Test Preparation Guidelines - Chapitre 3, Son et Sens
I.
Listening section - six items - be able to recognize the difference in pronunciation
between similar but distinctly different words, e.g., the difference between cousins and
cousines. (12 points)
II.
Family members - seven items - be able to state the relationship any given person on a
family tree bears to any other given person, e.g., Yves est le frère de Colette et de Paul.
See pages 34-5. (14 points)
III.
Vocabulary and the possessive determiner (adjective) - six items - be able to state the
name, including gender by means of le or la, of various articles of clothing, and be able to
fit the correct form of the possessive adjective (mon/ma, ton/ta, son/sa - which one you
are to use is indicated in English under the blank line) to the noun it modifies, e.g., C'est
la chaussure de mon fils. See pages 37-8 (les habits); 45-6 (les déterminants possessifs
singuliers) - (24 points)
IV.
Disjunctive pronouns - eight items - be able to supply the disjunctive pronoun that agrees
with the subject(s). E.g., Je vais chez moi. See pages 40-1. (8 points)
V.
Être - six items - be able write all six forms of this verb, correctly correlated with the
corresponding forms of aller. There are six sentences, all of which use a form of the verb
aller. You are to rewrite each sentence using the form of être that corresponds in number
and person to the form of aller. E.g., if the given sentence is "Tu vas à la piscine," you
write "Tu es à la piscine." See page 41-2; review page 21 (aller) (18 points)
VI.
Plural forms of the definite determiner (definite article) and the possessive determiner
(adjective) and plural forms of nouns - four items - be able to write the plural forms of
nouns and the plural forms of possessive determiners (mes, tes, ses) or definite article
(les). E.g., if you see "Voilà l'hôtel," you write "Voila les hôtels." If you see "Ta nièce
est à la plage," you write "Tes nièces sont à la plage." See pages 45-6; review page 27 (12
points)
VII.
Composition (translation) - be able to write a few simple sentences in French; in other
words have a good grasp of all vocabulary in Chapters 1 - 3 and be familiar with the way
sentences are constructed. (12 points) Try this one. It is close to the one on the test.
"Where is my bathing suit? Over there, on the table. And my shoes? They are under the
table with your socks." (Où est mon maillot? Là-bas, sur la table. Et mes chaussures?
Elles sont sous la table avec tes chaussettes.)