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2025 Pearson Edexcel GCSE French Paper 3 and Mark Scheme Combined (1FR0/3H: Reading and understanding in French Higher Tier)
Paper code: 1FR0/3H.
Paper title: Reading and understanding in French (Higher Tier).
Duration: 60 minutes.
Marks: 50 marks total; this paper contributes 25% of the total GCSE French qualification.
Purpose: To assess a student’s comprehension of written French — both in familiar and unfamiliar contexts, formal and informal, across a variety of text types (e.g. adverts, articles, emails, dialogues, notices, longer texts).
Paper 3H consists of three sections:
Section A — Reading and Understanding: 40 marks. Students read one or more French texts and answer a variety of question types (e.g. multiple‑choice, multiple-response, short-answer open responses) testing comprehension, gist, detail, inference. Questions in this section are set in English, and answers are to be given in English.
Section B — (sometimes labelled Reading/Language tasks in French): The specification refers to some questions set in French. In Paper 3H, certain reading‑comprehension questions may use French prompts, requiring understanding in context. Section C — Translation into English: 10 marks. Students are required to translate a short passage from French into English. Instructions are given in English.
Students must answer all questions from Sections A, B and C.
Dictionaries are not permitted, and answers should be written in English (for comprehension/translation) as specified.
Be able to read and understand a variety of text types: short announcements, adverts, dialogues, longer prose passages — both formal and informal.
Practice different comprehension tasks: picking out details, summarising information, making inferences, understanding opinions or implied meaning.
Build strong translation skills: the translation passage may test your vocabulary range and grammar understanding, so practice translating from French to English under exam conditions.
Time‑management: allocate enough time to read carefully, respond to comprehension questions, and complete the translation (specimen advice suggests around ~15 minutes for translation)
Work on general reading stamina: some texts may be long or dense, so practise reading extended passages under time pressure.
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