French 1 Final Study Guide
What to study:
Unit 1
Vocabulary for greetings/leave-takings, introductions, asking how
someone is doing (pages 2-3)
Nouns & their gender (page 10 and/or the list I gave you)
Definite Articles (page 11 - un / une / des)
Indefinite Articles (page 11 - le / la / l’ / les)
Numbers 0-60 (page 12)
The expression il y a, il n’y a pas de & combien de (page 13)
Textbook, pages 16-17
Contextes 1B Practice Activities on vhlcentral.com
Subject Pronouns
Textbook, page 24
Quizlet - “Structures 1B.1 (Subject Pronouns)
Structures 1B Practice Activities on vhlcentral.com: The verb “être”
Textbook, page 25
Quizlet - “Contextes 1B (the verb être)”
Structures 1B.2
-Adjectives Vocabulary
-Adjective Agreement with the Subject
-C’est vs. Il est/Elle est: Textbook, pages 26 & 27
Quizlet - “Structures 1B.2 (adjectives of nationality)”
Quizlet - “Structures 1B.2 (descriptive adjectives)”
Structures 1B Practice Activities on vhlcentral.com
Unit 2
Courses at School / Giving Opinions: Textbook p. 38/39
Culture: School in France: Textbook page 44-45
Grammar/Vocab: Regular -ER verbs
Textbook page 46-47
Quizlet (Structures 2A)
Grammar: Questions with est-ce que!
Questions with inversion
Si as “yes” for a negative question
Vocabulary - ways to answer questions
Textbook pages 48-49
Contextes 2B
Days of the week
Months of the year
Verbs
Useful time words
Difference between “le lundi” and “lundi”
Structures 2B:
How to tell time
-Official time vs. Conversational time
-et quart, et demie, moins le quart
The verb “avoir” (to have)
Culture 2B:
-Le Baccalauréat (Le Bac)
-What it is
-What it is like (format, etc.)
Family Members
-Pets
-Marital Status Vocabulary
Unit 3 Structures 3A: Possessive Adjectives
-Adjective Vocabulary
-Adjective Agreement
Unit 4
Contextes 4B:
-Food & Drink Vocabulary
-Names of different meals
-Café-related vocabulary
Culture 4B:
-Café life (think back to all of the things we discussed about sandwichs,
tipping in a café, etc.
Structures 4B:
-Articles (indefinite, definite, partitive)
-know what each one means and how you would use them
-The verbs prendre and boire
Unit 5
5A and 5B: Sports et hobbies, verbs faire & jouer, seasons, adverbs of frequency (how often you
do something) and months of the year
Format of the Test
The final exam will consist of 200 questions and will include:
-Listening
-Grammar/Vocabulary
-Reading - True/False
You will have various readings (letter, student schedule etc.) You will
then read statements in French about what you read. Determine whether the
statements are true or false.
-Culture- True/False
You will read statements about things in relation to French culture that we learned about this
year. You will read the statement and then decide whether the statement is true or false.
The entire final will consist of multiple choice and true/false answers.
Writing- You will have to write a paragraph about yourself. Introduce yourself,
give age, describe yourself (personality and physical characteristics), your family,
what activities you like to do and when you do them.