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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Monday 8 June 2026
Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper
reference 9FR0/01
French
Advanced
PAPER 1: Listening, Reading and Translation
You must have: Total Marks
the correct digital recording (downloaded at your centre) and a
suitable individual listening device
Instructions
•• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
candidate number.
•• Answer all questions in Sections A, B and C.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Candidates are recommended to start with Section A: Listening, and work through
each section as presented in the answer booklet.
• We recommend you spend 50 minutes on Section A: Listening, 50 minutes on
Section B: Reading and 20 minutes on Section C: Translation into English.
• You must not use a dictionary.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 80.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
SECTION A: LISTENING
We recommend you spend no more than 50 minutes on this section.
Questions 2, 3 and 4(a) do not require full sentences and you may respond using single words
or phrases.
Summary Question 4(b) does not require full sentences and you may respond using
short phrases.
You may use words from the listening passages but you must not transcribe whole sections.
You are going to listen to five passages. The duration of each passage is approximately:
Passage 1 = 1 minute 02 seconds
Passage 2 = 1 minute 01 second
Passage 3 = 2 minutes 08 seconds
Passage 4(a) = 1 minute 19 seconds
Passage 4(b) = 1minute 17 seconds
You will be in charge of the recording, and you may listen to each passage as often
as you wish, and write your answers whenever you wish to do so.
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, Passage 1 – La réaction de Charles de Gaulle à l’invasion de la France en 1940
1 Écoutez le reportage. Cochez la bonne fin pour les phrases.
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(i) Après l’invasion du territoire français, de Gaulle a …
A voulu combattre l’occupant.
B appelé les citoyens à accepter la situation.
C travaillé avec le maréchal Pétain.
D refusé de se battre.
(ii) Les résistants …
A suivaient tous la même idéologie politique.
B étaient tous des communistes.
C voulaient lutter pour défendre leur pays.
D utilisaient toujours la violence.
(iii) De Gaulle lui-même …
A était en faveur des actions du maréchal.
B a demandé une rencontre avec le chef de l’Allemagne nazie.
C voulait obtenir le soutien du gouvernement britannique.
D a refusé de quitter sa patrie.
(iv) Dans ses discours à la radio, de Gaulle …
A a appelé les citoyens aux armes.
B n’a envoyé des messages qu’aux forces occupantes.
C a communiqué avec les familles des soldats.
D n’a pas pu contacter les groupes qui résistaient en France.
(Total for Question 1 = 4 marks)
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Monday 8 June 2026
Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper
reference 9FR0/01
French
Advanced
PAPER 1: Listening, Reading and Translation
You must have: Total Marks
the correct digital recording (downloaded at your centre) and a
suitable individual listening device
Instructions
•• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
candidate number.
•• Answer all questions in Sections A, B and C.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Candidates are recommended to start with Section A: Listening, and work through
each section as presented in the answer booklet.
• We recommend you spend 50 minutes on Section A: Listening, 50 minutes on
Section B: Reading and 20 minutes on Section C: Translation into English.
• You must not use a dictionary.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 80.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
P78343RA
Pearson Education Ltd.
P:1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1
*P78343RA0120* for more:
, Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
SECTION A: LISTENING
We recommend you spend no more than 50 minutes on this section.
Questions 2, 3 and 4(a) do not require full sentences and you may respond using single words
or phrases.
Summary Question 4(b) does not require full sentences and you may respond using
short phrases.
You may use words from the listening passages but you must not transcribe whole sections.
You are going to listen to five passages. The duration of each passage is approximately:
Passage 1 = 1 minute 02 seconds
Passage 2 = 1 minute 01 second
Passage 3 = 2 minutes 08 seconds
Passage 4(a) = 1 minute 19 seconds
Passage 4(b) = 1minute 17 seconds
You will be in charge of the recording, and you may listen to each passage as often
as you wish, and write your answers whenever you wish to do so.
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, Passage 1 – La réaction de Charles de Gaulle à l’invasion de la France en 1940
1 Écoutez le reportage. Cochez la bonne fin pour les phrases.
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(i) Après l’invasion du territoire français, de Gaulle a …
A voulu combattre l’occupant.
B appelé les citoyens à accepter la situation.
C travaillé avec le maréchal Pétain.
D refusé de se battre.
(ii) Les résistants …
A suivaient tous la même idéologie politique.
B étaient tous des communistes.
C voulaient lutter pour défendre leur pays.
D utilisaient toujours la violence.
(iii) De Gaulle lui-même …
A était en faveur des actions du maréchal.
B a demandé une rencontre avec le chef de l’Allemagne nazie.
C voulait obtenir le soutien du gouvernement britannique.
D a refusé de quitter sa patrie.
(iv) Dans ses discours à la radio, de Gaulle …
A a appelé les citoyens aux armes.
B n’a envoyé des messages qu’aux forces occupantes.
C a communiqué avec les familles des soldats.
D n’a pas pu contacter les groupes qui résistaient en France.
(Total for Question 1 = 4 marks)
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