Non-scientific subjects

I am in a two-year intensive preparatory program for the competitive entrance exams to top-tier public engineering schools of my country. This is my second year and the entrance exams are near, a month from now i guess. I am good for maths except probabilities lol, physics kinda. Anki for remembering my courses and practice questions. But I am struggling with non-scientific subjects like French ( I am required to read 3 works and use that knowledge to write an essay on a quote ) also translation, and honestly I dislike these non-scientific subjects, it also seems like I can't use active recall for these subjects so I am clueless and feeling down lately because of that. How do you usually study these subjects? If you can help with tips, I appreciate it 🙏.Forgive me for my bad english