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REVISION POUR L’EXAMEN D’AUTOMNE FRENCH II

Your exam will take place on Monday, December 14. You will need a pencil and a blue or black pen for the exam. Your exam will be a skills assessment that evaluates your capabilities in four different skills areas: listening, speaking reading and writing. In addition, there will a grammar section on the exam.

Tips on preparing for your semester exam

• Your exam will count as 20% of your spring average • Review all notes, homework assignments, tests, and quizzes, paying special attention to mistakes you made • Reread all stories or songs from class • Practice speaking on a given topic

ORAL EXAM

The oral exam will take place during class on Friday, December 11. Bon courage!

Oral exam will be graded as follows: ORAL EXAM: 30% of final exam grade ORAL PRESENTATION: 50% of oral exam grade LISTENING COMPREHENSION: 50% of oral exam grade

I. LIST OF SUBJECTS FOR ORAL PRESENTATION You will be asked to talk about one of the following subjects. You should be able to say at least 20 sentences about each one.

a. Travel to Haiti. Imagine that you are Ben, and you are telling your family what you have seen and done in Haiti. You need to use past tenses in your answer. b. Souvenirs. You are going to introduce yourself and your siblings to your new French host family. Tell them what you used to like to do when you were a child. You can also tell them what your brothers or sisters liked to do when they were young. You need to use the “imparfait” in your answer. c. Telphone call. You have not seen your friend in a while. Make a telephone call and leave a message describing everything you have done during last week. You need to use the passé composé in your answer

II. LISTENING COMPREHENSION You will be asked to answer true/false questions after listening to a story. To review for this part of the exam you should review the vocabulary lists attached to this sheet as well as the vocabulary lists handed out in class

WRITTEN EXAM Format of the exam

• Grammar section: short answer questions will cover grammar and vocabulary; expect to have a passage in which you must write the correct verb tense (present, passé composé, or imperfect), a section covering direct and indirect object pronouns, reflexive verbs and making comparisons. Vocabulary from Episode 1 and 2 will be included. (This section is worth 50% of the written exam)

• Reading: you will read two short stories and respond to written questions in French (This section is worth 20% of the final exam)

• Writing: you will write two essays on given topics (This section is worth 30% of the final exam)

The written exam will take place on Monday, December 14. To prepare for this exam you should review all the vocabulary in Episode 1 and 2 and complete the following tasks.

• Make vocabulary index cards (or vocabulary lists) using the lists attached. (blue cards for masculine nouns and pink cards for feminine nouns) • Read all the story we studied in class including Ma Voiture a Moi (review homework)

• Review all the topics listed below.

Summary of topics covered this semester

Les verbes: • regular verbs: -er, -ir, and –re • irregular versb: être, aller, avoir, faire, devenir, permettre, se plaindre, mettre, se rendre compte, vivre, survivre, effrayer, offrir, terminer de + infinitive, essayer de + infinitive • passé composé with “avoir” • passé composé with “être” (DRMRSVANDERTRAMP) • reflexive verbs in all tenses • the imparfait • the imparfait v. the passé composé

Les pronouns objets • in present, past, future proche • in affirmative and negative • direct object pronouns: le, la, les, l’, me, te, nous, vous • indirect object pronouns: lui, leur, me, te, nous, vous • double object pronouns

Comparative of adjectives • plus beau que • moins beau que • aussi beau que

Negative expressions • ne…jamais, rien, personne • ne…que • au lieu de • au sommet de

Vocabulaire général • la nourriture (Ma Voiture a Moi) • la maison (Ma Voiture a Moi) • descriptive adjectives • se sentir mal • avoir l’air…malade • conseiller

Ma Voiture à Moi, Vocabulaire, culture, …. • Haiti