Final Exam Study Guide:
Everything blue is LINKED so you can practice and auto-correct to get instant feedback!
(links updated 4:08pm Friday)
Reading Comprehension:
There will be a reading comprehension exercise with questions to answer. Vocabulary I wouldn't expect you to know will be provided :) There's no real way of studying for this part of the exam... either you understand it, or you breathe in and out and do your best!
Oral:
Copy and paste this text, one sentence at a time, into Google Translate.
Tell Google Translate that it's in French, and practice each sentence OUT LOUD. You will need to read it to me and you will be marked on pronounciation.
Verbs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQ8tx7nQxc&feature=relmfu
-Know the most common French verbs: Their meanings, and ***generally*** how to conjugate them in the Past, Present, Futur Proche
(don't bother studying Futur Proche, it's too easy!)
Groups: Regular -ER, -IR, -RE, -TIR & Common Irregular Verbs (the 6 listed below are linked individually)
There's no excuse not to know FAIRE, ALLER, VOULOIR, POUVOIR, ETRE, AVOIR because those are from grade 8.
***You do NOT need to know all of the past tense verb forms because this test will be open book and you will be allowed to use those same Passe Compose sheets.
-Vocabulaire: The basics from Grade 8 and 9 (La Francophonie, la nourriture, les sentiments, la salle de classe, les voitures, les vetements...and more). I'll usually provide a list of vocabulary if I think there are words you won't know.
Grammar:
-The French comparative (Orange juice is better than apple juice)
-The French superlative (Orange juice is the best of all juices)
-Adverb 'y' (means 'there'). (I go to school... I go there. = Je vais à l'école --> J'y vais.)
-Prepositions and Country names (masculine, plural, feminine), Cities, Islands, other places
-The French imperative
remember we only use 3 subject pronouns for the Imperative:
--> Related: French Direct Object Pronouns ( replacing words with the equivalent of "it": Je parle le francais ---> Je LE parle. (I speak French -> I IT speak)
Give me the book -> Donne-moi le livre!
Give it to me -> Donne-le-moi!
- French Posessive adjectives (Mon/ma/mes, ton, son, notre / nos...)
-Replacing french nouns with PROnouns (les amis-> ils)
-Irregular VS. Regular french adjectives (BAGSO, placement, endings must agree with the subject, so they change for feminine or masculine or plural)
-Demonstrative Adjectives: ce, cet, cette, ces
-> here are some good practice exercises: 1) http://facweb.furman.edu/~ballen/fr22/hotdemon.htm
2) http://www3.humnet.unipi.it/francese/Lecon1/Lecon_1c.htm
-French Negation
-Three different kinds of french questions
That's pretty much it!
Remember, take a break every 20 minutes, and don't spend more than 45 minutes per day on French, or else you will become tired. Go outside, drink water, run around... breaks are important for your brain.
There will be a reading comprehension exercise with questions to answer. Vocabulary I wouldn't expect you to know will be provided :) There's no real way of studying for this part of the exam... either you understand it, or you breathe in and out and do your best!
Oral:
Copy and paste this text, one sentence at a time, into Google Translate.
Tell Google Translate that it's in French, and practice each sentence OUT LOUD. You will need to read it to me and you will be marked on pronounciation.
Verbs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQ8tx7nQxc&feature=relmfu
-Know the most common French verbs: Their meanings, and ***generally*** how to conjugate them in the Past, Present, Futur Proche
(don't bother studying Futur Proche, it's too easy!)
Groups: Regular -ER, -IR, -RE, -TIR & Common Irregular Verbs (the 6 listed below are linked individually)
There's no excuse not to know FAIRE, ALLER, VOULOIR, POUVOIR, ETRE, AVOIR because those are from grade 8.
***You do NOT need to know all of the past tense verb forms because this test will be open book and you will be allowed to use those same Passe Compose sheets.
-Vocabulaire: The basics from Grade 8 and 9 (La Francophonie, la nourriture, les sentiments, la salle de classe, les voitures, les vetements...and more). I'll usually provide a list of vocabulary if I think there are words you won't know.
Grammar:
-The French comparative (Orange juice is better than apple juice)
-The French superlative (Orange juice is the best of all juices)
-Adverb 'y' (means 'there'). (I go to school... I go there. = Je vais à l'école --> J'y vais.)
-Prepositions and Country names (masculine, plural, feminine), Cities, Islands, other places
-The French imperative
remember we only use 3 subject pronouns for the Imperative:
- Tu (drop the -s for ER verbs unless it's in front of a vowel sound)
- Nous (think how a leader of a group gives commands: "let's go!" = "Allons-y!"
- vous (I use vous all the time when i give the whole class instructions - "Ouvrez votre carnet à la page cent-treize!" )
--> Related: French Direct Object Pronouns ( replacing words with the equivalent of "it": Je parle le francais ---> Je LE parle. (I speak French -> I IT speak)
Give me the book -> Donne-moi le livre!
Give it to me -> Donne-le-moi!
- French Posessive adjectives (Mon/ma/mes, ton, son, notre / nos...)
-Replacing french nouns with PROnouns (les amis-> ils)
-Irregular VS. Regular french adjectives (BAGSO, placement, endings must agree with the subject, so they change for feminine or masculine or plural)
-Demonstrative Adjectives: ce, cet, cette, ces
-> here are some good practice exercises: 1) http://facweb.furman.edu/~ballen/fr22/hotdemon.htm
2) http://www3.humnet.unipi.it/francese/Lecon1/Lecon_1c.htm
-French Negation
-Three different kinds of french questions
That's pretty much it!
Remember, take a break every 20 minutes, and don't spend more than 45 minutes per day on French, or else you will become tired. Go outside, drink water, run around... breaks are important for your brain.
Mlle Jarvis's short-hand key for correcting French writing:
aux = missing or wrong auxiliary verb (either être or avoir)
p.p. = Missing or wrong conjugation of Past Participle (the second part of a Passé Composé conjugation)
PC = Put into Passé Composé
0 = something's missing, usually a preposition (en, à, au, dans, sur, par) or an article (le, la les, l'___, de, du, des) etc.
SVP = S'il vous plait
frag = fragment (incomplete sentence, usually because the verb is missing altogether)
SP = Wrong Spelling
triangle of three dots = therefore, or because
Awk = Awkward phrasing - try re-writing it a different way
Certain verbs require prepositions. Examples:
Aller à/ au / aux / à l'___ = To go to
Partir de = to leave from
aux = missing or wrong auxiliary verb (either être or avoir)
p.p. = Missing or wrong conjugation of Past Participle (the second part of a Passé Composé conjugation)
PC = Put into Passé Composé
0 = something's missing, usually a preposition (en, à, au, dans, sur, par) or an article (le, la les, l'___, de, du, des) etc.
SVP = S'il vous plait
frag = fragment (incomplete sentence, usually because the verb is missing altogether)
SP = Wrong Spelling
triangle of three dots = therefore, or because
Awk = Awkward phrasing - try re-writing it a different way
Certain verbs require prepositions. Examples:
Aller à/ au / aux / à l'___ = To go to
Partir de = to leave from
Earl Marriott - French 9
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Due tomorrow: 1) Self reflection (click above if you need to see the questions)
2) Double-sided Verb practice sheet. Use Google if you need to! It's allowed :)
Bonjour! Please watch these videos and be ready to be quizzed! You will draw 4 numbers which will randomly determine which phrases you need to be able to say.
1) Learn French with Ouino: Les salutations (Greetings)
2) Learn French with Ouino: L'Essentiel (We watched this one together in class)
2) Double-sided Verb practice sheet. Use Google if you need to! It's allowed :)
Bonjour! Please watch these videos and be ready to be quizzed! You will draw 4 numbers which will randomly determine which phrases you need to be able to say.
1) Learn French with Ouino: Les salutations (Greetings)
2) Learn French with Ouino: L'Essentiel (We watched this one together in class)
SEAQUAM SECONDARY CONTENT BELOW
Old French 9 content from 2012:
The answer keys for the final exam review have been updated 2x & Mlle Jarvis rearranged your study suggestions below.
Answer Keys : you need to provide a final mark or approximate percentage mark for each review booklet or page in order to get the completion mark. (Mlle Jarvis is trying to upload these, be patient and check back later. )
First upload includes... https://www.dropbox.com/s/o4ew4sba0ym75ap/Answer%20Keys%20Set%201.pdf
Second upload:
Fourth: (Part of the really thick yearlong Review Package, total is acceptable in % percent mark, or you can do a total # of errors shown with a minus, or total out of 273)
First upload includes... https://www.dropbox.com/s/o4ew4sba0ym75ap/Answer%20Keys%20Set%201.pdf
- Passé Composé Dr Mrs Vandertramp with Notes on the front for Pronominal / Reflexive verbs
- Passé Composé with Avoir and Être fill-in-the-blanks
- Ça Marche 2 Review Questions (Multiple Choice)
Second upload:
- Unit 3 Test Review Package https://www.dropbox.com/s/2azzs50xkq3w4f8/Answer%20Key%20Package%202-Unit3Review.pdf
- Ça Marche 2 year-end Review (Short Written Answers, Synonymes / les contraires (Opposites) & Labeling technology with function in verb form https://www.dropbox.com/s/0q3a9jivk1pukmz/Answer%20Key-Written%20Year%20End%20Review.pdf
Fourth: (Part of the really thick yearlong Review Package, total is acceptable in % percent mark, or you can do a total # of errors shown with a minus, or total out of 273)
- Unit 6 Section: "The Past Tense", etc. https://www.dropbox.com/s/v7p5f1wcuo932ew/Unit%206%20w%3Asuperlatives.pdf
- Unit 3 & 5 Section (Parce Que, Demonstrative Adjectives) https://www.dropbox.com/s/uyegdgtw6vikjl2/AnswerKeys%20Unit%203%265.pdf
Fifth upload: (only some of you asked me for the extra Object Pronouns Worksheet, NOT for marks) - https://www.dropbox.com/s/9rs55etkhhakd7u/Object%20Pronouns%20Answers.pdf
What to study for the M/C test - suggestions from your classmates
If you think you need to re-learn a certain subject, copy and paste the topic(s) into the search box of http://french.about.com/
If you're patient you may look for practice exercises on http://www.lepointdufle.net
It's probably a good idea to look at your course outline if you have one from the beginning of the year. It will often list the major goals of the course.
Le Superlatif
Le Comparatif
Le Passé Composé (< Careful because I saw lots of mistakes on your composition when it came to past participles)
Adjective Agreement (L'accord des adjectifs)
Les Verbes Réflexifs / Pronominaux
-> *IMPORTANT* http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/tap4.html et http://instruction2.mtsac.edu/french/french2/lequotidien/pcreflechis.htm
-> Helpful video for Reflexive verbs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yljQ9WBxC7k&feature=relmfu
Le Futur Proche (easy! Just the present tense conjugation of ALLER + the infinitive verb you wish to portray in the future. Example: "Je vais écrire un test demain.")
Les Prépositions géographiques (à une ville, En / Au for Countries, à for ONE island, Aux for multiple Islands, etc.) -> http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa062400.htm
Direct Object Pronouns (scroll DOWN to vendredi below for Mlle J's explanations of DOPs)
--> Practice "y" and "en": http://www.columbia.edu/~fms5/fyen.html
L'impératif: remember we only use...
Les adjectifs et les pronoms démonstratifs:
•les adjectifs démonstratifs : ce, cet, cette, ces
•les pronoms démonstratifs : celui, celle, ceux, celles, cela (ça), ce / celui-ci, celle-ci, ceux-ci, celles-ci, cela (ça), ceci
-> here are some good practice exercises: 1) http://facweb.furman.edu/~ballen/fr22/hotdemon.htm
2) http://www3.humnet.unipi.it/francese/Lecon1/Lecon_1c.htm
La Négation (ne .... pas hugs the verb, or hugs the auxiliary (first) verb in passé composé and futur proche )
Don't forget vocabulary. Stick to the very basics of each unit.
--> Related: Emphatic Pronouns (Moi, toi, etc.)
Les Pronoms démonstratifs : celui, celle, ceux, celles, cela (ça), ce
--> Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
- here are some good practice exercises: 1) http://facweb.furman.edu/~ballen/fr22/hotdemon.htm
2) http://www3.humnet.unipi.it/francese/Lecon1/Lecon_1c.htm
L'Inversion - Les Questions ( A-t-elle étudié pour son examen de français? )
Les Nationalités (Canadien / Canadienne etc.)
Les adjectifs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=indWryDF01o
Les verbes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQ8tx7nQxc&feature=relmfu
Carnet pages: • 39 (good for les adjectifs)
• look for pages you haven't done yet from units 1 & 2.
•Avoid the listening-specific exercises but even those pages often only half the first part as a listening exercise, whereas the second half is easy to do on your own.
If you're patient you may look for practice exercises on http://www.lepointdufle.net
It's probably a good idea to look at your course outline if you have one from the beginning of the year. It will often list the major goals of the course.
Le Superlatif
Le Comparatif
Le Passé Composé (< Careful because I saw lots of mistakes on your composition when it came to past participles)
Adjective Agreement (L'accord des adjectifs)
Les Verbes Réflexifs / Pronominaux
-> *IMPORTANT* http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/tap4.html et http://instruction2.mtsac.edu/french/french2/lequotidien/pcreflechis.htm
-> Helpful video for Reflexive verbs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yljQ9WBxC7k&feature=relmfu
Le Futur Proche (easy! Just the present tense conjugation of ALLER + the infinitive verb you wish to portray in the future. Example: "Je vais écrire un test demain.")
Les Prépositions géographiques (à une ville, En / Au for Countries, à for ONE island, Aux for multiple Islands, etc.) -> http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa062400.htm
Direct Object Pronouns (scroll DOWN to vendredi below for Mlle J's explanations of DOPs)
--> Practice "y" and "en": http://www.columbia.edu/~fms5/fyen.html
L'impératif: remember we only use...
- Tu (drop the -s unless it's in front of a vowel sound)
- Nous (think how a leader of a group gives commands: "let's go!" = "Allons-y!"
- vous (I use vous all the time when i give the whole class instructions - "Ouvrez votre carnet à la page cent-treize!" )
Les adjectifs et les pronoms démonstratifs:
•les adjectifs démonstratifs : ce, cet, cette, ces
•les pronoms démonstratifs : celui, celle, ceux, celles, cela (ça), ce / celui-ci, celle-ci, ceux-ci, celles-ci, cela (ça), ceci
-> here are some good practice exercises: 1) http://facweb.furman.edu/~ballen/fr22/hotdemon.htm
2) http://www3.humnet.unipi.it/francese/Lecon1/Lecon_1c.htm
La Négation (ne .... pas hugs the verb, or hugs the auxiliary (first) verb in passé composé and futur proche )
Don't forget vocabulary. Stick to the very basics of each unit.
--> Related: Emphatic Pronouns (Moi, toi, etc.)
Les Pronoms démonstratifs : celui, celle, ceux, celles, cela (ça), ce
--> Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
- here are some good practice exercises: 1) http://facweb.furman.edu/~ballen/fr22/hotdemon.htm
2) http://www3.humnet.unipi.it/francese/Lecon1/Lecon_1c.htm
L'Inversion - Les Questions ( A-t-elle étudié pour son examen de français? )
Les Nationalités (Canadien / Canadienne etc.)
Les adjectifs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=indWryDF01o
Les verbes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQ8tx7nQxc&feature=relmfu
Carnet pages: • 39 (good for les adjectifs)
• look for pages you haven't done yet from units 1 & 2.
•Avoid the listening-specific exercises but even those pages often only half the first part as a listening exercise, whereas the second half is easy to do on your own.
lundi le 4 juin: les suggestions pour étudier...
Focus on studying what will be useful for the aural comprehension (listening) component of your "examen finale"
Click or copy/paste these links for extra practice:
Video for "Être" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxYaUXcH-Uo&feature=related
Other videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zRAjXA8uJg&feature=related
Interactive videos:
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv9il8sSlPM
2) Learn French with Ouino: Les salutations (Greetings)
3) Être: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4-JbmCXCVU&list=UU7ECfEG_pXDn3mRj80jdjjw&index=6&feature=plcp
vendredi: suggestions for extra studying:
cahier pages: • 39 (good for les adjectifs)
• look for pages you haven't done yet from units 1 & 2
Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns
-> finding it tough? This page web should help: http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/objectpronouns.htm
-> Using Direct Object Pronouns: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Using-Object-Pronouns.topicArticleId-25559,articleId-25492.html
(^ This article also talks about *Indirect* object pronouns, which I haven't gone over yet
(and I am pretty sure you don't even need to know them until grade 10, but I digress...)
Tips:
Mlle Jarvis says if you can ask yourself " subject + verb + what?" , the answer becomes le / la / les
ex: Il prend le livre. -> Il prend quoi? le livre! -> Il le prend.
if you can ask yourself " subject + verb + who?" , the answer becomes me/ te/ se/ nous/ vous/ se
ex: J'adore toi! -> Je t'adore!
if you can ask yourself " subject + verb + to/ from who?" , the answer becomes lui/ leur **(If it's answering "To/ From who?" then it's an indirect object)
ex: Je donne la pomme à Sarah. -> Je lui donne la pomme -> Je la lui donne.
if you can ask yourself " subject + verb + some of what?" , the answer becomes en (This "en" is technically called an adverbial pronoun)
ex: Il a mangé du pain. -> Il a mangé some of what? Some bread! -> Il en a mangé.
if you can ask yourself " subject + verb + where?" , the answer becomes y (This "y" is technically called an adverbial pronoun)
ex: Il est allé au parc. --> Il est allé où? Au parc! --> Il y est allé.
** Be careful. Sometimes one sentence may contain both a direct object and an indirect object pronoun, not to mention rhe adverbial pronoun (y) or the adverbial pronoun (en), so you need to follow this order:
ex: I give Sarah the apples -> I give them to her. -> Je les lui donne.
And if that isn't enough for you already, there is a silly rule about agreement in the past tense. "Pomme" is feminine, so look closely at the example:
ex: I gave Sarah the apples -> I gave them to her. -> Je les lui ai données.
Practice: http://www.columbia.edu/~fms5/fpro.html (< notice how number ten is an example of that silly agreement rule!)
• look for pages you haven't done yet from units 1 & 2
Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns
-> finding it tough? This page web should help: http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/objectpronouns.htm
-> Using Direct Object Pronouns: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Using-Object-Pronouns.topicArticleId-25559,articleId-25492.html
(^ This article also talks about *Indirect* object pronouns, which I haven't gone over yet
(and I am pretty sure you don't even need to know them until grade 10, but I digress...)
Tips:
Mlle Jarvis says if you can ask yourself " subject + verb + what?" , the answer becomes le / la / les
ex: Il prend le livre. -> Il prend quoi? le livre! -> Il le prend.
if you can ask yourself " subject + verb + who?" , the answer becomes me/ te/ se/ nous/ vous/ se
ex: J'adore toi! -> Je t'adore!
if you can ask yourself " subject + verb + to/ from who?" , the answer becomes lui/ leur **(If it's answering "To/ From who?" then it's an indirect object)
ex: Je donne la pomme à Sarah. -> Je lui donne la pomme -> Je la lui donne.
if you can ask yourself " subject + verb + some of what?" , the answer becomes en (This "en" is technically called an adverbial pronoun)
ex: Il a mangé du pain. -> Il a mangé some of what? Some bread! -> Il en a mangé.
if you can ask yourself " subject + verb + where?" , the answer becomes y (This "y" is technically called an adverbial pronoun)
ex: Il est allé au parc. --> Il est allé où? Au parc! --> Il y est allé.
** Be careful. Sometimes one sentence may contain both a direct object and an indirect object pronoun, not to mention rhe adverbial pronoun (y) or the adverbial pronoun (en), so you need to follow this order:
ex: I give Sarah the apples -> I give them to her. -> Je les lui donne.
And if that isn't enough for you already, there is a silly rule about agreement in the past tense. "Pomme" is feminine, so look closely at the example:
ex: I gave Sarah the apples -> I gave them to her. -> Je les lui ai données.
Practice: http://www.columbia.edu/~fms5/fpro.html (< notice how number ten is an example of that silly agreement rule!)
Written Composition Exam this coming Tuesday
Try to imagine a question or topic: what could we ask you to write in about in Present *and* Past-Tense that would incorporate vocabulary from the whole year? Your written response would need to be about 125-180 words long. That's one long-ish paragraph. 5-9 solid sentences, with an introduction and a conclusion. Your sentences need to be written properly and spelling counts (within reason! *Tiny* spelling errors probably don't count, but if it means I don't know what the word is then there's a problem.)
Ways to practice:
TEST YOURSELF!
1. Download these sentences and try to find and correct each mistake. Some may have one mistake, some have two or three. CLIQUEZ ICI
2. Trop difficile? Do what you can and then CLICK TO DOWNLOAD EXTRA HINTS if you need them
3. Download the answer key and compare. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ANSWERS
Ways to practice:
- Make up your own short-answer topic(s) and try to write responses to them. Flip through your carnet vocabulary to find words from each unit that could work together. Don't bother trying to learn new tough vocab for this written composition: use what you're comfortable with!! Maybe pick 10-15 words from each unit to really focus on: nouns, adjectives AND verbs.
- Type your paragraph(s) into Microsoft Word, select/highlight your entire text and then go to TOOLS > LANGUAGE > FRENCH. You will then right-click (or control-click on a mac) and see suggestions about how you could fix mistakes.
- THEN copy/paste your text into http://bonpatron.com/en/ to check your paragraphs. Focus on identifying the kinds of errors you make so that you can fix your habits in advance.
- Use http://www.wordreference.com if you need inspiration as to how you could put your vocab words into sentences.
- Practice verbs in present and past tense with Avoir and Être (Remember ONLY "DrMrsVandertrampp" verbs go with the Auxilary Être in Passé Composé! )
TEST YOURSELF!
1. Download these sentences and try to find and correct each mistake. Some may have one mistake, some have two or three. CLIQUEZ ICI
2. Trop difficile? Do what you can and then CLICK TO DOWNLOAD EXTRA HINTS if you need them
3. Download the answer key and compare. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ANSWERS
Reminders:
Pop Quiz on "La mode, les vêtements, les parties des vêtements, les couleurs" could happen *anytime* (hint: étudiez!!)
Unit 3 Review Package: Finish Soon! Because...
Unit 3 Examen vendredi le 25 mai
Continue Working Through: Grade 9 Concept Review (The thick livret with the -ER verbs on the front & horse comic on the back)
Unit 3 Review Package: Finish Soon! Because...
Unit 3 Examen vendredi le 25 mai
Continue Working Through: Grade 9 Concept Review (The thick livret with the -ER verbs on the front & horse comic on the back)
Helpful links:
Acapela Text-to-speech tool: (Pick "Alice" or "Bruno") http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html
Bon Patron: http://bonpatron.com/en/
WordReference: http://wordreference.com/
Bon Patron: http://bonpatron.com/en/
WordReference: http://wordreference.com/