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Grade 9 Core French practice sheet

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  1. Question 1

    Which sentence is in the near future?

    • Tu vas aider ta sœur.
    • Tu as aidé ta sœur.
    • Tu aidais ta sœur.
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    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.

  2. Question 2

    Complète : ___ commences-tu ton projet? — Lundi.

    • Quand
    • Combien
    • Qui
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    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?).

  3. Question 3

    Which word comes first in a sequence?

    • ensuite
    • premièrement
    • finalement
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    premièrement

    Hint: Sequence words put events in order: premièrement, deuxièmement, troisièmement, d'abord, ensuite, après, finalement.

  4. Question 4

    Which sentence disagrees politely?

    • Je ne suis pas d'accord, parce que…
    • Tu as tort, point final!
    • Tais-toi!
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    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…

  5. Question 5

    Which sentence is correct?

    • J'ai autant de devoirs que toi.
    • J'ai autant devoirs que toi.
    • J'ai aussi de devoirs que toi.
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    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.

  6. Question 6

    Complète : Mes chaussures sont ___. (neuf)

    • neufs
    • neuves
    • neuf
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    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.

  7. Question 7

    Who is the audience of a school announcement?

    • People in another country
    • Only the principal
    • Students and teachers at the school
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    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.

  8. Question 8

    What does «poser un lapin à quelqu'un» mean?

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    • To tell a secret
    • To give someone a pet
    • To not show up when you said you would
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    To not show up when you said you would

    Hint: Figurative meaning: to stand someone up.

  9. Question 9

    Why does Chloé give her grandmother her arm?

    Le marché de Noël

    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 wants to run
    • She is tired of waiting
    • She is worried about the slippery streets
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    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.

  10. Question 10

    Why is it useful to read a poem written by a Francophone author?

    • To prove one culture is better
    • To see the world through another person's experience
    • To avoid learning vocabulary
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    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.

Answer key

  1. 1. Tu vas aider ta sœur. (Past, present, future)
  2. 2. Quand (Asking questions)
  3. 3. premièrement (Putting events in order)
  4. 4. Je ne suis pas d'accord, parce que… (Needs and opinions)
  5. 5. J'ai autant de devoirs que toi. (Comparing amounts)
  6. 6. neuves (Describing things and places)
  7. 7. Students and teachers at the school (Types of texts)
  8. 8. To not show up when you said you would (Traditions and expressions)
  9. 9. She is worried about the slippery streets (Stories: problem and resolution)
  10. 10. To see the world through another person's experience (Identity and creative works)

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