French I—
Placement test “must know” material is listed below.
SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY
Alphabet
Greetings Classroom objects
Sports and activities
Going places and doing things
Family and birthdays
Describing people
School subjects
Weather
Television
Recreation and hobbies
Clothing and colors
Idioms and avoir
Travel
Numbers and telling time
Days, months, seasons
Directions, prepositions of place
Countries and nationalities
Food and stores
GRAMMAR
The use of tu and vous
The pronoun on
Definite and indefinite articles
Gender and plural of nouns
Agreement of nouns and adjectives
Formation of interrogative sentences
Formation of negative sentences
Negation pas de
Use of de to show possession
Contractions à and de with definite articles
Possessive adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives
Interrogative adjective quel
Interrogative adverbs
Pronouns – subject, direct and indirect object, disjunctive
Pronoun y
Expressions of quantity
Commands and object pronouns in commands
Present tense of regular –er, -ir, -re verbs
Present tense of irregular verbs: être, avoir, aller, faire, prendre (and similar verbs),
dormir (and similar verbs), offrir, ouvrir, dire, lire, écrire, pouvoir, vouloir
Present tense of stem-changing verbs
Passé composé of regular verbs with avoir
Futur proche
The student is able to
1) ask and respond orally to simple questions, using acceptable pronunciation, rhythm,
intonation, and grammatical constructions.
2) read and answer simple questions based on reading selections.
3) write simple sentences and paragraphs with correct spelling and grammatical
constructions.
Spanish I—
Placement test “must know” material is listed below.
SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY
Alphabet
Greetings
Sports and activities
Going places and doing things
Feelings
Family and birthdays
School
Food
Weather
Recreation and hobbies
Idioms and tener
Clothing and color
Travel
Numbers—cardinal, ordinal
Telling time
Days, months, seasons
House and apartment
GRAMMAR
Gender and plural of nouns
Use of tú and Usted
Definite and indefinite articles
Agreement of nouns and adjectives
Formation of interrogative sentences
Contractions al and del
Use of de to show possession
Possessive adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives
Pronouns -- subject, direct and indirect object, prepositional
Personal a
Present tense of regular -ar, -er, and –ir verbs
Present tense of irregular verbs: ser, ir, estar, ver, hacer, poner, tener, poder, querer,
salir
Present tense of stem-changing verbs – pensar, preferir, dormir
Use of gustar and gustaría
Ir a + infinitive; para + infinitive
Hace … que expression of time
Preterite tense of -ar, -er, and -ir verbs
Preterite tense of ir
The student is able to
1) ask and respond orally to simple questions, using acceptable pronunciation, rhythm,
intonation, and grammatical constructions.
2) read and answer simple questions based on reading selections.
3) write simple sentences and paragraphs with correct spelling and grammatical
constructions.