FRENCH 1 FINAL STUDY GUIDE
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The standard order of subject pronouns is
Singular: I- You (singular/informal)-
Plural: We- You(plural/formal)-
Sentences are formed with a subject and a conjugated verb!!!!!!!
REGULAR VERBS IN THE PRESENT TENSE
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How to form regular –ER verbs
Drop the _______ from the infinitive.
Add the following endings (in subject pronoun order)
_______ _______ ________ _______
Write 4 regular ER verb infinitives and their definitions
1. 2.
______
He/She
They-
______
1.
3.
3. 4.
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GER verbs are conjugated like regular ER verbs, except in the ____________ form. Then you add an _______. Examples of this type of verb are________________________________________
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CER verbs are conjugated like regular ER verbs, except in the ____________ form. Then the C changes to_______. Examples of this type of verb are________________________________________
BOOT VERBS
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YER verbs are conjugated like regular ER verbs, except theY changes to an _______ in the
_________. Examples of this type of verb are________________________________________
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Verbs like acheter and préférer have accent changes in the boot. Give examples.
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How to form regular –IR verbs
Drop the ______ from the infinitive.
Add the following endings (in subject pronoun order)
_______ _______ ________ _______
Write 4 regular IR verb infinitives and their definitions
2.
4.
______ ______

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How to form regular –RE verbs
Drop the ______ from the infinitive.
Add the following endings (in subject pronoun order)
_______ _______ ________ _______
Write 4 regular RE verb infinitives and their definitions
1. 2.
______ ______
3. 4.
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IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PRESENT TENSE. Write their meanings/conjugations
ÊTRE means
VOULOIR means
AVOIR means
METTRE means
ALLER means
FAIRE means
BOIRE means
POUVOIR means
VENIR means
DEVOIR means
PRENDRE means
****Remember : You do not use être with another verb- the i sis built into present tense conjugation.
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Aimer +infinitive - like to do something
I like to watch television.______________________________________
She likes to sing.__________________________________________

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Aller + infinitive - going to do something (future)
We are going to study for our French test. _______________________________________
He is going to ride his bike._____________________________________________
Venir de + infinitive - just did something
He just gave a pencil to me._____________________________________________
They just finished class._______________________________________________
ADJECTIVES
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For regular adjectives, such as intelligent, you add
______ ( to make feminine)
__________(to make masculine plural)
_____________( to make feminine plural)
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Adjective and nouns that end in eu or eau add an _____ in the plural (example: neveu, bureau) and those that end in al change the –al to ______ in the plural )example: journal, international.
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Adjective and nouns that end in eux become __ _____ in the feminine. (example, serieux)
Adjective and nouns that end in if become __ _____ in the feminine. (example, sportif) une fille amusant___ les filles __________ (sporty) il y a 30 bureau____ des garçons _______________(lazy)
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Most adjectives come _____________ the noun, except for BAGS adjectives.
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BAGS stands for ____________, _______________, ____________, ____________ and they
 come before the noun.
Give 4 examples of BAGS adjectives in French.
1._____________ 2._________________ 3.________________ 4.____________________
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Irregular adjective formation
Beautiful Old ms mp ms mp fs fp fs fp

New ms fs mp fp
The beautiful girls_____________________
My old book_________________
A new car________________________
Some new pencils______________________________
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The imperative is the command for. It uses only three verb forms. What are they?
______________ _______________ _______________
They subject pronoun is dropped from the command. Regular –ER verbs drop the letter _____ in the “tu” form of imperative verbs.
Let’s eat!______________ Give me the pencil!__________________________
Look at me_______________________(plural)
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List the possessive adjectives as follows: masculine singular, feminine singular, plural
Remember- these match the nouns they possess. Use the masculine form before a singular noun beginning with a vowel. my_______ ____________ ______________ your (singular/informal) ________ __________ __________ his/her __________ ___________ __________ our_____________ ________________ your(plural/formal) ___________ ___________ their ____________ _______________
Cést _____ mere. (my)
Nous aimons ________parents. (their)
Il a _______ voiture. (his)
Nous aimons ________mère. (you guys’)
Numbers
1______ 2______ 3_______ 4 _____5______6______7______8______9______
10_____11_____12_____13____14______15_____16______17____________18___________
19_________ 20__________ 30__________ 40___________ 50_____________
60_________ 70___________ 80__________ 90____________ 100 _____________
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In French, dates are expressed with the___________ before _____________.
Time- write the time in words in French
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7h46 _________________________
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11h30________________________________
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4h17_______________________________

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To express the negative in French you use _______..._______. This goes around the conjugated verb.
I don’t like pizza.____________________
He doesn’t do his homework._______________________________
Other useful words (define in french)
 with_____________
 in________________
 and____________
 but______________
 or_____________
 also_____________
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The preposition _____ means “to, at and in”
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The preposition _____ means “of, about and from”
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To contract “to the, at the and in the”
à + le =____________
à + la = _____________
à + les= ______________
à + l’=_______________ to the cafe _______________________ at the pool________________________ at the park________________________ to at school_______________________
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To contract “of the, from the and about the” de + le =____________ de+ la = _____________ de+ les= ______________ de+ l’=_______________ about the girl________________________ from the café______________________ of the class__________________________ about the books _____________________
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PARTITIVE: To express some, you use the « de » contractions listed above, based on the gender/number of the noun.
______ fromage (ms) = some cheese
_______ filles (fp) = some girls
_______eau (fs) = some water
______ pizza (fs) = some pizza
How do you define a/an/some masc sing________ fem sing__________ plural_________
How do you define the masc sing________ fem sing__________ plural_________

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Translate the following stress pronouns into French. They usually follow the preposition “à”
Me_______
You______
Us______
You all________
Him______
Her_____
Them (m)_________
Them (f)_____________
I talk to him __________________________
He listens to them____________________
They like me ______________________________
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Question words !
This indicates a question___________________________________
At the head of a sentence, this means « what » and is followed by a subject________________________________
This means what and/or which and changes gender based on the noun that follows it
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Where? ____________________
How much/how many? _______________________
Why? __________________________
Who?____________________________
Which/what matches noun , followed by noun or est/sont ms mp fs fp
Which skirt? __________________ What books?___________________
What girls?____________________ Which movie?_____________________
This/that/these/those matches noun, followed by noun or est/sont ms mp fs fp
This skirt_____________________ These books___________________________
These girls____________________ That movie_____________________

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Idioms
Write and define 4 avoir idioms
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Most weather uses this verb_______________ (example: it is hot)
It’s hot___________________________
It’s cold____________________________
It’s nice_____________________________
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Jouer and faire are used with different activities. List 4 activities that use faire and 4 that use jouer.
Faire Jouer
Remember: You use à with a sport and de with an instrument
Il y a means __________________________________
Vocabulary topics include: personal traits: adjectives- size, hair color, personalities, ,family members, classroom objects, personal belongings- car, dog, cat etc, clothing and colors, likes and dislikes food, weather, seasons, places, place settings, café activities you like to do school subjects and supplies time references- never, often, from time to time agreement- moi aussi, pas moi,
I’ll take a steak with fries._______________________________________
He wants to go to the movies.____________________________________
We can study for our test.________________________________________
Marie comes from the restaurant.__________________________________
They ski at the mountain in the winter.____________________________________
I put on my socks and then my shoes.________________________________________