BECE French past questions and answers

The father says it in one line: « Mon enfant est malade. Il a mal à la tête. » — « avoir mal à la tête » means to have a headache, so the answer is A.

Why the others fail: « à la main » (hand), « aux dents » (teeth) and « au ventre » (stomach) are never mentioned. The only other symptom in the text is « de la fièvre » (a fever), which the doctor finds after examining him.

Structure to remember: avoir mal à + the body part — j'ai mal à la tête, j'ai mal au ventre, j'ai mal aux dents. The article changes with the gender and number of the body part.

It is the doctor who hands the medicine over. After examining Bilal he says « Voici les médicaments » (here are the medicines), so the answer is A.

Careful — this question tests what the TEXT says, not what usually happens. In real life a pharmacist (« un pharmacien », option C) normally dispenses medicine, and that is the trap. In this conversation no pharmacist appears at all.

Options B (« un avocat », a lawyer) and D (« un enseignant », a teacher) have nothing to do with a hospital.

Reading tip: when a question asks « Qui… ? », find the line where that action actually happens and check who is speaking or being described.

Count the people who actually SPEAK, not everyone mentioned.

The conversation alternates between two voices only: Monsieur Ali (Bilal's father), who says « J'ai rendez-vous avec vous » and « Mon enfant est malade », and the doctor, who replies « Je vais l'examiner… Voici les médicaments ». Each dash marks a change of speaker, and the turns simply alternate between those two people. So the answer is 2.

Common trap: Bilal is talked about — « Mon enfant est malade », « votre fils a de la fièvre » — but he never speaks a single line, so he is not counted.

Tip: count the dashes, then check how many different people the turns belong to.

Bilal is ill — « Mon enfant est malade. Il a mal à la tête » — and at the hospital the doctor examines him, takes his temperature and hands over medicine. The whole purpose of the visit is to get him treated, so C (« pour le faire soigner ») is correct.

Why the others fail: the appointment (A) is only the means of getting seen, not the reason for coming; greeting the doctor (B) is politeness, not purpose; and visiting the sick (D) would mean calling on someone ELSE who is ill, whereas here the patient is his own son.

Structure to remember: « faire soigner quelqu'un » = to have someone treated. « Faire + infinitive » expresses having something done by another person.

The father says « Mon enfant est malade » (my child is sick) and the doctor confirms « votre fils a de la fièvre » (your son has a fever). Bilal is the son, so the sick person is a boy — answer B.

Why the others fail: the parent (A) is the one who BRINGS the patient and does the talking, but he is not ill. The doctor (C) is the one treating, not the patient. « Personne » (D) means nobody, which the text contradicts outright.

Reading tip: « fils » = son and « enfant » = child both point to Bilal, the boy named in the introduction — not to the adult speaking.

The expression "jouer au football" means "to play football". In French, "jouer à" + sport is the standard construction. "Danser" (to dance), "chanter" (to sing), and "donner" (to give) do not collocate with "au football".

The subject is "la fille" (the girl) — feminine singular. The adjective "gentil" (nice/kind) must agree in gender and number. The feminine singular form is "gentille" (with a double "l" and "e"). "Gentil" is masculine singular, "gentils" is masculine plural, and "gentilles" is feminine plural.

"Les États-Unis" (The United States) is always plural in French because "états" (states) is plural. Therefore, it takes the plural definite article "les". You cannot use "le" (masculine singular), "la" (feminine singular), or "l'" (singular before a vowel) with a plural noun.