French 2 End-of-Year 2026 Study Guide: House, Chores, and Past Tense Mastery

Rooms of the House and Associated Actions

  • la chambre (the bedroom)     - dormir: to sleep     - faire ses devoirs: to do one's homework     - lire: to read

  • la salle à manger (the dining room)     - déjeuner / manger: to eat lunch / to eat

  • le garage (the garage)     - garer la voiture: to park the car     - mettre son vélo: to put/park one's bike

  • le jardin (the garden/yard)     - jouer au foot: to play soccer     - jouer au basket: to play basketball     - jouer: to play

  • le salon (the living room)     - regarder la télé: to watch television     - lire un livre: to read a book     - jouer des jeux avec ma famille: to play games with my family

House Vocabulary Categories and Groupings

  • Types of housing     - une maison: a house     - un appartement: an apartment     - un studio: a studio apartment

  • Bathroom items     - une douche: a shower     - une baignoire: a bathtub     - un W.C.: a water closet (toilet)

  • Window items     - un balcon: a balcony     - une fenêtre: a window     - des rideaux: curtains

  • Furniture     - une chaise: a chair     - un canapé: a couch/sofa     - un fauteuil: an armchair

  • Wall decorations     - un mur: a wall     - un miroir: a mirror     - une af iche: a poster (Note: transcript spelling used)

House Chores and Appliances

  • Common Chores     - faire la vaisselle: to do the dishes     - faire la lessive: to do the laundry     - faire le ménage: to do the cleaning/housework     - débarrasser la table: to clear the table     - enlever la poussière: to dust (to remove the dust)

  • Household Appliances     - lave-linge: washing machine     - sèche-linge: dryer     - frigo: refrigerator

Daily Routine and Reflexive Verbs (Present Tense)

  • Structure: subject pronoun + reflexive pronoun + verb

  • Reflexive Pronoun Mapping     - je → me: Example: Je me lave (I wash myself)     - tu → te: Example: Tu t’habilles (You get dressed) — Note the elision (t') before a vowel; do not use te habilles.     - il/elle → se: Example: se rveille (he/she wakes up)     - nous → nous: Example: Nous nous…     - vous → vous: Example: Vous vous brossez (You all brush)     - ils/elles → se: Example: ils/elles se…

  • Key Daily Routine Vocabulary     - se rveiller: to wake up     - se brosser les dents: to brush one's teeth     - prendre le bus: to take the bus     - faire ses devoirs: to do homework     - se coucher: to go to bed

The Imparfait (Past – Habitual Actions)

  • Usage: Use the imparfait for past actions that were habits, repeated, or for providing background descriptions.

  • Signal Words:     - souvent: often     - toujours: always     - chaque jour: every day     - chaque matin: every morning     - d’habitude: usually

  • Formation Process     - 1. Take the nous form of the verb in the present tense.     - 2. Remove the -ons ending to find the stem.     - 3. Add the imparfait endings to the stem: -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient.

  • Formation Example (boire)     - Present tense nous form: nous buvons     - Remove -ons: buv-     - Final sentence: Ils buvaient du lait. (They used to drink milk/were drinking milk).

The Pass Compos (Completed Actions)

  • Usage: Use for specific actions completed at a definite point in the past (e.g., yesterday, last night).

  • Formation with Avoir: avoir (auxiliary) + past participle     - j’ai mang: I ate     - nous avons fini: we finished     - tu as pris: you took

  • Formation with tre: tre (auxiliary) + past participle (used for movement/DR MRS VANDERTRAMP verbs)     - aller → il/elle est all(e): he/she went     - partir → nous sommes partis: we left     - natre → je suis n(e): I was born

  • Agreement Rule with tre: The past participle must agree in gender and number with the subject.     - Example (feminine singular): elle est alle     - Example (masculine plural): ils sont partis

Tense Comparison: Pass Compos vs. Imparfait

  • Pass Compos     - Focus: Specific completed action.     - Context: "Yesterday" (Hier) or one-time events.     - Example: Hier → J’ai balay (Yesterday I swept).

  • Imparfait     - Focus: Habit or repeated action.     - Context: "Usually" (D’habitude) or ongoing state.     - Example: D’habitude → Je balayais (Usually I used to sweep).

Reading Skills and Logical Vocabulary Analysis

  • Logical vs Illogical Travel vovab     - Evaluation: Ask "Does this make sense in real life?" Use common sense to determine if a traveling scenario is logical.

  • House Chores Logic     - Apply common sense to reading passages about household tasks.

  • Odd One Out (Intruder) - House Vocab     - Strategy to find the word that does NOT belong:     - 1. Are they in the same room?     - 2. Are they in the same category?     - 3. Do they have the same function?

  • True / False Skills     - Focus on identifying key vocabulary related to daily routines and chores to verify statements.