Dans le programme du Bac SGC
English carries a coefficient of 2 in the Bac Sciences de Gestion Comptable (SGC) stream — far behind Accounting (coefficient 8) and Business Organisation (coefficient 6), and level with Philosophy and Law. It is part of the margin that decides rankings and honours, and its mark is raised by method rather than by volume.
À l'épreuve
Three parts: Reading Comprehension, Language, and Writing (about 180 words). An accountant's discipline in ordering and justifying entries transfers to a well-ordered essay plan and a clearly sequenced argument.
Objectifs d'apprentissage
- Reuse this vocabulary field in the Bac SGC Reading answers and in the argumentative essay (coefficient 2)
- Recognise the most common negative prefixes: un-, dis-, im-, in-, ir-, il-, non-
- Form a noun from an adjective or a verb with suffixes (-ness, -ity, -tion, -ment)
- Form an adjective from a noun or a verb with suffixes (-ful, -less, -able, -ive)
- Form an adverb of manner by adding -ly to an adjective
Notions clés
Negative prefixes
Noun suffixes
Adjective and adverb suffixes
Erreurs fréquentes
Using the wrong negative prefix by false analogy: “inresponsible” is wrong — use irresponsible (ir- before r).
Confusing -ful and -less, which have opposite meanings: hopeful (full of hope) vs hopeless (without hope) — one letter changes the whole meaning.
Forming an irregular adverb as if it followed the general rule: good → goodly does not exist; the correct adverb is well.
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Questions fréquentes
How do I guess the meaning of an unknown word from prefixes / suffixes in the exam?
Spot the known root (for example “legal” in illegal), then identify the prefix (il- = negation) or the suffix (-tion = noun) to work out the meaning and the word class, even without knowing the word.
Is there a single rule for choosing between un-, in-, im-, il-, ir-?
No absolute rule, but a useful tendency: ir- before r, il- before l, im- before b / m / p, in- otherwise, and un- with many Anglo-Saxon adjectives (happy, fair, kind) rather than Latin ones.
Do -ful and -less apply to every noun?
No, they are productive but not universal: some pairs exist (hope / hopeful / hopeless, care / careful / careless) while other words have only one usual form — when in doubt, check rather than guess in the exam.
English is coefficient 2 against 8 for accounting — how do I balance them?
Do not drop it: a mark in English weighs in the average like a mark in any coefficient-2 subject, and raising it is a matter of method, not accumulation. One weekly session — chapter, rule or words, example, two short paragraphs — plus a fixed template for the introduction and conclusion is enough to secure the marks.
How do I use this theme in the Bac SGC essay without sounding generic?
Anchor each key term in one concrete, personal example — a place, a person, a situation you know. A specific illustration in accurate English scores better than a long list of terms with no support, on any of the society prompts in the programme.