FRENCH I SEMESTER 1 REVIEW SHEET (DEC 2008)

Calendar:

• We only have 4 regular class days before the exam! (Dec. 1, 3, 5, 9)
• Thursday, Dec. 11: listening comprehension (25%), vocabulary/reading 1 (25%)
• Monday, Dec. 15: grammar/structures (25%); vocabulary/reading 2 (25%)
• I will ask administrative permission to change our lunch on these two days to allow for proper timing.
• After Christmas: an oral interview will be part of the regular 2^nd quarter grade

Vocabulaire:

Study Units 1, 2, 3, pp. 1-109. Begin with your notes and vocabulary cards. Remember that we have expanded many vocabularies (i.e. foods and drinks, -er verbs, etc.)

• Greetings

• Family (35, notes)
• Informal and polite terms (throughout book)
• People and Animals (27, 35)
• Places (85, notes)
• Seasons, Months, Days of the Week (61, 62, 63, 65)
• Time (56, 58), including 24-hour clock
• Weather (65, notes)
• Foods & Drinks (45ff, 49ff, notes, expanded packet)
• Table setting (notes)
• Health (24)
• Adjectives (throughout book; mostly nationalities so far)
• Adverbs (100, notes)
• Numbers (17, 21, 25, 29, 33, notes)
• Math problems (et, moins, fois; font)
• Colors (40, 41, notes)
• Wishes, invitations (77, 78)
• Ordering in a restaurant (48, 53)
• -Er verb meanings/activities (notes, 74, 75)

Miscellaneous:

• Sounds, alphabet (16, 17)
• Nasal sounds (un, on, in, an, ien, oin)
• Diphthongs (ai, au, eu, ei, oi, ou, ui)
• Onomatopée (notes)
• Animals (notes)

Grammaire/Structures:

• -er verbs (74, 75, 94, 96, notes)
• -er spelling changes in nous form (-ger and –cer verbs)
• The verb to be (84)
• The verb to have (singular uses with possession, soif, faim, chaud, froid, de la chance, ans)
• Prepositions (special uses with seasons: au, en)
• Possessive pronouns (my: mon, ma, mes; your: ton, ta, tes; his/her: son, sa, ses
• Negative with ne..pas (88, 98)
• Verb + infinitive (77, 101)
• Making questions with est-ce que (108, 109)
• Interrogative words: où, quand, qui, que, combien, comment, pourquoi, pour qui, avec qui, à qui, de qui

New vocabulary: Places

ici - here

là - there

là-bas - over there

au concert - at the concert

au restaurant - at the restaurant

au collège - at junior high

au lycée - at high school

au café - at the café

au stade - at the stadium

au gymnase - at the gym

au cinéma - at the movies

au bureau - at the office

au match - at the game

à la maison - at home

à la cantine - in the cafeteria

à la plage - at the beach

à la montagne - in the mountains

à la boum - at the party

en ville - in town

en classe - in class

en vacances - on vacation 

Ways that questions will be presented:

• Multiple choice
• Matching columns
• True/false
• Choose the unrelated word in a series
• Food/drink categories
• Fill in the missing word that gives sense to the expression/sentence
• “Family tree”
• Picture to examine
• Short answers in French/English
• Writing sample describing yourself
• Correct form of “to be”: suis, es, est, fait, ai, as, a
• Translation into English

-ER Verbs Master List:

Group 1

aimer            jouer            voyager

chanter         manger

coûter           marcher

danser           nager

désirer          parler

détester        penser

dîner             prêter

donner          regarder

écouter         sauter

embrasser     skier

étudier         téléphoner

habiter         tomber

inviter          travailler

Group 2

adorer           mesurer         neiger

aider             montrer

chercher       organiser

commencer   patiner

composer      peser

compter        pleurer

demander      porter

entrer           préparer

fermer          regretter

Infinitive generators

je veux (I wish, I want to)

je voudrais (I would like to)

je préfère (I prefer to)

je peux (I can/I am able to)

je dois (I have to)

j'aime (I like to)

je déteste (I hate to)

je sais (I know how to)

Basic verb forms

-ER verbs

je --------e

tu---------es

il----------e      [Jacques, le garçon, mon frère, M. Dubois, etc.]

elle-------e      [Marie, la fille, ma tante, Mme Dubois, Mlle Dubois, etc.]

nous------ons   [Jacques et moi]

vous------ez

ils---------ent   [Jacques et Georges, Jacques et Marie, les garçons, mes oncles, etc.]

elles------ent   [Marie et Nicole, les filles, mes soeurs]

-AVOIR (to have; to be with age, hunger, thirst, hot, cold, lucky)

j'ai

tu as

il a

elle a

* plural forms not studied yet

-FAIRE (to do)

je fais

tu fais

il fait (used also with many weather expressions)

elle fait

ça fait (used with addition)