• Comprehension exercises: distinguish between singular/plural, masculin/feminine, past/present/future, etc.
• Questions.  Give complete sentence answers.
  
  Partie écrite
  

• Articles: definite, indefinite, partitive, expressions of quantity
• Verbs: Present tense and passé composé forms of all verbs in Chs. 1-8, regular, irregular, reflexive, including usage with negative expressions
• Expressions with avoir
  
• Negation: ne ..rien, ne...plus, ne...jamais, used with present, passé composé, and infinitives following the verb
• Vocabulary: Be able to explain daily or weekend activities, study habits, your schedule, or your preferences or opinions in culinary matters.
• Culture: Review material presented in the A propos section of each chapter, and other relevant material presented in class
  
• Reading: be able to read a short passage in French and answer questions based on it
• Miscellaneous: be able to produce and use in French the following kinds of expressions:

Here is a sample of this kind of exercise:
Fill in the blank with the French equivalent of the English expression in parentheses. Make sure you provide all words necessary for the context:

Aujourd'hui il ____________________ (is cold). J'ai _______________________ (alot of) devoirs à faire et je ne vais pas ____________________ (play) tennis. ____________ (My) parents vont arriver _______ (from) Atlanta à six _______________ (o'clock) et nous ______________ (are going to) dîner au restaurant.


CORRECT ANSWERS BELOW:

Aujourd'hui il fait froid. J'ai beaucoup de devoirs à faire et je ne vais pas jouer au tennis. Mes parents vont arriver d' Atlanta à six heures et nous allons dîner au restaurant.

Examen oral
mardi 7 décembre
mercredi 8 décembre

Examen No. 3
Chs. 5 + 6

listening section: answer questions using complete sentences; recognize time of day; answer information questions containing où, quand, and pendant
Vocabulary to review: days, countries, languages, academic courses, time and place expressions, musical instruments, sports and games, things to read
à and de + indefinite articles; jouer à / de
prepositions of place and with geographical names
Passé composé
Pronoms accentués
Irregular verbs être, avoir, faire; lire, écrire; partir, sortir, dormir; envoyer, nettoyer; aller, devoir
temps, heure, fois
ne...rien, ne...jamais
Writing assignment: Write a letter to a friend from Québec who is interested in studying at Furman. Mention four (4) of the buildings on campus and their relation to each other; tell which classes you have; then talk about what Furman students like to do during the week and on the weekends, enlivening your description of campus life with vivid concrete details. End by telling about something you did last week.
Remember to use the Entre Amis website exercises as a review (link from the Programme pages), as well as the other web-based exercises from UT and the Cahier d'exercices work from Chs. 5 and 6. Some formats may be modeled after Cahier exercises

Examen No. 2
Chs. 3 + 4

listening section: answer questions using complete sentences; show understanding of family vocabulary using an arbre généalogique; write dictated numbers
Vocabulary to review: family, age, numbers, things in the home, clothing, colors, describing people, professions you're interested in, il y a / voilà
Indefinite articles (un, une, des, de, d'): supply the missing indefinite article in a sentence
Possessive adjectives: mon, sa, votre, leur, etc.: supply the possessive article which corresponds to the subject.
Ex: Ma mère porte son chapeau.
Demonstrative adjectives (ce, cet, cette, ces): supply the missing demonstrative adjective
Adjectives: place an adjective in a sentence, using correct word order and making it agree with a noun
Irregular verbs être, avoir and faire: conjugate correctly in the present tense. Regular -er verbs may also appear in this section.
Writing assignment: Write a followup letter to your Belgian friend Delphine in which you describe a friend you think she will enjoy meeting. Give the following information: name, age, nationality, hair and eye color, 3 personality traits, some idea of the kinds of clothes this person typically wears, and a couple of things s/he does around the house (always, sometimes, rarely or never!)
Remember to use the Entre Amis website exercises as a review (link from the Programme pages), as well as the other web-based exercises from UT and the Cahier d'exercices work from Chs. 3 and 4. Some formats may be modeled after Cahier exercises

Examen No. 1

[This exam will include both listening and writing parts]

A réviser:
Vocabulary:Adjectives, nationality, things to drink
Negation
-er verbs
être
Interrogative forms
Masculine vs feminine forms
Meeting new people
Discussing likes and dislikes
Numbers
N'oubliez pas votre cahier d'activités! (Don't forget to bring your cahier d'activités to be checked during the test)

Petit test No. 2

A réviser:
Adjectives and agreement (see #11, p. 23)
Nationality
Negation
-er verbs

Petit test No. 1

This is a five-minute check-up on some very basic things. Please review the following:

numbers 0-30 (write numbers dictated by professor)
alphabet (write words spelled for you by professor)
telling time
Answering simple questions: weather, meeting and greeting people (see "A vous," p. 10)

Final Exam Partie orale
(click on link to practice listening exercises) Partie écrite: Important areas to review for exam:
Articles: definite, indefinite, partitive, expressions of quantity
Verbs: Present tense and passé composé forms of all verbs in Chs. 1-8, regular, irregular, reflexive, including usage with negative expressions
Adjectives: placement, agreement
Negation: ne ..rien, ne...plus, ne...jamais, used with present, passé composé, and infinitives following the verb
Vocabulary: Be able to explain daily or weekend activities, study habits, your schedule, your background, or your preferences or opinions in culinary matters.
Reading: be able to read a short passage in French and answer questions based on it, as in the Escale activities
Miscellaneous: be able to produce and use in French the following kinds of expressions:
telling time
weather
seasons
days and months
different ways of saying "time"
prepositions before geographical names ("to/in," "from")
venir de
jouer à/de
expressions with avoir
expressions of quantity
possessive adjectives
numbers
il y a,voilà, etc. Here is a sample of this kind of exercise:
Fill in the blank with the French equivalent of the English expression in parentheses. Make sure you provide all words necessary for the context: Aujourd'hui il ____________________ (is cold). J'ai _______________________ (alot of) devoirs à faire et je ne vais pas ____________________ (play) tennis. ____________ (My) parents vont arriver _______ (from) Atlanta à six _______________ (o'clock) et nous ______________ (are going to) dîner au restaurant.
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