Poverty, Homelessness and Inequality (GCSE French) - Worksheets, Questions and Revision

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5.11 Poverty, Homelessness and Inequality

AQA 8652 · about 55 minutes

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Name: _______________________________ Date: ____ / ____ / ______

For translation tasks write full, natural sentences. Time guidance: 50 minutes. Several items require the present subjunctive (Higher tier).

Warm-up vocabulary 1: Translate into French the word 'poverty'. Context: Theme 2.2 social issues.

(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)

Warm-up vocabulary 4: Translate into English the French phrase 'centre d'accueil'. Context: daytime centres for the homeless.

(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)

Warm-up vocabulary 4: Translate into English the French phrase 'allocation'. Context: social security benefits.

(Total for Question 3 is 1 mark)

Warm-up vocabulary 1: Translate into French the word 'homeless person'. Context: Theme 2.2 social issues.

(Total for Question 4 is 1 mark)

Warm-up vocabulary 1: Translate into French the phrase 'to donate'. Context: charity and volunteering vocabulary.

(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)

Warm-up vocabulary 1: Translate into French the noun 'charity organisation'. Context: une ONG and voluntary sector.

(Total for Question 6 is 1 mark)

Warm-up vocabulary 2: Translate into English the French word 'chômage'. Context: unemployment in Theme 2.2.

(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)

Warm-up vocabulary 2: Translate into English the French phrase 'le bénévolat'. Context: volunteering.

(Total for Question 8 is 1 mark)

Warm-up vocabulary 2: Translate into English the French phrase 'faire des dons'. Context: charitable actions.

(Total for Question 9 is 1 mark)

Warm-up grammar 3: Fill the gap with the correct conditional form of 'aider' to complete the sentence in French: 'Si je pouvais, je _______ les familles en difficulté.' Context: proposing solutions to poverty.

(Total for Question 10 is 1 mark)

Warm-up vocabulary 4: Translate into English the French phrase 'se battre contre'. Context: fight against poverty.

(Total for Question 11 is 1 mark)

Warm-up vocabulary 4: Translate into English the French word 'placement' as used in charity/employment contexts. Context: work placements offered by companies.

(Total for Question 12 is 1 mark)

Warm-up vocabulary 2: Translate into English the French phrase 'inégalité sociale'. Context: inequality.

(Total for Question 13 is 1 mark)

Warm-up grammar 3: Correct the mistake in this French sentence and write the corrected verb form: 'Je donnerais toujours si j'ai plus d'argent.' Context: conditional and si clauses.

(Total for Question 14 is 1 mark)

Warm-up grammar 3: Fill the gap with the correct form (subjunctive or indicative) of 'soutenir' in French: 'Il est important que la communauté _______ les initiatives locales.' Context: impersonal expression triggers.

(Total for Question 15 is 1 mark)

Warm-up grammar 3: Translate into French the English phrase 'they should volunteer more'. Use il faut que + subjunctive or an equally natural structure. Context: encouraging volunteering.

(Total for Question 16 is 1 mark)

Traduisez le texte suivant en anglais. French source, five sentences. Topic: volunteer appeal for donations and practical help. Sentence 1: L'association locale a lancé un appel pour des dons de vêtements et de jouets. Sentence 2: Beaucoup de personnes ont répondu et ont apporté des sacs entiers. Sentence 3: Les bénévoles disent qu'il faut aider immédiatement les familles sans ressources. Sentence 4: Si tout le monde faisait un petit effort, la situation serait moins dramatique. Sentence 5: Nous espérons que la communauté continuera à soutenir notre travail.

(Total for Question 17 is 10 marks)

Traduisez le texte suivant en anglais. French source, six sentences. Topic: a young volunteer describes why they help people experiencing poverty. Sentence 1: Depuis deux ans je fais du bénévolat dans une soupe populaire. Sentence 2: Nous préparons des repas chauds et nous parlons avec les gens qui ont besoin d'aide. Sentence 3: Je crois qu'il faut combattre l'inégalité et aider les familles qui sont pauvres. Sentence 4: Parfois je vois des enfants tristes qui n'ont pas de chaussures. Sentence 5: Si j'avais plus d'argent, je donnerais plus souvent à l'association. Sentence 6: À l'avenir, je voudrais travailler pour une ONG qui lutte contre la pauvreté.

(Total for Question 18 is 10 marks)

Traduisez le texte suivant en français. English source, six sentences. Topic: unemployment and inequality, suggesting policy ideas. Sentence 1: Many families are affected by unemployment and they struggle to pay rent. Sentence 2: A national charity organises training courses and helps people find work. Sentence 3: It is necessary that the government funds these courses and that employers offer apprenticeships. Sentence 4: I would support higher benefits for people who lose their jobs temporarily. Sentence 5: Some companies already collaborate with charities to offer placements. Sentence 6: In my opinion, education and support can reduce inequality.

(Total for Question 19 is 10 marks)

Traduisez le texte suivant en français. English source, five sentences. Topic: local homelessness charity proposing actions. Sentence 1: Our city has many homeless people and the council is worried. Sentence 2: Volunteers from a local charity give out food and warm clothes every week. Sentence 3: It is important that the council supports the charity with small grants. Sentence 4: If I were in charge, I would create more daytime centres where homeless people can rest and get advice. Sentence 5: I think donations from supermarkets could help a lot.

(Total for Question 20 is 10 marks)

Mark scheme · 5.11 Poverty, Homelessness and Inequality

Question 1

B1 pauvreté
Answer: pauvreté

Question 2

B1 reception centre / day centre
Answer: reception centre / day centre

Question 3

B1 benefit / allowance
Answer: benefit / allowance

Question 4

B1 sans-abri
Answer: sans-abri

Question 5

B1 faire des dons
Answer: faire des dons

Question 6

B1 une ONG
Answer: une ONG

Question 7

B1 unemployment
Answer: unemployment

Question 8

B1 volunteering
Answer: volunteering

Question 9

B1 to donate / to make donations
Answer: to donate

Question 10

B1 aiderais
Answer: aiderais

Question 11

B1 to fight against / to combat
Answer: to fight against / to combat

Question 12

B1 placement / internship / work placement
Answer: placement / internship / work placement

Question 13

B1 social inequality / inequality
Answer: social inequality

Question 14

B1 Corrected form: Je donnerais toujours si j'avais plus d'argent.
Answer: Je donnerais toujours si j'avais plus d'argent.

Question 15

B1 soutienne (present subjunctive)
Answer: soutienne

Question 16

B1 Il faut qu'ils fassent plus de bénévolat or Ils devraient faire plus de bénévolat accepted
Answer: Il faut qu'ils fassent plus de bénévolat. (oe: Ils devraient faire plus de bénévolat.)

Question 17

B1 The local charity has launched an appeal for donations of clothes and toys for sentence 1
B1 Many people responded and brought whole bags for sentence 2
B1 The volunteers say that we must help immediately the families without resources for sentence 3 (il faut + urgency)
B1 If everyone made a small effort, the situation would be less dramatic for sentence 4 (si + imparfait, conditional result)
B1 We hope that the community will continue to support our work for sentence 5 (nous espérons que ... continuera)
B1 correct rendering of appelle/lance un appel as 'appeal' or 'call for donations'
B1 recognition of past tense plural responses 'ont répondu' and 'ont apporté' as 'responded' and 'brought'
B1 correct translation of 'sans ressources' as 'without resources / with no means / destitute' accepted
B1 conditional use 'serait moins dramatique' = 'would be less dramatic' credited
B1 accurate translation of 'nous espérons que' clause with future 'will continue' or 'will keep supporting'
Answer: The local charity has launched an appeal for donations of clothes and toys. Many people responded and brought whole bags. The volunteers say that we must help immediately the families without resources. If everyone made a small effort, the situation would be less dramatic. We hope that the community will continue to support our work.

Question 18

B1 Since two years / For two years I have volunteered in a soup kitchen for 'Depuis deux ans je fais du bénévolat dans une soupe populaire' (present and duration sense)
B1 We prepare hot meals for 'Nous préparons des repas chauds'
B1 and we talk with the people who need help for 'et nous parlons avec les gens qui ont besoin d'aide'
B1 I believe that we must fight inequality and help poor families for 'Je crois qu'il faut combattre l'inégalité et aider les familles qui sont pauvres'
B1 Sometimes I see sad children who do not have shoes for 'Parfois je vois des enfants tristes qui n'ont pas de chaussures'
B1 If I had more money, I would give more often to the charity for 'Si j'avais plus d'argent, je donnerais plus souvent à l'association'
B1 In the future, I would like to work for an NGO that fights poverty for 'À l'avenir, je voudrais travailler pour une ONG qui lutte contre la pauvreté'
B1 recognition of present tense used for ongoing volunteering 'je fais du bénévolat' as 'I volunteer / I have been volunteering' accepted
B1 correct rendering of 'il faut' as 'one must / we must / it is necessary to' credited
B1 correct conditional and future senses: 'je donnerais' = I would give and 'je voudrais' = I would like
Answer: For two years I have volunteered in a soup kitchen. We prepare hot meals and we talk with the people who need help. I believe we must fight inequality and help families who are poor. Sometimes I see sad children who do not have shoes. If I had more money, I would give more often to the charity. In the future I would like to work for an NGO that fights poverty.

Question 19

B1 Beaucoup de familles sont touchées par le chômage and elles ont du mal à payer le loyer for sentence 1
B1 Une association nationale / une grande ONG organise des cours de formation and aide les gens à trouver du travail for sentence 2
B1 Il est nécessaire que le gouvernement finance ces cours for the first clause of sentence 3 (subjunctive triggered)
B1 et que les employeurs offrent des apprentissages / proposent des apprentissages for the second clause requiring subjunctive or correct construction
B1 Je soutiendrais des allocations plus élevées pour les gens qui perdent leur emploi temporairement for sentence 4 with conditional
B1 Certaines entreprises collaborent déjà avec des associations pour offrir des stages for sentence 5
B1 À mon avis / Selon moi correctly rendered for 'In my opinion' in sentence 6
B1 L'éducation et le soutien peuvent réduire l'inégalité or equivalent for 'education and support can reduce inequality'
B1 use of conditional in Je soutiendrais and correct tense usage for modal verbs
B1 correct vocabulary choices for unemployment/chômage, benefits/allocations, apprenticeships/apprentissages
Answer: Beaucoup de familles sont touchées par le chômage et elles ont du mal à payer le loyer. Une association nationale organise des cours de formation et aide les gens à trouver du travail. Il est nécessaire que le gouvernement finance ces cours et que les employeurs offrent des apprentissages. Je soutiendrais des allocations plus élevées pour les gens qui perdent leur emploi temporairement. Certaines entreprises collaborent déjà avec des associations pour offrir des stages. À mon avis, l'éducation et le soutien peuvent réduire l'inégalité.

Question 20

B1 ma ville / notre ville a beaucoup de sans-abri or equivalent for 'Our city has many homeless people'
B1 la mairie / le conseil municipal est inquiet(s) correctly rendered for 'the council is worried', allowing agreement
B1 Des bénévoles d'une ONG locale / d'une association locale donnent de la nourriture et des vêtements chauds chaque semaine for sentence 2, expressed clearly
B1 il est important que + subjunctive used for 'It is important that the council supports the charity with small grants' (il est important que la mairie soutienne l'association avec de petites subventions)
B1 Si j'étais responsable / à la direction, correctly used for 'If I were in charge'
B1 je créais / je créerais plus de centres de jour or je créerais plus de centres de jour where conditional je créerais is required for 'I would create more daytime centres' (conditional form)
B1 où les sans-abri peuvent se reposer et recevoir des conseils or equivalent for 'where homeless people can rest and get advice'
B1 Je pense que / À mon avis correctly rendered for 'I think' followed by the proposal
B1 les dons des supermarchés / des supermarchés qui font des dons could help a lot, correctly expressed
B1 aideraient beaucoup / pourraient beaucoup aider correctly used to translate 'could help a lot', conditional or modal phrasing
Answer: Notre ville a beaucoup de sans-abri et la mairie est inquiète. Des bénévoles d'une association locale donnent de la nourriture et des vêtements chauds chaque semaine. Il est important que la mairie soutienne l'association avec de petites subventions. Si j'étais responsable, je créerais plus de centres de jour où les sans-abri peuvent se reposer et recevoir des conseils. Je pense que les dons des supermarchés pourraient beaucoup aider.

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