Punjab PSEB Matric French study plan
Punjab PSEB Matric French · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Grammar and vocabulary (grammaire et vocabulaire) & Reading comprehension (compréhension écrite)
Conjugate the 40 highest-frequency -er, -ir and -re verbs in the présent, passé composé and futur proche, writing each form by hand without looking at a model.
Classify 60 nouns and adjectives by gender using the article and ending patterns (-tion, -té, -eur, -euse, -eux), and record exceptions in a personal error log.
Read two 150-word PSEB-level descriptive passages and underline every subject-verb pair, then label the tense of each verb.
Build a 100-item vocabulary deck covering family, school and daily routine, and self-test until you score 90 percent or better.
Your checkpoint
A handwritten conjugation table of 40 verbs across three tenses plus a 100-word vocabulary list, both self-checked with zero uncorrected errors.
Grammar and vocabulary (grammaire et vocabulaire) & Reading comprehension (compréhension écrite)
Form the passé composé of 30 verbs, choosing avoir or être correctly and applying agreement of the past participle with être verbs.
Distinguish and practise the partitive articles du, de la, de l', des versus the definite articles in 25 gap-fill sentences about food and shopping.
Answer 15 true/false and short-answer questions on two 200-word reading passages, quoting the exact sentence that justifies each answer.
Write 20 sentences using direct and indirect object pronouns (le, la, les, lui, leur) in the correct position.
Your checkpoint
A 20-sentence pronoun exercise sheet plus a completed 15-question reading comprehension set scored against an answer key, with every wrong answer rewritten correctly.
Grammar and vocabulary (grammaire et vocabulaire) & Writing / written expression (expression écrite)
Write 12 correct sentences using the comparative (plus... que, moins... que, aussi... que) and 8 using the superlative.
Produce a 120-word informal letter to a friend describing your school day, using at least six different verbs in the présent and two in the passé composé.
Apply the negative constructions ne... pas, ne... jamais, ne... rien and ne... personne in 15 original sentences.
Correct 20 deliberately faulty sentences involving adjective agreement, article choice and verb endings, and state the rule broken in each.
Your checkpoint
One 120-word informal letter plus a corrected error sheet of 20 sentences, each annotated with the grammar rule applied.
Writing / written expression (expression écrite) & Grammar and vocabulary (grammaire et vocabulaire)
Draft and revise a 150-word message describing a past weekend, sequencing events with d'abord, ensuite, puis and enfin.
Use the futur simple of 15 common verbs in a 100-word paragraph about holiday plans.
Punctuate and paragraph correctly across three short written pieces, applying French spacing rules for ? ! : and guillemets.
Link ideas with parce que, donc, mais, cependant and pendant que in at least 10 sentences without repetition.
Your checkpoint
A timed 150-word writing sample completed in 30 minutes and self-revised against a five-point checklist (tense accuracy, agreement, connectors, spelling, word count).
Writing / written expression (expression écrite) & Culture and civilisation / textbook-based content
Write a 120-word formal message (invitation or request) using vous forms, opening and closing formulae, and a clear purpose statement.
Summarise a 200-word cultural passage on a French festival in exactly 60 words without copying sentences from the source.
List and memorise 30 textbook cultural facts (monuments, regions, festivals, meals, school system) with one French sentence describing each.
Convert five informal sentences into formal register, changing tu to vous and adjusting vocabulary.
Your checkpoint
One 120-word formal message plus a 60-word summary of a cultural text, both checked for register consistency and word count.
Culture and civilisation / textbook-based content & Reading comprehension (compréhension écrite)
Read three 250-word passages on French daily life and infer meaning of 15 unfamiliar words from context, recording the clue used.
Match 25 cultural terms (Marianne, laïcité, TGV, fromage, baccalauréat, fête de la musique) to accurate one-line definitions in French.
Answer 20 exam-style questions requiring identification of the writer's purpose, main idea and specific detail.
Compare two short texts on the same cultural topic and state three similarities and three differences in French.
Your checkpoint
A cultural glossary of 25 terms with French definitions plus a 20-question comprehension set scoring at least 80 percent.
Reading comprehension (compréhension écrite) & Writing / written expression (expression écrite) & Grammar and vocabulary (grammaire et vocabulaire) & Culture and civilisation / textbook-based content
Complete one full-length mock paper under timed conditions and mark it against the domain weightings (25/25/30/20).
Rewrite every incorrect grammar item from the mock into two new correct sentences.
Produce a 180-word guided composition on a textbook theme in 40 minutes using at least four tenses.
Read a 300-word unseen passage and answer five inference questions in under 15 minutes.
Your checkpoint
A marked full mock paper with a written error analysis listing each mistake type, its frequency and the corrective rule.
Grammar and vocabulary (grammaire et vocabulaire) & Writing / written expression (expression écrite) & Reading comprehension (compréhension écrite) & Culture and civilisation / textbook-based content
Re-drill the 30 most frequent errors from the error log until you reproduce each correct form three times without prompts.
Write two timed compositions (150 and 180 words) and cut each to the required length without losing key content.
Complete two 20-minute reading sprints with 85 percent accuracy or better.
Recite 20 cultural facts aloud in French from memory without notes.
Your checkpoint
A final revision portfolio containing two timed compositions, two scored reading sprints and a clean error log with zero unresolved items.
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 75 percent on a 25-item grammar quiz covering present tense, passé composé, articles and object pronouns.
Week 4: Produce a 150-word piece in 30 minutes with no more than five errors and correct sequencing connectors.
Week 6: Score at least 80 percent on a 20-question reading and culture set, and define 20 of 25 cultural terms accurately in French.
Week 8: Achieve at least 70 percent overall on a timed full mock paper, with no domain below 60 percent.