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LES QUESTIONS DU
5E
How long will the exam be?
 7th
grade Exam is on Thursday, June 4
from 8:15 to 10:00.
 That’s 1 hour and 45 minutes
 105 minutes
When do you use “voici” “voilà” &
“ce sont”?
FIRST UNDERSTAND THE MEANING.
 voici = here is
 voilà = there is or “ta da!”
 ce sont = these are… those are…
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Voici Cecile.
 Voilà la maison de mon pere.
 Voilà Guillaume! Enfin!
 Qui est-ce? Ce sont les frères de ma mère.
How do you know which
conjugation for “-ELER” verbs to
use.
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geler
this word has 2 syllables.
je gèle nous gelons
tu gèles vous gelez
elle gèle ils gelent
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appeler
this word has 3 syllables.
j’appelle nous appelons
tu appelles vous appelez
elle appelle ils appellent
Will we need to know which article
to put in front of a country, city or
town?
OUI.
C’est facile.
le = masculine countries are like masculine nouns.
They don’t usually end in “e”.
Le Maroc.
 la = feminine countries are like feminine
common nouns. They usually end in “e”.
La France
 l’ = Countries which begin with vowels tend to be
feminine.
 THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS!!!! Le Bélgique
Will we need to know which article
to put in front of a country, city or
town?
You need to know this because you’ll have
to know when to say: du or de in
Je viens du Bresil.
Je viens de France.
Je viens des Etats-Unis
Will we need to know which article
to put in front of a country, city or
town?
And you need to know this because you’ll
have to know when to say: en, au or aux in
J’habite au Bresil.
J’habite en France.
J’habite aux Etats-Unis
Will we need to know which article
to put in front of a country, city or
town?
Now, for cities and
towns, all you need to
remember is de
Je viens de Buffalo.
Je viens de Paris.
Je suis de Jacmel.
Je suis d’ Avignon.
Or, à:
J’habite à Buffalo.
J’habite à Paris.
J’habite à Jacmel.
J’habite à Avignon.
Will questions about the movie be
on the test?
 The
movies provide content for the test,
but you will not be asked to remember
facts learned in the movies.
 The final exam evaluates French
vocabulary and grammar knowledge.
Is it all multiple choice?
oui.
What material should we know for
the exam?
 From
Grammaire progressive: niveau
debutant
You must know Units 1-5.
8th grade we will finish unit 6 and you
will start a new workbook: La Grammaire
progressive: niveau intermediaire
 In
What material should we know for
the exam?

From Vocabulaire progressive: niveau debutant
You have been presented and tested on units 126. (Maddie, Andrew G., RJ, Caroline, and
Kristen: I know you didn’t get tested on 1-20, but
GP covered a lot of this vocabulary).
To facilitate your studying, I would simply review
the terms that appear in Trimester exams 1 and
2.
What is the layout of the exam?
100
multiple
choice items.
How long is it?
8
pages.
What verbs and which
conjugations?
Verbs
1-46
avoir to acheter
on your list.
What verbs and which
conjugations?
Irregular verbs.
Regular verbs.
Stem-changing verbs.
Reflexive verbs.
Any vocabulary?
When
you read and
write you are using
French vocabulary
all the time. So yes.
There is vocabulary.
Any vocabulary?

From Vocabulaire progressive: niveau debutant
 You have been presented and tested on units 126. (Maddie, Andrew G., RJ, Caroline, and
Kristen: I know you didn’t get tested on 1-20, but
GP covered a lot of this vocabulary).
 To facilitate your studying, I would simply review
the terms that appear in Trimester exams 1 and
2.
Will the questions about ourselves
be basically what the profile is but
oral?
 oui.
 Comment
t’appelles-tu?
 Quel age as-tu?
 C’est quand ton anniversaire?
 Ou est-ce que tu habites?
 Quel est ton plat prefere?
 Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?
Will the profile we are writing about
a movie we have seen in the past?
 Non.
 Remember,
profiles are about a character
in a movie.
 I will be showing you the movie on June 2.
You will have to go home and write your
profile on a person. Email your profile on
the character to me before or on June 4th.
No late profiles will be accepted.
How will the profile be graded?
 The
grade you receive on the profile will
be it’s own grade on the scale of 100. The
profile grade will be averaged with the
multiple choice portion of the exam.
 15% of your exam grade is averaged into
your final grade for the year.
How will the final profile be graded?
 This
will be the first part of your exam.
Remember the honor code, you may not
share information.
 You may use your own work to help you in
writing this profile, grammaire progressive
and vocabulaire progressif. Your
dictionary should not be used for this
portion. Points will be deducted if words
not in your GP or VP are used.
What is the regular imparfait?
 You
do not need to know the imparfait for
the exam.
 The
imparfait is a way to express the past
in French. At our level, we tend to see it
when we read: J’étais triste.
For the se verbs that are on the
sheet, are those on the only sheet?
oui.
Will the profile be like what we did
last week?
oui.
So whatever has been on the
trimester exam is fair game?
oui.
So, what do we need to know?
Everything
on
Trimester exam
1 and 2
GP Units 4 & 5.
Do we have to know any VP
vocab? If so, what units?
oui.
VP 1-26
Basically,
what is on
the trimester 1 & 2
exams.
What units of GP do we have to
know?
GP units 1-5
Basically, what
had on your
quizzes.
you
In the oral component will you ask
us questions?
oui.
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oui.
Comment t’appelles-tu?
Quel age as-tu?
C’est quand ton anniversaire?
Ou est-ce que tu habites?
Quel est ton plat préféré?
Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?
From what movie will the character
profile be written?
No
Reservations:
Paris.
Will the profile have to be as
detailed as our personal profile?
Oui.
How long is the exam? How long
will it take us?
100 multiple choice
8 pages
You will have 105
minutes to complete it.
How long is the writing and the
oral?
Your
profile needs to
contain all the sentences
used to build a profile.
128 words minimum.
Oral exam: 3 minutes.
When do you use: voici, voilà, il y
a, c’est, ce sont, ce, cet, cette or
ces.
First,
I recommend
you understand
what each term
means in English.
When do you use: voici, voilà, il y a,
c’est, ce sont, ce, cet, cette or ces.
voici
Here is. Voici ma main.
voilà
There is. Voilà monsieur Crane.
il y a
There is; there are: Il y a dix filles dans la salle.
c’est
It is; It’s, This is. C’est mon frère.
ce sont
This is; These are; Ce sont les amis de ma sœur.
ce
This; that; in front of a singular masculine noun.
cet
This; that; in front of a singular masculine noun that
begins with a vowel.
cette
This; that; in front of a singular feminine noun.
ces
This; that; in front of a plural noun.
On the things to know sheet, there is not
GP from trimester 3, do we not have to
know that, but just the verbs and
conjugation?
All
the quizzes you have taken
this term are included in the
final exam. That includes
information from GP Unit 3, 4
and 5.
When do you use: voici, voilà, il y a,
c’est, ce sont, ce, cet, cette or ces.
voici
Here is. Voici ma main.
voilà
There is. Voilà monsieur Crane.
il y a
There is; there are: Il y a dix filles dans la salle.
c’est
It is; It’s, This is. C’est mon frère.
ce sont
This is; These are; Ce sont les amis de ma sœur.
ce
This; that; in front of a singular masculine noun.
cet
This; that; in front of a singular masculine noun that
begins with a vowel.
cette
This; that; in front of a singular feminine noun.
ces
This; that; in front of a plural noun.
When do you use: de words?
de
(preposition) Of, from. This is used in front of cities, in front
of non-specific or immeasurable quantities. In a negation
when you are expressing what you don’t have.
Je viens de Buffalo. Je mange trop de sushi.
Je n’ai pas de crayon.
d’
Same as above, but used before a vowel.
Je viens d’ Avignon. Je mange trop d’artichauts.
Je n’ai pas d’aiguille pour coudre le pantalon.
du
(preposition) Of, from. In front of a masculine Proper noun.
Of the, from the in front of a masculine common noun.
Je mange du gâteau. Je viens du Brésil. Je suis près du
cinéma.
de la
(preposition) Of, from. In front of a feminine common noun.
Je voudrais de la pizza. Je viens de la bibliotheque. Je suis
à côté de la librairie.
When do you use: de words?
de l’
(preposition) Of, from. In front of a common noun which
begins with a vowel.
Je viens de la bibliothèque. Je suis à côté de la librairie.
des
(preposition) Of, from. In front of a masculine Proper noun.
Of the, from the in front of a masculine common noun.
Je suis des Etats-Unis. Je veux des haricots verts. Je suis
près des magasins dans Elmwood Village.
What are the future tenses for all the
verbs?
In this class, we have learned
to form the future by
conjugating the verb “aller” in
the present and writing the
main verb in the infinitive.
Je vais réussir à l’examen.
How do you make questions?
Here
is a statement:
• Tu vas au Maroc.
 How
do you turn it into a
question?
• Tu vas au Maroc?
• Est-ce que tu vas au Maroc?
• Vas-tu au Maroc?
What is “Qu’est-ce que c’est?” and
where do I put it?
Qu’est-ce
que c’est=
What is it?
It’s a question. You use it to ask
what something is or what
something means.
When do you use the pronom tonique?
Moi, j’aime le chocolat?
moi
Et toi?
toi
Et lui, qu’est-ce qu’il aime?
lui
Le chocolat est à elle.
elle
Nous, on va au cinema.
nous Nous, nous aimons le film de Jet Li.
vous
Et vous. Vous aimez le rugby?
When do you use the pronom tonique?
eux
elles
Leo et Thomas, eux, ils aiment jouer
au foot.
Et elles? Elles sont bavardes.
You use it to emphasize a person as
another way to show ownership.
On va chez moi.
C’est pour toi.
What is the difference between “des”
used with un or une and “des” used
with “du” & “de la”
This is an excellent question.
The answer resides in the meaning:
des: the plural form of un or une =
SOME. J’ai des chaussures.
des: the plural form of “du” or “de la” =
of, from, of the, from the, or some.
Je viens des Pays Bas.
Je veux des bonbons.
When do I use “à”?
à=
at, in, at the, to the
When do you use: à words?
à
au
à la
à l’
(preposition) to, at, in. This is used in front of cities, in front
of non-specific or immeasurable quantities. In a negation
when you are expressing what you don’t have.
J’habite à Buffalo. Je te vois à huit heures.
(preposition) to, at, in. In front of a masculine Proper noun.
at the, to the in front of a masculine common noun.
J’habite au Maroc. Je vais au cinéma.
(preposition) at the, to the in front of a feminine common
noun.
J’habite au Maroc. Je vais au cinéma.
(preposition) Of, from. In front of a feminine common noun.
Je voudrais de la pizza. Je viens de la bibliotheque. Je suis
à côté de la librairie.
When do you use the possessive?
mon
ma
mes
ton, son, notre, votre, leur
Goes in front of masculine nouns.
My, your, his, her, our, your, their
ta, sa, notre, votre, leur
Goes in front of feminine nouns.
My, your, his, her, our, your, their
tes, ses, nos, vos, leurs
Goes in front of plural nouns.
My, your, his, her, our, your, their
How do you answer a question?
1. Understand the question.
Comment t’appelles-tu?
2. Identify the verb.
Comment t’appelles-tu?
3. Answer the question with the verb in a
complete sentence. Conjugate properly.
Je m’appelle Cécile.
When do you use “le”?
Used in front of a masculine noun.
It means= THE
What is the difference between a stemchanging verb and a reflexive verb?
 These
stem-changing verbs and reflexive
verbs are –ER verbs. (There are non-ER
verbs that are reflexive verbs.)
 Stem changing verbs have two stems
instead of the usual one.
 Reflexive verbs have reflexive pronouns
and indicate that the action is being done
to the subject attached to the verb.
What is the difference between a stemchanging verb and a reflexive verb?
Stem 1
Stem 2
mang
mange (nous form only)
commenc
commençe (nous form only)
appel
appell (boot)
jet
jett (boot)
achet
achèt
préfér
préfèr
What is the difference between a stemchanging verb and a reflexive verb?
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je me réveille
tu te réveilles
il se réveille
elle se réveille
on se réveille
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nous nous réveillons
 vous vous réveillez
 ils se réveillent
 elles se réveillent
What is the difference between a stemchanging verb and a reflexive verb?
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je me lève
tu te lèves
il se lève
elle se lève
on se lève

nous nous levons
 vous vous levez
 ils se lèvent
 elles se lèvent
Sometimes, there are stemchanging, reflexive verbs.
What is the difference between “les”
and “des”
 les
= the (in front of a plural noun)
 des
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
= some (in front of a plural noun)
= of, from
= of the, from the
What is the difference between “les”
and “des”
é
è
ê
ë
ç
e accent aigue
e accent grave
e accent circonflex
e tréma
c cedille
 Are
we going to need all the chapters we
did in GP? YES. UNITS 1-5.
 Are you going to make the xam fro old
tests? YES
 Do you need to know all the verbs on the
list. JUST AVOIR TO ACHETER.
 How much is this worth for our final grade
for this class? 15%
Déménager
 to
move from one house to another