The Bac English exam, section by section

The national English paper in the second year of the Moroccan Baccalaureate looks the same from one session to the next. Knowing its shape before you revise saves weeks, because you can practise each part on its own and then under time.

Format checked by your teacher, Abdelkrim Amrani, on 18 October 2026. Each year's official reference framework (cadre de référence) is published by the Ministry of National Education, so look at the version for your session on men.gov.ma as well.

The paper at a glance

Coefficients depend on your track: 4 in Letters (where the paper is longer, about 3 hours), 3 in Human Sciences and 2 in the other tracks, including Maths A. Check your own subject sheet for the exact duration and coefficient.

Part 1: Reading comprehension (15 points)

The questions follow the text in order. Expect:

• True or false with justification. The justification must be copied from the text, not paraphrased from memory. A correct answer with the wrong quotation loses the mark.
• Vocabulary in context. Find a word or phrase that means the same as another one. Read the whole sentence first.
• Reference words. What does "it", "they" or "this" point back to?
• Inference. The text does not say it directly; you decide from two or three clues.

Part 2: Language (15 points)

These are grammar tasks, and they are the part you can raise fastest with practice. The structures that come up most often are the passive voice, reported speech, conditionals, modal verbs and word formation (prefixes and suffixes). For each one, learn the pattern and then do 10 exercises, correcting every error in a notebook.

Part 3: Writing (10 points)

Ten points is a quarter of the paper, and it is where students lose marks they did not need to lose. Write about 150 words on the theme of the text. Plan for two minutes, stay on the topic, and keep your sentences simple and correct rather than long and risky.

A time plan you can try

This is a suggestion for practice, not an official allocation. For a 2-hour paper:

A final-week checklist

• I can name the three parts and their points without looking.
• I have done at least two past papers under the full 2 hours.
• For every true/false question, I quote the text.
• I have a list of my five most frequent grammar errors and I check for them in my writing.
• I stopped writing five minutes early to read my text again.

Where are you now? Take the free level assessment, then see how Bac preparation courses fit your calendar.