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NotesFrench B HLTopic 5.2Gap-fill
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Gap-fill (French B HL)

IB French B · Unit 5

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Contents

  1. 1What gap-fill is
  2. 2Fill the gap step by step
  3. 3In action
  4. 4Common errors
What it is: You read a short note with gaps. You listen and write the missing words: three words maximum. 1 mark per gap.
The instruction on the paper: Remplissez les blancs suivants avec trois mots maximum pour chaque réponse. → Fill in the gaps with three words maximum for each answer.

Example: Remplissez les blancs suivants avec trois mots maximum pour chaque réponse.

Press play, write each missing word, then show the answers.

Vous allez entendre un guide qui présente une promenade en bateau.

  1. Fiche d'information : la promenade en bateau • Durée : environ [ – 1 – ] • Les calanques : des baies entourées de [ – 2 – ] • Obligatoire pour les enfants : le [ – 3 – ] • Interdit : [ – 4 – ] les oiseaux • Au retour : une [ – 5 – ] de produits locaux

Bienvenue à bord ! Notre promenade en bateau dure environ deux heures. Nous allons longer la côte jusqu'aux calanques, ces petites baies entourées de falaises. Pour votre sécurité, le gilet de sauvetage est obligatoire pour les enfants. Il est interdit de nourrir les oiseaux, car cela perturbe leur alimentation naturelle. Au retour, une dégustation de produits locaux vous attend au port.

Welcome aboard! Our boat trip lasts about two hours. We are going to follow the coast to the calanques, those little bays surrounded by cliffs. For your safety, the life jacket is compulsory for children. It is forbidden to feed the birds, because it disturbs their natural diet. On the way back, a tasting of local products awaits you at the port.

  1. 1. deux heures · 2. falaises · 3. gilet de sauvetage · 4. nourrir · 5. dégustation
Remplissez les blancs suivants…
Fill in the following gaps…
trois mots maximum
three words at most
pour chaque réponse
for each answer
une fiche d'information
an information sheet (the note with gaps)
un blanc
a gap
Remember: The answer must fit the line. Read around the gap and predict: a number, a place, a noun?

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Fill the gap

1

Read the note first

Read the words around each gap.

2

Predict the word

After le / la / les: a noun.

3

Write what you hear

Three words maximum, no sentence.

4

Check it fits

Re-read the line with your answer.

Read → Predict → Write → Check

Grammar helps: Le [ – 3 – ] needs a masculine noun: gilet de sauvetage. The word before the gap narrows it down.

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Remplissez les blancs suivants avec trois mots maximum pour chaque réponse.

Vous allez entendre Sophie, qui présente MonVélo, un service de vélos partagés.

  1. Fiche d'information : MonVélo • Des vélos [ – 1 – ] • Pour démarrer : scanner le code sur [ – 2 – ] • Plus de [ – 3 – ] stations • Gratuit : la première [ – 4 – ] • Objectif : réduire [ – 5 – ] dans le centre

MonVélo, c'est le nouveau service de vélos électriques de notre ville. Pour l'utiliser, il suffit de télécharger l'application et de scanner le code sur le guidon. Les vélos sont disponibles dans plus de deux cents stations, ouvertes jour et nuit. La première demi-heure est gratuite ; ensuite, on paie un euro par quart d'heure. Les batteries sont rechargées chaque nuit par nos équipes. Notre objectif : réduire la circulation automobile dans le centre-ville.

MonVélo is our town's new electric bike-sharing service. To use it, you just download the app and scan the code on the handlebars. The bikes are available at more than two hundred stations, open day and night. The first half hour is free; after that you pay one euro per quarter of an hour. The batteries are recharged every night by our teams. Our aim: to reduce car traffic in the town centre.

  1. 1. électriques · 2. le guidon · 3. deux cents (200) · 4. demi-heure · 5. la circulation automobile
The trap: Two details sit close together. Choose the one that fits the line: gratuit goes with la première demi-heure.

Do

  • Read the note before the audio.
  • Use le / la / les to predict.
  • Write three words or fewer.

Don't

  • Write a full sentence.
  • Copy a nearby detail that doesn't fit.
  • Leave a gap empty.

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Examiners use specific command terms when asking about this topic. Here's what to expect:

  • Define

    Give the precise meaning of key terms related to Gap-fill.

    AO1
  • Describe

    Give a detailed account of processes or features in Gap-fill.

    AO2
  • Explain

    Give reasons WHY — cause and effect within Gap-fill.

    AO3
  • Evaluate

    Weigh strengths AND limitations of approaches in Gap-fill.

    AO3
  • Discuss

    Present arguments FOR and AGAINST with a balanced conclusion.

    AO3

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