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Grade 7 Core French practice sheet

Ontario Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________

  1. Question 1

    What does «en face de» mean?

    • across from
    • beside
    • inside
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    across from

    Hint: Direction words: à gauche (left), à droite (right), tout droit (straight ahead), devant (in front of), derrière (behind), à côté de (beside), en face de (across from), entre (between).

  2. Question 2

    What does «la ville» mean?

    • the village
    • the street
    • the city
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    the city

    Hint: Learn places with their articles: la bibliothèque, le parc, l'école. Think of what people do there.

  3. Question 3

    How do you say “The dog is less big than the horse”?

    • Le chien est plus grand que le cheval.
    • Le chien est aussi grand que le cheval.
    • Le chien est moins grand que le cheval.
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    Le chien est moins grand que le cheval.

    Hint: Compare with plus… que (more… than), moins… que (less… than) and aussi… que (as… as). The adjective agrees with the first person or thing.

  4. Question 4

    Ma grand-mère est ___. (kind)

    • gentil
    • gentils
    • gentille
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    gentille

    Hint: Adjectives agree with the person: il est gentil / elle est gentille; sportif / sportive. Some adjectives stay the same for both: drôle, timide, sympa.

  5. Question 5

    You see «cinéma» on a sign. What is it?

    • a movie theatre
    • a market
    • a circus
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    a movie theatre

    Hint: Cognates are words that look alike in English and French: animal, hôpital, restaurant. Beware of faux amis (false friends) that look alike but mean something different.

  6. Question 6

    How do they solve the problem?

    Le pique-nique

    C'est samedi. Priya et son père préparent un pique-nique. Ils mettent des sandwichs, des fraises et de l'eau dans un panier. Ils marchent jusqu'au parc. Soudain, il commence à pleuvoir! Ils mangent sous un grand arbre et rient ensemble.

    • They cancel the picnic
    • They go home
    • They eat under a big tree
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    They eat under a big tree

    Hint: Story elements: characters (who), setting (where and when), problem (what goes wrong) and solution (how it is solved).

  7. Question 7

    In which region of the world is Haiti?

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    • Asia
    • Europe
    • The Caribbean
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    The Caribbean

    Hint: Haiti is a Francophone country with its own language, Haitian Creole, alongside French.

  8. Question 8

    A classmate from a Francophone community shares a family tradition. A respectful reaction is…

    • to retell it as your own
    • to joke about it
    • to listen, ask questions and thank them
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    to listen, ask questions and thank them

    Hint: Cultural appropriation means using elements of a culture without permission or context in ways that may misrepresent it. Plagiarism means passing off someone else's work as your own.

  9. Question 9

    What does «au bout de la rue» mean?

    • at the beginning of the street
    • at the end of the street
    • far from the street
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    at the end of the street

    Hint: Direction words: à gauche (left), à droite (right), tout droit (straight ahead), devant (in front of), derrière (behind), à côté de (beside), en face de (across from), entre (between).

  10. Question 10

    What does «le magasin» mean?

    • the museum
    • the school
    • the store
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    the store

    Hint: Learn places with their articles: la bibliothèque, le parc, l'école. Think of what people do there.

Answer key

  1. 1. across from (Directions)
  2. 2. the city (Places in town)
  3. 3. Le chien est moins grand que le cheval. (Comparing)
  4. 4. gentille (Describing people)
  5. 5. a movie theatre (Cognates and strategies)
  6. 6. They eat under a big tree (Reading short stories)
  7. 7. The Caribbean (The Francophone world)
  8. 8. to listen, ask questions and thank them (Culture and honesty)
  9. 9. at the end of the street (Directions)
  10. 10. the store (Places in town)

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