French II
May 2008 Final Exam Guide
Bienvenue (chs. 9 -12)
A Bord (All Review sections + chs. 1-4)
Verbs
aller, être, avoir, faire
venir / venir de
prendre, comprendre, apprendre, entreprendre
mettre
savoir
connaitre
falloir (Il faut...)
croire
voir
vouloir
pouvoir
devoir
conduire
dire
écrire
lire
s'asseoir
Grammatical Structures
Common Regular and Irregular Adjectives and Adverbs
Double-Consonant Adjectives
Comparing Items [meilleur, mieux, etc.]
Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns
Double-Object Pronouns in sentences
Stress Pronouns
Command Forms of regular verbs
Spelling Changes in verbs ending in -cer, -yer, -ger,- and
double-consonant verbs
Command Forms of irregular verbs
Present tense of Reflexive Verbs
Passé Composé of Reflexive Verbs
Irregular Past participles
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Negative Expressions (ne + que, rien, personne, jamais, etc.)
Interrogative Expressions (qui, que, qui est-ce que, qui est-ce
qui, comment, à quelle heure, où, etc.)
Past Participle Agreement with preceding direct objects (and
pronouns)
Personne ne + VB
Rien ne + VB
The Passé Composé used with AVOIR
The Passé Composé used with ETRE
ALL spelling changes with forming the passé composé
The Imparfait in simple sentences
Using the Imparfait to describe weather, conditions, states of
being, and habitual, continual, and repeated actions or
events
Two actions in the same sentence (continual and interrupting
actions), ie. passé composé & imparfait used together
Vocabulary
Weather Expressions
The Post Office
Clothing
Colors
Shopping
Market Vocabulary
Fruits and Vegetables
Numbers
Daily Routines (Reflexive Verbs, things around the house and
school)
Sports and Leisure Activities
Telephone Vocabulary
Travel (plane, car, train, etc.)
Driving
Culture
The French-Speaking World
Location of Regions, Countries, and Islands on a map
Basic Information
Economy
Political Situation, etc.
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Provence
Map
Regional products, etc.
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