Ok, who wants to guess the approximate year and level of the following exam questions? I tried and was hopelessly out. If you think they are parts of public exams, are they O'level, GCSE, CSE or A'level etc? Or do you think they are 11 plus, CE, something else etc?:
Exam paper 1. No calculators or similar were allowed for this first one
Find the factors of - px-qx-p+q;
Multiply 68.5 by 0.000478
An alloy is composed of two metals A and B in the proportion 9:7 by volume. The density of A is 8.7gm. per cu.cm., and that of B is 7.1 gm. per cu.cum. Find in kilograms the weight of a cube of the alloy which has an edge 40cm.
A quadrilateral ABCD has E as the mid-point of the diagonal AC, and the line drawn through B parallel to AC cuts DE produced at F. Prove that the area of the triangle ADF is half of that quadrilateral.
Exam paper 2:
Rewrite As a question: vous vous levez
As adverbs: Vif: joyeux
In the plural: Celui-ci est le votre
In the negative: Donnez-le-moi!
Give the french for:
Tomorrow - the twenty-first of April - at a quarter to four in the afternoon - two weeks ago - early - too many sweets - cows eat grass
Write about 35 words in French in answer to the following question:
Ou passez-vous vos vacances? Que faites-vous?
Exam paper 3:
Translate into Latin:
This war will terrify the wretched citizens.
Did you throw the spear into the water?
We heard many animals which we could not see
The ambassadors changed their clothes in order to deceive the chieftain
Translate into English:
Consul multa dona sociis dedit.
Muros aedificare proximo anno conati sumus.
Dux sine dubio barbaros copiis parvis vincet
Litteras in carcere scriptas ad conjugem misit.
Exam paper 4:
Answer in French the following questions. Do not use the past historic or write more than you need. Full marks will not be given for answers directly copied from the text.
There then follows a long passage in French
Pourquoi devainent-ils trouver un garage Renault? (4)
Vous etes Monsieur ou Madame Johnson. Vous parlez a la receptionniste pour commander le petit dejuner. Qu'est-ce que vous allez lui dire? Ecrivez deux phrases (2x3)
Pourquoi ne pouvaient-ils pas descendre a l'hotel ou ils descendaient d'habitude?(4)
There are 14 questions in total like the above. All must be answered in French.
The second part is a 5 paragraph translation from French into English. Candidates are allowed one and three quarter hours in total.