FRENCH I MID-TERM REVIEW

NCVPS Fall 2013

Agenda

Review of important concepts Units 1-5 Common Errors

Tu vs. Vous

Remember the TONE when you are writing conversations.

If this is a person whose first name you use, use TU (familiar TONE).

If this is a person whose name has a title, use VOUS (formal TONE).

Do not mix tones with the same person in the same conversation.

Les Jours et La Date

Be sure to give the date as we have learned.

Be sure to know that the days and months are not capitalized in French.

Be sure to know the seasons. Remember that to make things plural in

French we have to make the noun and all adjectives (articles & adjectives) plural as well. This is called “agreement”.

J’aime….

Be sure you can ask and answer what others like to do and tell what you like to do.

Use J’aime to say what “I like” to do Use Tu aimes to ask or say what YOU like

to do.

Le temps

Be sure you can use Il fait….to talk about the weather.

Remember “il pleut” and “il neige” do not use “il fait” in front of them to talk about the weather.

Be sure you can use clothing ítems to talk abotu what you wear in different seasons.

Verb Conjugation Basics

Subject pronouns – 1st introducedin Le Jour page 3A . Review this.

Je=I Tu=you Il=He Elle=She Nous=We Vous=Y’all, You (formal) Ils=They (masculine) Elles=They (feminine)

ER Verbs – Le Temps page 2B

-ER verbs 1. Drop –ER 2. Add the endings -e, -es, -e, -ons, ez, ent JOUERJOU- Je jouE Tu jouES Il/Elle jouE Nous jouONS Vous jouEZ Ils/Elles jouENT

Pratiquons! On the next few slides, fill in the blanks and then click to see if you are correct.

Je ___________ dans la piscine. (nager) nage

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Nous ___________ anglais et français. (parler)

parlons

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Elle ___________ très bien. (danser) danse

Pratiquons! On the next few slides, fill in the blanks and then click to see if you are correct.

Tu ___________ à six heures. (manger) mange

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Elles___________ chez moi. (dîner) dînent

IR Verbs – L’Heure 1A

-IR verbs Take off the –IR Add the endings: -is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez,

-issent Je finis Tu finis Il/Elle finit Nous finissons Vous finissez Ils/Elles finissent

Pratiquons! On the next few slides, fill in the blanks and then click to see if you are correct.

Je ___________ les devoirs. (finir) finis

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Elle ___________ la baguette. (choisir) choisit

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Elles___________ l’examen. (finir) finisse

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Tu ___________ le film. (choisir) choisi

s

Articles – Le Temps 2A

Definite articles Le, la, l’, les=the Indefinite articles Un, une, des=a, an, some

RE Verbs – L’Heure 1B

-RE verbs Take off the –RE Add the endings: -s, -s, -, -ons, -ez, -ent Je vends Tu vends Il/Elle vend Nous vendons Vous vendez Ils/Elles vendent

Être – L’Heure 1C

ETRE=TO BE Je suis, tu es, il/elle est, nous sommes,

vous êtes, ils/elles sont AVOIR=TO HAVE J’ai, tu as, il/elle a, nous avons, vous

avez, ils/elles ont

Les Questions – L’Heure 1B

Question words: Qui=who Que=what Où=where Pourquoi=why Quand=when Comment=how A quelle heure=at what time Combien=how much

L’Heure – Telling time

As we learned in L’Heure unit – be sure you can tell time using “il est”.

Know the expressions: Et quart Et demi Moins le quart Il est minuit. Il est midi.

Les Adjectifs – Les Couleurs

Adjective placement: Normally in French Adjectives go After

the noun (not like in English). Ex. Une personne intelligente. (A person smart)

BAGS adjectives go BEFORE the noun. (like in English)

What does BAGS stand for? Ex. Une jeune femme (a young woman)

Changing something from masculine to feminine

Le garçon est grand.

Becomes

La fille est grande.

Do you know why? Study this concept.

Common Errors

Accent Marks: très, mère, père, frère, à… Conjugating verbs Articles before nouns (le, la, les, l’) Adjective Agreement (-, -E, -S, -ES) Ex. unE

joliE fillE Writing the date=le + # + month Using “avoir” for age, hot, cold, hungry, and

thirsty Both parts of the negative-ne….pas Je---J’ and nen’ before a vowel sound

NCVPS Policy

You may not use a translator on your mid-term exam.

It is considered cheating and will result in a zero.

I have caught several of you trying to use a translator at some point during the semester.

You may not use your notes, or textbook. You may not use Google. The only item you may have open in

Blackboard is your exam. You may not work with a friend, or get help

from anyone on your test.

Continue to review on your own

Review cultural concepts. Listen to announcements again, or listening

activities for listening practice. Verb Practice:

http://conjuguemos.com/list.php?type=verbs&division=verbs&language=french

Vocabulary and Grammar Practice: http://www.quia.com/shared/french/

Go back and review announcements. Make sure you have read the feedback I left

you on all of your assignments.

La Culture / L’Histoire

Cultural ítems you will want to review: Capitals of French speaking countries we

have learned about. Famous monuments or things we have

learned about representative of certain áreas.

Questions?

Ask me questions if you have them! Text me or BB IM me to get things clear

before you get in to the mid-term exam.