French Exam Notes

Future Tense

  • Parler (to speak): Conjugations include
    • Je parlerai
    • Nous parlerons
    • Tu parleras
    • Vous parlerez
    • Elle parlera
    • Ils parleront
  • Irregular Future Tense Stems:
    • Voir -> verr
    • Pleuvoir -> pleuvr
    • Aller -> ir
    • Avoir -> aur
    • Etre -> ser
    • Faire -> fer
    • Vouloir -> voudr
    • Pouvoir -> pourr

Exam Content Areas

  • Actions and actors in French
  • Le Petit Prince: Approximately ⅓ of the test will cover content related to Le Petit Prince, including vocabulary.

Grammar

  • Direct object pronouns
  • Si clauses (Conditional sentences)
  • Subjunctives: Example: C’est la lettre que j’avais écrite.
  • Basic grammar, including negatives and reflexive pronouns.
    • Negatives: Including the use of "de" (e.g., I don't see any zebras).
    • Reflexives: Present and past tenses, and other tenses.
  • Direct and indirect object pronouns: Knowing which pronouns to use to replace which objects.

France 24 News Article

  • Purpose and content: Understanding its use for weather and other information. Need to know relevant vocabulary.

Test Format

  • 50 multiple-choice questions
  • Identifying correct sentences: Identifying one or multiple correct sentences from a set of four.

People

  • Macron

Vocabulary

  • Allumure: Meaning not provided.
  • Vaniteux: Meaning not provided.

Quotes

  • Attribution: Being able to identify the speaker of given quotes.

Bonus Vocabulary/Expressions

  • Le portrait caché: The hidden portrait.
  • Avoir bonne mine: To look well/healthy.
  • Tomber dans les pommes: To faint/pass out (s'évanouir).
  • Un sesquiller: Meaning not provided.
  • Un bouquin: A book/old book.
  • Filer: To leave/go away.
  • S’attendre a: To expect.
  • A prévoir: To foresee/anticipate.
  • Etre comble(e): To be full/filled.