Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel GCE
In French (9FR0) Paper 02
Written response to works and translation
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We
provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific
programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at
www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the
details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone
progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of
people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years,
and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation
for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in
education. Find out more about how we can help you and your students at:
www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2025
Question Paper Log Number P74283A
Publications Code 9FR0 02
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
,General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same
treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in
exactly the same way as they mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates
must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do
rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme
not according to their perception of where the grade
boundaries may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be
awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if
deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark
scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award
zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of
credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will
provide the principles by which marks will be awarded
and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application
of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team
leader must be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the
candidate has replaced it with an alternative response.
, GCE A Level French
Paper 2 mark scheme
Section A – Question 1 (translation) into assessed language
This task is a points-based mark scheme in which 1 mark is given for each correct
individual section of language. A suggested correct translation is provided in a grid
which also outlines the alternative versions which will be accepted or the
translations to be rejected. Marking principles for error tolerance with examples
are given directly above the grid.
Marking Principles
Accents: grammatical accent errors count as mistakes, for example Je suis alle.
Non-grammatical accent errors are tolerated, for example j’espere for j’espère,
unless they cause ambiguity, for example ou rather than où and a for à.
Spelling: minor spelling errors are tolerated, for example bibiothèque, imigré as
long as they are not ambiguous or form a word in the wrong language, for
example libraire for librairie, petrol for pétrole or tomato instead of tomate.
Verb endings but not stems must be correct and will not be classed as spelling
errors, for example il fasait acceptable but il faisais would not be credited.
Genders and adjective endings must be correct and will not be classed as spelling
errors.
Repeated capitalisation errors will not be penalised, for example anglais for Anglais.
Other repeated or consequential errors are not penalised, for example Je me suis
assis au table, il était couvert de papiers.
Any appropriate alternatives which do not already appear in the acceptable
answers column are credited.
If spelling is unclear due to handwriting, i.e. indépendent or independent, give the
candidate the benefit of the doubt and credit the spelling as correct.
If the candidate has written two versions without crossing one out, and one is on
the line, the other above or underneath, mark the version which is on the line.
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel GCE
In French (9FR0) Paper 02
Written response to works and translation
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We
provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific
programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at
www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the
details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone
progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of
people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years,
and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation
for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in
education. Find out more about how we can help you and your students at:
www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2025
Question Paper Log Number P74283A
Publications Code 9FR0 02
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
,General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same
treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in
exactly the same way as they mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates
must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do
rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme
not according to their perception of where the grade
boundaries may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be
awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if
deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark
scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award
zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of
credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will
provide the principles by which marks will be awarded
and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application
of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team
leader must be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the
candidate has replaced it with an alternative response.
, GCE A Level French
Paper 2 mark scheme
Section A – Question 1 (translation) into assessed language
This task is a points-based mark scheme in which 1 mark is given for each correct
individual section of language. A suggested correct translation is provided in a grid
which also outlines the alternative versions which will be accepted or the
translations to be rejected. Marking principles for error tolerance with examples
are given directly above the grid.
Marking Principles
Accents: grammatical accent errors count as mistakes, for example Je suis alle.
Non-grammatical accent errors are tolerated, for example j’espere for j’espère,
unless they cause ambiguity, for example ou rather than où and a for à.
Spelling: minor spelling errors are tolerated, for example bibiothèque, imigré as
long as they are not ambiguous or form a word in the wrong language, for
example libraire for librairie, petrol for pétrole or tomato instead of tomate.
Verb endings but not stems must be correct and will not be classed as spelling
errors, for example il fasait acceptable but il faisais would not be credited.
Genders and adjective endings must be correct and will not be classed as spelling
errors.
Repeated capitalisation errors will not be penalised, for example anglais for Anglais.
Other repeated or consequential errors are not penalised, for example Je me suis
assis au table, il était couvert de papiers.
Any appropriate alternatives which do not already appear in the acceptable
answers column are credited.
If spelling is unclear due to handwriting, i.e. indépendent or independent, give the
candidate the benefit of the doubt and credit the spelling as correct.
If the candidate has written two versions without crossing one out, and one is on
the line, the other above or underneath, mark the version which is on the line.
