Let's go for two days of written tests for patent 2022 candidates!
856,172 registrants are concerned this year throughout France!
The patent tests (Diplôme National du Brevet - DNB) traditionally start with the Frenchman (one test scored out of 100 points / out of the 400 in total for the final tests) it is made up of two parts, with a 15-minute break between the of them.
The subjects (and soon the answers) of these two parts are to be discovered below.
On the menu this year for the French test: a fable by Jean de La Fontaine: “The Lion and the Gnat”.
The Brevet French test is made up of 3 exercises in 2 parts:
> 1st part: Grammar and language skills / Comprehension and interpreting skills
> 1st part: Dictation
> 2nd part: Writing
Date: Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 9 a.m.
Patent: General Series
Scoring: 100 points
Duration of the test: 3h (separated into 2 parts with 15min break)
Brevet 2022 / Subject / French 1st part: Grammar and language skills / Comprehension and interpreting skills
A. Literary text
The Lion and the Gnat by Jean de La Fontaine, Fables, book II, fable 9, 1668
B. Illustration
by Auguste Vimar for the collection Les Fables de La Fontaine,
Patent 2022 - subject of French general series
Alfred Mame, 1897
Comprehension and interpretation skills (32 points)
1. Towards 1 to 8:
a) Who is speaking in verse 1?
Who is he talking to ?
(1 mark)
b) What reaction does this statement trigger and why?
(2 points)
2. Lines 9 to 29:
a) Which animal dominates the fight?
Justify your answer by noting three expressions in this passage.
(2 points)
b) What tactic is used by the midge in lines 12 to 29?
What's the result of it ?
(3 points)
c) How does the fabulist highlight the movement and agitation of combat?
To justify your answer, you will rely in particular on verbs, adverbs and the rhythm of the verses.
(4 dots)
3. Verses 15 to 29:
By which nominal groups is the lion designated?
What is the effect produced?
(3 points)
4. Towards 30 to 34:
What is the reversal of the situation told by this fable?
(2 points)
5. During the fable, what fault do the Lion and the Gnat show in turn?
Justify your answer based on the story as a whole.
(5 dots)
6. Verses 35 to 39:
How do you understand the two lessons that the fabulist gives to the reader?
(4 dots)
7. Picture:
a) How does the illustration show the effects of the midge's attack on the lion?
(4 dots)
b) How does the illustration manage to give a glimpse of the end of the fable?
(2 points)
The subject / text in full here
Patent 2022 / Subject / French 1st part: dictation
The mosquito and the lion
A mosquito approached a lion and said, “I am not afraid of you, and you are not more powerful than me.
If you want, I even challenge you to fight.
And, sounding its trunk, the mosquito swooped down on him, biting the hairless muzzle around the nostrils.
As for the lion, he tore himself with his own claws, until he gave up the fight.
The mosquito, having vanquished the lion, sounded its trumpet, intoned a song of victory, and took flight.
But he got entangled in a spider's web: while it devoured him, he lamented being killed by a common animal, a spider, he who had fought the most powerful animals.
According to Aesop, Fables, 7th-6th century BC.
Before starting the dictation, write on the board in a legible way:
According to Aesop, Fables, 7th-6th century BC.
Patent 2022 / Subject / French 2nd part: Writing work (drafting)
(coming)
Subjects in full in PDF format here:
See also:
Brevet dates 2022
Results of the 2022 Brevet
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