Writing - Fill in a form

Labels versus Question Prompts

Junior Cycle exam questions feature two distinct styles of form entries:

• Labels: headings asking for a single detail; write only the requested item (e.g. 14 beside Âge :).
• Question prompts: open questions (e.g. Décris ta famille); answer each part directly in a short sentence.

Attempt every field requested and check that you have answered each part.

Essential Personal and Contact Labels

Standard identity and contact headings appear across registrations, club memberships, and school exchanges:

• Nom (or Nom de famille): your surname.
• Prénom: your first name.
• Âge: your age in numbers.
• Date de naissance: your date of birth.
• Lieu de naissance: your place of birth.
• Nationalité: your nationality (irlandais for a boy, irlandaise for a girl).
• Sexe: your gender, entered as masculin or féminin.
• Profession: your occupation; secondary school pupils write élève.
• Adresse / Code postal: your home address and postal code.
• Ville / Pays: your town or city, and your country (Irlande).
• Numéro de téléphone / Adresse e-mail: your phone number and email address.
• Loisirs / Passe-temps: your hobbies, entered as single words (e.g. football, lecture).

Booking and Travel Headings

Travel, hostel, and exchange forms include vocabulary for transport and accommodation:

• Au départ de…: departing from (e.g. Dublin).
• Destination: your arrival town or country (e.g. Nice, la France).
• Date d'arrivée / Date de départ: arrival and departure dates.
• Durée du séjour: total length of stay (e.g. une semaine, dix jours).
• Nombre de nuits: how many nights you will stay.
• Assurance: travel insurance.
• Sélectionner / Choisir: select or choose an option.
• Signature: your regular signature at the bottom of the page.

Dates, Nationalities, and Gender Agreement

Give requested information clearly using accurate French spelling and grammar conventions:

• Write dates with the day first, then the month in lowercase letters (e.g. 14 mai 2011).
• For boxes marked JJ/MM/AAAA, enter numerical digits only (e.g. 14/05/2011).
• Use le before dates in full sentences, but omit it in form fields.
• Country names take a capital letter (Irlande), but nationality adjectives take lowercase (irlandais).
• Nationalities agree with gender: a female student writes irlandaise instead of irlandais.

Answering Communicative Question Prompts

Exchange partner forms ask informal questions using tu. Answer them directly with simple, clear structures:

Join your ideas using straightforward connectors such as et, mais, or parce que.

Key terms

Nom

Surname or family name (e.g. Murphy).

Prénom

First name or given name (e.g. Aoife).

Date de naissance

Date of birth, written with day before month (e.g. 3 février 2011).

Lieu de naissance

Place or town of birth.

Nationalité

Nationality adjective agreeing with gender: irlandais (boy) or irlandaise (girl).

Profession

Occupation; Junior Cycle pupils write élève.

Durée du séjour

Length of stay on an exchange or trip (e.g. deux semaines).

Loisirs

Hobbies or pastimes (e.g. natation, lecture).