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What is a short-answer question (la réponse courte)?
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A question you answer in a few words of French — not a sentence — giving the correct, relevant detail. The instruction is « Répondez aux questions suivantes ».
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Que veut dire « la réponse courte » ?
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The short answer — a few words, not a full sentence.
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What does « l'information / le détail » mean in a listening question?
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The piece of information / the detail the question asks you to give.
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Que veut dire « le mot-clé » ?
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The key word — the one word (or two) you note down as the answer.
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What is a short answer marked on?
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The correct, relevant content — NOT essay style, length, or perfect grammar.
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Does « En métro » score as well as « Elle va à l'université en métro » ?
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Yes — a few correct words score full marks; the full sentence adds nothing.
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Que veut dire « répondre avec quelques mots » ?
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To answer in a few words — give just the detail asked for, not a paragraph.
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What does « précis(e) » mean for a short answer?
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Precise — exactly to the point, only the detail the question asks for.
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Should a Paper 2 — Listening short answer be in French or English?
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In French — a few words of French giving the correct detail.
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What is the five-step short-answer technique?
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Read the question → Listen for that detail → Note the key word(s) → Write a short, precise answer → Check it answers the question.
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Which French question word tells you what kind of detail to give?
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« Quand ? » = a time · « Où ? » = a place · « Pourquoi ? » = a reason · « Combien ? » = a number. Read it before the audio plays.
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Why is a short answer safer than a long one?
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The shorter the answer, the less chance of including something wrong that cancels the mark — give the detail and stop.
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What is the most common lost mark in short answers?
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Answering a DIFFERENT question — a correct fact that doesn't answer what was actually asked scores nothing (e.g. a place when « Quand ? » asks for a time).
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Should you ever leave a short answer blank?
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Never — you hear each recording twice, so use the second listen to fill every gap; a blank scores zero.
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