Français II: Midterm studyguide
Content:
 Vocabulary
◦ Unit 8
▪ vegetables and seafood
▪ food shops and associated foods
▪ containers/serving amouts for foods (une tranche de, une boîte de...)
▪ fruits
◦ Unit 9
▪ house rooms and furnishings
▪ parts of a house (floors, inside/outside features)
▪ table settings and meal names
◦ Unit 10
▪ Parts of the body
▪ Physical well-being (avoir chaud, froid, etc.)
▪ Negative expressions (jamais, rien, etc.)
▪ Ailments
 Grammar
◦ Unit 8
▪ vouloir and pouvoir
▪ demonstrative adjectives: ce, cet, cette and ces
▪ partitive articles in affirmative (du, de la, des) and negative (de)
▪ expressions of quantity (assez de, trop de, etc.)
▪ the comparative (Les cerises sont plus chères que les oranges.)
◦ Unit 9
▪ de vs. des: plural things that have adjectives (de jolies fleurs vs. des fleurs rouges)
▪ irregular verb prendre
▪ the imperative: giving commands
▪ irregular verb mettre
◦ Unit 10
▪ Il faut...
▪ Verbs + infinitives (Je vais aller, j'aime manger)
▪ Negative expressions (Jamais, rien, etc.)
▪ Devoir
◦ Passé composé: Using avoir + a past participle to state actions that happened in the past
▪ How to form past tense affirmatively, negatively, and in questions
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 Culture
◦ Unit 8
▪ Marseille / regional food specialities
▪ importance of bread / fruit and cheese during the meal / yogurt
▪ open-air markets, speciality shops, and supermarkets
▪ Guadeloupe
◦ Unit 9
▪ arrangement of rooms and space in French housing
▪ French toilets
▪ regional housing styles
▪ etiquette when visiting someone's house
▪ meals in France
▪ French table setting customs
▪ the Maghreb and culture of Morocco
◦ Unit 10
▪ Chamonix
▪ Le Mont Blanc
▪ skiing
▪ Lake Geneva
▪ Switzerland
▪ health expressions
▪ French pharmacies
▪ herbal and homeopathic remedies