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STUDY GUIDE FOR FRENCH 1 FINAL EXAM 2012
UNITE 1
Leçon 1A
WHAT WE LEARNED WHERE TO REVIEW WHAT TO DO
Vocabulary Contextes pp.2-3 know the vocab.
Greetings and goodbyes Bonjour et au revoir – Comment ça va ?* Introductions and expressions of courtesy
Expressions de politesse – Les présentations*
Roman-Photo pp.6-7 read all“Au café” + read ”Expressions
utiles”**
Culture pp.8-9 read all
Handshake or “la bise” Aix-en Provence Dos and Don’ts in the francophone world Les salutations (extra vocab. casual French)
Grammar Structures pp.10-13 review / read
Gender and number of the nouns (masculine/feminine – singular/plural)
Definite article (the) : le, la, l’, les always learn the noun with an article!
Indefinite articles (a/an, some) : un, une, des
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Identifying people or things
Qu’est-ce que c’est? C’est + singular indef. article + singular noun p.11
(What is it ?) Ce sont + plural indef. article + plural noun
Il y a + indef. article + singular or plural noun (there is, there are) pp.11 & 13
Il n’y a pas de/d’ + noun NO ARTICLE (there isn’t, there aren’t)
Il y a combien de/d’ ……………? (How many ……. are they ?) p.13
Numbers 0 – 60 p.12
1 un 11 onze 21 vingt-et-un2 deux 12 douze 22 vingt-deux3 trois 13 treize 23 vingt-trois4 quatre 14 quatorze 24 vingt-quatre5 cinq 15 quinze 25 vingt-cinq6 six 16 seize 26 vingt-six7 sept 17 dix-sept 27 vingt-sept8 huit 18 dix-huit 28 vingt-huit9 neuf 19 dix-neuf 29 vingt-neuf10 dix 20 vingt 30 trente
31 trente-et-un 41 quarante-et-un 51 cinquante-et-un 32 trente-deux 42 quarante-deux 52 cinquante-deux
33 trente-trois 43 quarante-trois 53 cinquante-trois 34 trente-quatre 44 quarante-quatre 54 cinquante-quatre 35 trente-cinq 45 quarante-cinq 55 cinquante-cinq 36 trente-six 46 quarante-six 56 cinquante-six 37 trente-sept 47 quarante-sept 57 cinquante-sept
38 trente-huit 48 quarante-huit 58 cinquante-
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huit 39 trente-neuf 49 quarante-neuf 59 cinquante-neuf 40 quarante 50 cinquante 60 soixante
Leçon 1B
WHAT WE LEARNED WHERE TO REVIEW WHAT TO DO
Vocabulary Contextes pp.16-17 know the vocab.
Le campus & Les personnes*
Roman-Photo pp.20-21 read
“Les copains” + read “Expressions utiles”**
Culture pp.22-23 read all
What’s a typical French person? Les devises (mottos in the French world) Superdupont Les gens (people) (extra vocab. casual French)
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Grammar Structures pp. 24-27 review / read
The subject pronouns
Je you are talking about yourself
Tu you are talking to someone – informal
Il you are talking about 1 male person or 1 masculine thing
Elle you are talking about 1 female person or 1 feminine thing
On you are talking about people in general
Nous you are talking about more than 1 person including yourself
Vous you are talking to more than 1 person
or to 1 person – formal
Ils you are talking about a group of people: only males or males & females
or about only masculine or masculine and feminine things
Elles you are talking about a group of people: only females
or about only feminine things
The verb ÊTRE (to be) conjugated Singular side / Plural side Je suis / nous sommes Tu es / vous êtes Il/elle/on est / ils/elles sont
C’est and il / elle est Handout (with John Travolta) or p.25
C’est John Travolta. Il est américain et acteur.
C’est un acteur.
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Note : « C’est » is not followed by an article when used with a proper noun.
Adjective agreement Adjectives handout for vocab. and pp.26-27
. If the adjective doesn’t end with an “e”, add an “e” to make it feminine
. Add an “s” to the masculine/singular version of the adjective to make it masculine/plural
. Add an “s” to the feminine/singular version of the adjective to make it feminine/plural
Ex. Il est brillant (singular) Ils sont brillants (plural)
Elle est charmante (singular) Elles sont charmantes (plural)
Note : the verb changes depending on the subject of the sentence.
If the subject is singular (1 person or 1 thing), use “est”
If the subject is plural (more than 1 person or 1 thing), use “sont”
To ask someone’s nationality or heritage p.27
Informal question Formal question Answer
Quelle est ta nationalité? Quelle est votre nationalité? Je suis …...
Tu es de quelle origine? Vous ê tes de quelle origine ? Je suis d’origine française
Note : when you write the adjective of nationality after « d’origine », make sure to use the feminine/singular version of the adjective because it agrees with « origine » which is feminine and singular.
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ADJECTIVES
DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVES of NATIONALITY
Agréable / désagréable In Europe: allemand(e)
Amusant (e) anglais(e)
Brillant(e) belge
Charmant(e) espagnol(e)
Différent(e) français(e)
Difficile italien(ne)
Égoïste irlandais(e)
Élégant(e) suisse
Impatient(e) / Patient(e) In Africa : algérien(ne)
Important(e) marocain(e)
Indépendant(e) sénégalais(e)
Intelligent(e) tunisien(ne)
Intéressant(e) In America : américain(e)
Occupé(e) canadien(ne)
Optimiste / pessimiste mexicain(e)
Poli(e) québécois(e)
Réservé(e) In Asia : japonais(e)
Sincère vietnamien(ne)
Sociable
Sympa (sympathique) martiniquais(e)
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Timide
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Les gens (people) p.23
un/une ado (teen) un bonhomme (fellow) un gars / un mec / un type (guy) une nana / une minette (youg woman, girl) un pote (buddy)
Les salutations p.9
À la prochaine (until next time) À plus (see you later) Ciao! Coucou! (Hi there! / Hey!) Pas grand-chose (not much) Quoi de neuf? (what’s new?)
Rien de nouveau (nothing new)
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UNITÉ 2
Leçon 2A
WHAT WE LEARNED WHERE TO REVIEW WHAT TO DO
Vocabulary Contextes pp.38-39 know the vocab.
Express Likes / dislikes Verbes, Vocab. sup., Adjectifs et adverbs* Different classes’ names L’université* Vocabulary related to university
Extra vocabulary you could use see Boîte À Outils p.47
To be more accurate when you express yourself, you can use some of the following adverbs: assez (enough), d’habitude (usually), de temps en temps (from time to time), parfois (sometimes), rarement (rarely), souvent (often), toujours (always)
ex. Je mange souvent du chocolat. Notice the location of theTu parles rarement au téléphone. adverbs in the sentenceElle regarde parfois la télé. (most of them follow the verbNous écoutons toujours de la musique. they modify but the last 2 are D’habitude vous êtes à l’école. at the beginning of the sentence)De temps en temps, ils mangent des escargots !
Roman-Photo pp.42-43 read all
“Trop de devoirs!” (too much homework!) + read ”Expressions utiles”**
Culture pp.44-45 read all
À l’université (different types of studies you can pursue: Licence, Doctorat, BTS, les grandes écoles…)
L’université Laval au Québec Des universités francophones Les études (extra vocab. casual French)
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Grammar Structures pp.46-47 review/read/practice
PRESENT TENSE OF REGULAR –er VERBS:To conjugate, you take off the –er ending of the verb and you replace by the following endings according to the subject:
_______regular –er verb__________ ex. _______parler___________
Je ______e nous _____ons je parle nous parlonsTu ______es vous _____ez tu parles vous parlez
Il/elle/on ______e ils/elles ____ent il/elle/on parle il/elle parlent
REMEMBER : verbs ending in –CER and –GER (like commencer, nager, manger) have a spelling change in the nous form:
Commencer (to start, to begin) nous commençonsManger (to eat) nous mangeons
ATTENTION: unlike the English to look for, the French chercher requires no preposition before the nouns that follows it: Je cherche un dictionnaire.
TO MAKE COMMANDS, ORDERS OR TO TELL SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING, you use the tu, nous or vous forms of the verb conjugated in the present tense and you drop the subject pronoun: (it’s called the IMPERATIVE)
Regarde! (Look!) (tu form without the subject pronoun)ATTENTION: the –er verbs drop the “s” of the tu form
Regardons! (Let’s look!) (nous form without the subject pronoun)Regardez! (Look!) (vous form without the pronoun)
The command forms of Être are irregular:Sois patient! (Be patient!) (tu form)Soyons optimistes! (Let’s be optimistic) (nous form)Soyez sympa! (Be nice!) (vos form)
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FORMING QUESTIONS Structures pp.48-49 review/read/practice
4 ways to make questions:
1. Use a statement, add a ? and raise your voice at the end when saying it.Ex. Il aime le cours de français. Il aime le cours de français ?
2. Place the phrase Est-ce que before a statement and add a ? Est-ce qu’il aime le cours de français?
REMEMBER : Est-ce que becomes Est-ce qu’ in front of a word starting with a vowel.
3. Inversion of the verb and the subject pronoun with a hyphen between them .
REMEMBER: If the verb ends in a vowel and the subject pronoun is il or elle, -t- is inserted between the verb and the pronoun.
Aime-t-il le cours de français?
NOTE : If the subject is a noun rather than a pronoun, keep the noun at the beginning of the sentence and bring the matching pronoun in the sentence. Remember to invert the verb and the pronoun.
Ex. statement = Le prof parle francais. Le prof, parle-t-il francais ?
Statement = Marie aime le chocolat. Marie aime-t-elle le chocolat ?
4. Place a tag questions at the end of a statement (can be formal or informal)Ex. Vous parlez francais, n’est-ce pas? (You speak French, don’t you ?)Ex. On commence a trois heures, d’accord? (We start at 3pm, OK ?)
More about questions :
The inverted form of il y a (there is, there are) = Y a-til…..?
The inverted form of c’est (it is) = Est-ce…..?
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Pourquoi (why) use parce que (because) to answer EXPRESSING NEGATION
Use ne (n’ in front of a verb starting with a vowel) before the verb and pas afterEx. Tu étudies. Tu n’étudies pas
In the construction [conjugated verb + infinitive], ne… pas hugs the conjugated verbEx. Nous n’aimons pas étudier (« aimons » is conjugated
« étudier » is infinitive)
In a question with inversion, ne… pas hugs the inversion
Ex. Ne détestez-vous pas travailler? (« détestez-vous » is the inversion)
SPECIAL VOCAB.: Expressions of agreement and disagreement
Oui (yes) answers a yes / no question
Bien sûr (of course) you agree with a positive statement
Moi non plus (me neither) you agree with a negative statement
Ex. - Je n’aime pas l’ecole. (I don’t like school)
- Moi non plus. (me neither)
Non / mais non (no / but of course not) answers a yes / no question
Pas du tout (not at all)
Peut-être (maybe, perhaps)
Si (instead of Oui) you contradict a negative question
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Leçon 2B
WHAT WE LEARNED WHERE TO REVIEW WHAT TO DO
Vocabulary Contextes pp.52-53 know the vocab.
More –er verbs Verbes, L’université* Days, week, year Expressions de temps*
parts of the day
Roman-Photo pp. 56-57 read all“On trouve une solution” + read ”Expressions
utiles”**
Culture pp.58-59 read all
Les cours universitaires (amphithéâtre, la rentrée, contrôle continu & grades) Le bac Le français langue étrangère (schools in francophone countries where you can learn French) Les cours et les examens (extra vocab. casual French)
Grammar Structures pp.60-61 review / read
Avoir (to have) _______________________j’ai nous avons tu as vous avez
il/elle/on a ils/elles ont
Expressions with AVOIR *Avoir … ans (to be…years old) Avoir besoin de (to need)Avoir chaud / froid (to be hot / cold) Avoir envie de (to feel like)Avoir raison / tort (to be right / wrong) Avoir l’air (de) (to look like) Avoir faim / soif (to be hungry / thirsty) Avoir sommeil (to be tired)
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Avoir peur de (to be afraid of)Avoir honte de (to be ashamed of)Avoir de la chance (to be lucky) TELLING TIME pp.62-63
2 ways to ask what time it is:Quelle heure est-il? Est-ce que vous avez l’heure ? Formal
(Est-ce que tu as l’heure ?) Informal
Telling what time it is : Il est sept heures, Il est huit heures, Il est deux heures…
We use the verb ÊTRE and numbers to tell time heures refer to hours when telling time but it also means o’clock
Telling time from the hour to the half hour BY ADDING MINUTES (right side of the clock)
Il est ____________ heure(s) cinq, dix, et quart, vingt, vingt-cinq, et demie
ex: it is 1:10 il est une heure dix
it is 5:15 il est cinq heures et quart
it is 8:25 il est huit heures vingt-cinq
it is 11:30 il est onze heures et demie
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15 = et quart
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Telling time from the half hour to the hour BY SUBSTRACTING MINUTES OR A PORTION OF AN HOUR FROM THE NEXT HOUR (left side of the clock)
Il est ____________ heure(s) moins vingt-cinq, moins vingt, moins le quart, moins dix, moins cinq
ex : it is 1 :55 il est deux heures moins cinqit is 1 :50 il est deux heures moins dix
it is 1 :45 il est deux heures
moins le quart
it is 1 :40 il est deux heures moins vingtit is 1 :35 il est deux heures moins
vingt-cinq
French don’t use am/pm instead we use du matin, de l’après-midi, du soir after the timedu matin is used up to noonde l’après-midi is used from noon up to 6:00pm ex: Il est sept heures vingt du matin
du soir is used from 5-6:00pm to midnight (it’s 7 :00 am)
To express at what time something happens, we use the preposition à:Le matin, il mange à sept heuresNous avons cours de français à dix heures cinq du matinLaurence travaille à cinq heures de l’après-midi
About midi (noon) / minuit (midnight)
et demi(e) agrees in gender only (not in number) with the noun it follows after midi / minuit, both are accepted
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-10
-15 = moins le quart
-20
-25
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ex: Il est midi et demi or Il est midi et demieIl est minuit et demi or Il est minuit et demie
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Les études p.45
être fort(e) en… (to be good at…) être nul(le) en… (to be bad at…)
Les cours et les examens p.59
un cours magistral (lecture) un cours de rattrapage (remedial class) bosser (to work hard) / potasser (to cram) cartonner à un exam (to ace an exam) / rater un exam (to fail) sécher un cours (to skip a class)