Leaving Cert French 2025

The 2025 Leaving Cert French exam papers and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

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What's in the 2025 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 written production, obligatory, opinion, narrative · 60 marks
  • Q1 reading comprehension, scouting, youth, society · 60 marks
  • Q2 reading comprehension, literature, writing, human connection · 60 marks
  • Q2 written production, diary entry, decision making, weather · 40 marks
  • Q3 written production, email, mobile phones, education · 40 marks
  • Q4 written production, drugs, youth, image stimulus · 40 marks
  • Q5 written production, gender equality, society, image stimulus · 40 marks
  • Q6 written production, politics, youth participation, image stimulus · 40 marks

Ordinary Level

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What's in the 2025 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 reading comprehension, fashion, vocabulary · 40 marks
  • Q2 reading comprehension, social media, vocabulary · 40 marks
  • Q3 reading comprehension, interview, cinema · 40 marks
  • Q4 reading comprehension, narrative, holidays · 40 marks
  • Q5 written production, gap fill, job application · 30 marks
  • Q6 written production, message writing, postcard · 30 marks
  • Q7 written production, diary entry, formal letter · 30 marks

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Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers. Every link opens the original PDF on examinations.ie.