How to succeed in the GCSE French writing exam (Higher tier) 2025

In this video we will look at the three sections of the GCSE French writing exam (higher tier), what you need to do to climb up the mark scheme and get the best possibly grade, and how you can remember the success criteria when you're sat in the exam facing an unexpected question.

[yaminobia]

This is really useful, I have a writing exam in a few hours. Thanks!

[dark_warrior]

i subscribed and i'll let my friends know bout this channel too, it was very informative and now i don't feel like the world will end on the day of the french exam... Thank you so much for going through the whole paper in such detail, appreciate it a ton!

[MyGGG-cxwz]

Thank you for this video. This helped me understand the writing exam criteria and such much more. : )

[princessmerjem]

Thank you for this. It was really useful even 3 years later. I have my French writing demian!

[marioirl]

PoopJFK will really give me a SHOT in this test

[chloek]

thank you so much for this video! out of all my gcse mocks, i am most nervous for french so far and this video has calmed my nerves a lot now i know more exam technique :)

[maxcrossick]

I do edexcel so the number of marks per q is different but still this is very useful!

Edexcel:
1 - 20 marks
2 - 28 marks
3 - 12 marks

[delphinelam]

yr11 mock tmr- so thanks for the acronyms and all the info!

[whoisemily]

exam this afternoon hopefully this helps!

[lunchbagrodriguez]

I'd like to think I'm pretty good for the reading and listening, those were pretty easy. but writing is kinda scary for me, I know everything to do, but i just don't know how it's gonna pan out tomorrow, here's to hoping it goes well 🤞

[lolaishot]

thank you so much! i have my mocks next week/the week after wish me luck!!

[makunt_izichi]

Good luck to all the French G's tommorow 💯

[erin.f]

Hi James - great video! French GCSE class loved it, found it very helpful. Having said that, we have found a couple of mistakes we would like to point out (just in case). For example, Ce cera should be Ce sera (17.33) and J'écouterais should be without the s (assuming you are meaning the future tense and not the conditional), again at (17.33). Hope this feedback helps and as said before, smashing video.

[thomasblackwell]

Hi, I'm half french, I speak French at home, I've lived in France, no one in the world ever use "à l'avenir" as a generic way to talk about the future, you just use future tenses (e.g "à l'avenir je voudrais être coiffeur" => "Je voudrais devenir coiffeur")

[nanaadomako]

Excellent video will help me with mid terms

[idkatthispoint-ss]

Bonjour monsieur! C'est votre premier vidéo que je suis regarde et vous m'ai aider déjà. Merci beaucoup! J'espere que votre YouTube channel devenir trés grand.

Ps: Mon grammaire Français est trés mal. J'espere que je n'ai pas faire des erreurs.💀

[King-duii]

GOOD luck to me who is studying 30 minutes before the exam

[swars]

Hi Sir, i just did the writing exam today and I’m sure I justified the opinions but I was wondering whether this sentence does count as an opinion justified?
la vie est vraiment difficile pour les jeunes car il n’y a plus de cinéma, il n’ y a rien pour les jeunes car il n’ y a ni parc ou ni aire de jeux, quel dommage! Donc, je dirais que c’est assez barbant et difficile pour les jeunes dans ma région

Also, what does it mean by always relevant? If I answered the two bullet points and on top of that, if I conveyed some extra info, will I lose marks? For instance if I also talked about ways to reduce the problems at some points to make life in the region less difficult.

[papaspazmoid]

exam in one hour, better late than never

[joannashepley]

What happens if I answer all 4 writing questions? 1a, 1b, 2a and 2b? By how much are my marks capped?