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Question 1
Which sentence is in the near future?
Tu vas aider ta sœur.
Hint: Choose the tense the time clue calls for: hier and dernier point to the past (passé composé or imparfait), maintenant and aujourd'hui to the present, demain and prochain to the future.
Question 2
Complète : ___ commences-tu ton projet? — Lundi.
Quand
Hint: Three ways to ask a yes-or-no question: raise your voice (Tu as faim?), use Est-ce que (Est-ce que tu as faim?), or invert the verb and the pronoun (As-tu faim?).
Question 3
Which word comes first in a sequence?
premièrement
Hint: Sequence words put events in order: premièrement, deuxièmement, troisièmement, d'abord, ensuite, après, finalement.
Question 4
Which sentence disagrees politely?
Je ne suis pas d'accord, parce que…
Hint: To state a need: J'ai besoin de… To ask politely: Je voudrais… / Pouvez-vous… s'il vous plaît? To give an opinion: Je trouve que… / À mon avis…
Question 5
Which sentence is correct?
J'ai autant de devoirs que toi.
Hint: Compare adjectives with plus / moins / aussi… que. Compare amounts with plus de / moins de / autant de… que.
Question 6
Complète : Mes chaussures sont ___. (neuf)
neuves
Hint: Adjectives agree with the noun in gender and number: une grande maison, des montagnes hautes. Add -e for feminine and -s for plural.
Question 7
Who is the audience of a school announcement?
Students and teachers at the school
Hint: Different texts have different formats, registers (formal or informal) and purposes. Use vous and polite words for formal texts, and tu for friends.
Question 8
What does «poser un lapin à quelqu'un» mean?
To not show up when you said you would
Hint: Figurative meaning: to stand someone up.
Question 9
Why does Chloé give her grandmother her arm?
Chaque décembre, Chloé visite le marché de Noël avec sa grand-mère. Cette année, la neige tombe fort et les rues sont glissantes. Chloé s'inquiète pour sa grand-mère, mais elle lui donne le bras. Elles boivent un chocolat chaud et rentrent heureuses.
She is worried about the slippery streets
Hint: A story has characters, a setting, a plot, a problem and a resolution. Look for sequence words and time words to follow the order.
Question 10
Why is it useful to read a poem written by a Francophone author?
To see the world through another person's experience
Hint: Learning French lets us look at our own culture from a new point of view. Francophone creative works, such as songs, films, paintings and poems, express the experience of Francophone communities.
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