for communication as a phonetic rendering of J’allais en ville) «je voyage« verb is not rewarded as there is no future context (e.g. L’an prochain«) «je vais voyager« scores 2 ticks for verbs (je vais, voyager) as the task requires a future «j’allait« verb does not receive a tick

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 41 of 43 L’année prochaine j’aille en ville = 1 for communication (aller is an appropriate verb, aille is a form of the verb aller (subjunctive)) L’année prochaine j’aillait en ville = 0 for communication (aillait is not any part of the verb aller) (ii) The candidate has produced a phonetic spelling of an inappropriate form/part/tense of an appropriate verb: award 1 communication mark Task is to say what s/he enjoyed doing on holiday. Candidate writes: J’aim le tennis = 1 for communication (phonetic version of the incorrect tense (j’aime) of an appropriate verb) J’amie (le tennis) = 0 for communication (amie is not any form/part/tense of the verb aimer) Task is to say how s/he got home. Candidate writes: Je prennez le bus = 1 for communication (phonetic version of an incorrect part/tense (Je prenez) of an appropriate verb) Je prendais le bus = 0 for communication (prendais is not any form/part/tense (nor a phonetic version thereof) of the verb prendre) (iii) Use of être as the auxiliary when avoir would be correct: award 1 communication mark (see also A (v)) Je suis mangé la pomme = 1 (iv) Use of être instead of avoir in some clearly defined idiomatic phrases: award 1 communication mark J’étais peur = 1 J’étais soif = 1 J’étais faim = 1 Elle était cinq ans = 1 (no tick for the verb) (no tick for the verb) (no tick for the verb) (no tick for the verb) However Elle est les cheveux gris = 0 J’avais fatigué = 0 J’avais malade = 0 (v) Manger, nager, ranger, etc. – ‘e’ missing from nous form and imperfect: award 1 communication mark Je mangais des pommes = 1 (no tick for the verb) Nous nagons après l’école = 1 (no tick for the verb) Je mang des pommes = 0

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 42 of 43 (iv) The following commonly seen inappropriate usages: award 1 communication mark Accept for 1 mark il est beau for il fait beau j’ai écouté un bruit for j’ai entendu un bruit c’est chaud for il fait chaud j’ai fait une promenade à l’école for je suis allé à l’école à pied j’ai regardé un accident for j’ai vu un accident Refuse j’ai regardé pour mon sac for j’ai cherché mon sac (vii) The following commonly seen mis-usages: award 1 communication mark il et (venu me voir) je return(e) etc (accept returner for retourner) je s’appelle (Carole) However, Il m’appelle (Carole) when the candidate is trying to give his/her own name = 0 as nothing of worth is communicated (viii) In complex sentences, consider the verb in the subordinate clause when awarding the mark for communication and reward according to the normal rules (see also A(vii)) Mon ami a dit qu’il a mal au genou = 1 for communication il a mal au genou, contains an appropriate verb in the wrong time frame which is awarded 1 mark for communication (in addition, first verb receives a tick) Je pensais qu’il pleut = 1 for communication The subordinate clause, qu’il pleut, contains an appropriate verb in the wrong time frame which is awarded 1 communication mark according to the usual rules) (in addition, first verb receives a tick) (ix) «pas», or equivalent, is omitted in a negative statement = 1 for communication Je n’aime la biologie = 1 for communication (verb receives a tick) However J’aime pas la biologie = 2 for communication (in addition, the verb receives a tick)

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0520/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2018 © UCLES 2018 Page 43 of 43 C QUESTIONS 2 AND 3: award 0 communication marks in the following cases: (i) No attempt at a verb = 0 for communication je pied à l’ecole = 0 for communication je promenade mon chien = 0 for communication il pluie = 0 for communication However, je travail à l’école (in response to Qu’est-ce que vous faites à l’école?) = 2 for communication because travail works phonetically (ii) The verb attempted delivers a message different from the desired one = 0 for communication mon père a un prof for mon père est prof = 0 for communication j’ai travaillé en Australie for j’ai voyagé en Australie = 0 for communication il pleure for il pleut = 0 for communication (iii) The attempt at the verb is not a part/form of an appropriate verb or a phonetic rendition thereof = 0 for communication L’année prochaine j’aillait en ville = 0 for communication (aillait is not any part of the verb aller) Je prendais le bus = 0 for communication (prendais is not any part of the verb prendre) J’amie (le tennis) J’alle au cinema Je m’apple Carole (iv) There are two subjects = 0 for communication il j’aime = 0 for communication

What you needed in this session

Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2018 Oct/Nov, Paper 4 · Variant 2. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A38/50
B32/50
C26/50
D21/50
E16/50
F11/50
G6/50