AQA GCSE French Role Play Practice

Preparing for the AQA GCSE French Role-play? This first speaking task is worth 10 marks and is recommended to last 1–1.5 minutes. You complete five clearly stated tasks, including asking a question.

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Exam at a glance

Board and paper: AQA · 8652 · Paper 2 Speaking
Task and tiers: Role Play · Foundation and Higher
Marks: 10 marks
Approximate task duration / format: Recommended 1–1.5 minutes at both tiers
Preparation: 15 minutes supervised preparation for the whole speaking test, not per task
Whole speaking test: Foundation 7–9 minutes; Higher 10–12 minutes · 50 marks · 25% of the GCSE

Task order: Role-play → Reading aloud and short unprepared conversation → Photo card discussion.

What happens in this part of the exam?

During supervised preparation, read the five tasks on your card and identify exactly what information each instruction requires.
Your teacher-examiner takes the other role in the situation. Respond in the target language to communicate the requested information.
Ask the question required by your card. The instructions make what you need to communicate clear; a memorised speech is not a substitute for completing them.

What examiners are looking for

Communication is the priority: make the required message understandable.
Answer the actual instruction and ask the required question.
Use concise, accurate language. Extra complexity does not help if it obscures the message.

Try one now

Original ScoreMySpeech practice task. This is a static website exercise: speak aloud on your own or with a partner; this page does not record you. It is not official exam-board material.

Original ScoreMySpeech practice task

A snack before the museum visit

You are in a café near a museum in France. Your teacher plays the café assistant. Complete these five clear tasks in French.

Say which drink you would like.
Say what you would like to eat.
Say whether you want to sit inside or outside.
Say what you think of the café, with a reason.
Ask what time the café closes.

Partner’s practice prompts

Qu’est-ce que vous voulez boire ?
Vous voulez manger quelque chose ?
Vous préférez une table à l’intérieur ou à l’extérieur ?
Que pensez-vous de notre café ?

One language detail: Use je voudrais for a polite request. À quelle heure… ? asks for a time; combien… ? asks how much.

Foundation / Higher support

These are concise ScoreMySpeech example responses, not official model answers or guaranteed marks. They demonstrate selected requests or questions, not a complete answer to all five prompts. Follow the demands of your actual stimulus.

Foundation approach

Make the message clear

Je voudrais un jus d’orange, s’il vous plaît. À quelle heure fermez-vous ?

Make the drink request clear. Practise the closing-time question separately so that you do not forget to ask it.

Higher upgrade

Add what the task needs

Je voudrais un jus d’orange et un sandwich au fromage, s’il vous plaît. À quelle heure fermez-vous cet après-midi ?

Add a precise detail if it helps the transaction. A Higher role-play still rewards completing the instruction, not a long speech.

Common mistakes

Forgetting to ask the required question.
Giving a long speech rather than the requested detail.
Mixing up the quantity, date or time needed.
Learning one scenario by heart instead of practising how to adapt.

A quick practice strategy

One focused rehearsal

Take 20 seconds to identify the information in each instruction.
Say each response aloud, including your question; do not write a full script.
Listen back once and check that every instruction was completed.
Repeat, improving one unclear word or question.

This is a revision routine, not official exam preparation timing.

Official specification

Exam information checked against the current AQA GCSE French 8652 specification (first teaching September 2024; first examinations 2026 and beyond). Last reviewed: October 2026. Exam boards may update guidance; follow your school’s instructions too.

Official AQA GCSE French 8652 specification

Practise it aloud with ScoreMySpeech.

Reading an example is a start. The speaking exam is about what you can actually say. Record your response in the app, receive practice feedback, then repeat and improve for your selected exam board. Feedback is not an official mark or grade prediction.