Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB French outline · Section B: Principles Governing the Structure and Use of Written French
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Nouns: simple and compound nouns; singular and plural forms; masculine and feminine forms.
Objective
Identify the basic structures of written French, use the principles governing written French to determine acceptability and transform one form or class into another, and apply the structures to convey diverse messages.
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Pronouns: personal, impersonal, demonstrative, possessive, and relative pronouns.
Objective
Identify the basic structures of written French, use the principles governing written French to determine acceptability and transform one form or class into another, and apply the structures to convey diverse messages.
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Verbs: reflexive and non-reflexive verbs, their moods, and tenses.
Objective
Identify the basic structures of written French, use the principles governing written French to determine acceptability and transform one form or class into another, and apply the structures to convey diverse messages.
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Adjectives: qualifying, possessive, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite (e.g., nul), numeral (e.g., dix), and ordinal adjectives (e.g., dixième).
Objective
Identify the basic structures of written French, use the principles governing written French to determine acceptability and transform one form or class into another, and apply the structures to convey diverse messages.
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Adverbs: common forms ending in -ment (e.g., lentement); adverbial expressions formed with a preposition and noun (e.g., par avion, à cheval, en voiture, par bateau); special forms (e.g., bien, vite, mal, mieux, le mieux, pire, le pis, ne…que); adverbs of manner (e.g., debout, facilement); purpose (e.g., pour + infinitive, afin de + infinitive); cause and consequence (e.g., pour + perfect infinitive, à cause de + noun); concession (e.g., malgré + noun); place (e.g., y, en, ici, là, là-haut, partout); and time (e.g., hier, aujourd’hui, avant-hier, après, demain, la veille, le matin, dans un mois).
Objective
Identify the basic structures of written French, use the principles governing written French to determine acceptability and transform one form or class into another, and apply the structures to convey diverse messages.
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Prepositions: simple prepositions (e.g., à, de, avec, avant, sur, dans) and compound prepositions (e.g., à côté de, au milieu de).
Objective
Identify the basic structures of written French, use the principles governing written French to determine acceptability and transform one form or class into another, and apply the structures to convey diverse messages.
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Conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions (e.g., mais, ou, et, donc, car, cependant, ne…ni) and subordinating conjunctions (e.g., afin que, quoique, à condition que, pour que, parce que).
Objective
Identify the basic structures of written French, use the principles governing written French to determine acceptability and transform one form or class into another, and apply the structures to convey diverse messages.
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Articles: definite, indefinite, and partitive articles.
Objective
Identify the basic structures of written French, use the principles governing written French to determine acceptability and transform one form or class into another, and apply the structures to convey diverse messages.
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Contraction of articles and prepositions, such as à + le = au and à + les = aux.
Objective
Identify the basic structures of written French, use the principles governing written French to determine acceptability and transform one form or class into another, and apply the structures to convey diverse messages.
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