Grade 6 French Ministry Exam (2025)
2025 MINISTRY EXAM PREPARATION
To help your child succeed on their Grade 6 French Ministry Exam, we've gathered key information, including the exam dates, the skills being assessed, and the materials students are allowed to use. You'll also find useful resources to support effective preparation.
Exam Information
Exam Dates
The mandatory Grade 6 French Ministry Exam for 2025 will take place over four days:
- June 2nd – Reading: Literary Text
- June 3rd – Reading: Expository Text
- June 4th – Writing: Planning and Drafting
- June 5th – Writing: Revising, Correcting, and Final Copy
Objectives
The French exam is divided into two sections: Writing and Reading. Each section has specific objectives:
Reading: Your child will need to demonstrate their understanding of a text by identifying key ideas, answering questions accurately, and making inferences by combining clues from the text with their own knowledge.
Writing: Students will be evaluated on how well they adapt to the writing situation, the coherence of their text, the use of appropriate vocabulary, correct sentence structure and punctuation, and their mastery of spelling and grammar rules.
Permitted Materials
For the writing and reading tasks, your child will be allowed to use the following materials:
- Checklist
- Spelling lists
- Standard or specialized French monolingual dictionary
- Grammar books or grammar guides
- Conjugation tables
- Correction code
- Posters
- Any other tools regularly used in class
Preparing Effectively
Study Resources
To perform well on the exam, your child will need to apply reading and writing skills they’ve developed in class. To support their preparation, we recommend reviewing some helpful materials—all in French—such as the Top Notions section and revision sheets from the AlloProf website. School Success also provides short video lessons on key Grade 6 concepts through its YouTube classroom.
Here are some helpful resources to explore:
- Top notions : 3e cycle du primaire , on AlloProf (in French)
- Répertoires de révision - Français, Primaire 6e année on AlloProf. ( in French)
- La classe en ligne - 6e année, by School Success. (videos in French)
Tips for Exam Day Preparation
Exams often come with stress and anxiety. Here are three helpful resources to help your child feel confident and ready on exam day:
- Overcoming test anxiety from Alloprof.
- Our article in french : 6 trucs pour aider votre enfant à finir son examen.
- Our article in french : La veille d’un examen : quoi faire et ne pas faire pour être bien préparé le jour de l’examen.
For more information about Ministry exams, click here. You’ll find details on results, intervention plans, and exam retakes.
