French I - Study Guide for Placement Test

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• Greeting people
• Introducing oneself
• Talking about friends and family: definite/indefinite articles, possessive adjectives
• Ordering in a café
• Telling time
• Days of the week
• Months and dates
• Weather and seasons

• Discussing daily activities: subject pronouns, ne…pas, verb + infinitive, regular -er verbs, faire
• Talking about where people are:  être
• Finding out what is going on:  Yes/no question formation
• Inviting friends to do something with you
• Expanding one's conversation skills

• Describing yourself and others: singular and plural nouns, definite and indefinite articles, avoir…ans, adjective formation and position, c'est vs il est.
• Describing your room:  il y a
• Talking about possessions:  avoir, negative article  "pas de"
• Expanding one's conversational skills

• Describing your city:  aller
• Finding your way around:  ordinal numbers
• Describing your home and family: chez, stress pronouns, noun + de + noun, possession with de, possessive adjectives
• Making plans to do things in town:  aller + infinitive, venir, contractions with de

• Talking about clothes:  mettre, préférer, demonstrative ce, interrogative quel?
• Discussing shopping plans:  acheter, regular -re verbs, pronoun on
• Buying clothes: regular -ir verbs, payer, comparisons, imperative

• Discussing leisure activites:  faire de + sport, avoir expressions, ne…jamais
• Describing vacation/travel plans:  voir
• Narrating what happened: passé compose of -er, -ir, -re verbs, some irregular verbs, quelqu'un, quelque chose and their opposites

• Talking about your favorite foods:  vouloir, pouvoir, devoir
• Shopping for food:  partitive article
• Planning a meal:  pronouns me, te , nous, vous
• Eating out with friends:  prendre, boire, connaître, dire, écrire, pronouns le, la, les, lui, leur