GENERAL STUDY GUIDE FOR FRIII MIDTERM 2015

The Midterm consists of seven sections of question/responses:

T/F, Multiple choice, Completion, Short Answer, Essay questions, and Listening

These are the categories divisions: Listening, Speaking, Culture, Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar, Writing

** The Speaking & Listening Components will take place on the last regular class day before finals! **

** A1: Tues, 1/20 B4: Fri, 1/23 **

All of Chapter 7 and Chapter 8-1 & 8-2 will be covered.

Study from your Cahier & TPG pages, quizzes & tests. The sections at the end of the chapters (Grammaire Supplémentaire, Mise en Pratique, Que sais-je? and Vocabulaire) will be ideal places to find exercises to do to practice, and therefore study. They condense everything from the chapter into a few exercises. Even if you don’t do them all, do 2 or 3 from each exercise in the Que sais-je?

Some specifics:

NEVQ verbs Présent, PC & IMP conjugations

Devoir conjugation & meaning & pp (dû) & [devoir + INF] ex: They must leave. = Ils doivent partir.

Se nourrir

Passé composé. Know how to spot avoir & être verbs. Know your être song; know what each verb means and its past participle. Know how to make the past participle for –er, -re and –ir verbs. Know irregular past participles including: faire/fait; recevoir/reçu; avoir/eu, être/été. Know that être is an avoir verb !

Reflexive verbs in the PC; What do they all mean? What are Reflexive Pronouns? How do we conjugate these verbs them in the présent and in the passé composé? All reflexive verbs are ÊTRE! When do we make agreements? When do we not? (body parts!) – Marie s’est foulé la cheville. Aïe!

Futur proche: aller + infinitive … ex: I will eat. = Je vais manger.

Imparfait. Know how to conjugate it & its meanings. Know the slightly irregular conjugations of “nous” like: nous mangeons… ex: She was eating. = Elle mangeait. but Nous mangions.

Notes Culturelles & Panorama Culturelle. These should be easy points. You learn them in ENGLISH.

Les expressions imagées are included [L193]

Physical Health (incl. Body parts & avoir mal à + aches & pains)

Expressing concern for someone + How to Complain [L189]

Expressing discouragement; offering encouragement [L198]

EN: Replaces de + stuff: Tu fais des pompes? Non, je n’en fais jamais. Oui, j’en fais souvent.

Frequency adverbs (toujours, souvent, ne…jamais, etc) [L196] – Where do they go in a sentence ?

Nutrition

Cultural aspects of eating & drinking & ordering in a French restaurant

Conjugation of se nourrir

Justifying a recommendation & advising against something [L202]

La Côte d’Ivoire : History of les Baoulés (Abla Pokou, etc) ; Côte life, schooling, etc.

Missing people & places [L225]

Sequencing words (D’abord, puis, ensuite, après ça, finalement, enfin)

Cheering a team on [L198]

Borat Adj.

Listening

Health advice, Borat adj, Someone’s past x2, Aches & pains, Eating habits, Exercise vocab, Missing things

NOM:

Imparfait endings

How is it formed?

-er endings

((Frère Jacque!)

-ir endings

avoir

-re endings

-re (

+ irregs!

-ir (

-er (

être

Past Participle formation

Reflexive Pn

for Reflexive Vb

Cashore, Donna

2015-01-11

Donna

Yale University