Unit 3 Study Guide

French 3 Unit 3 Test

The French 3 Unit 3 test will be held on April 11, 2013. It will contain the following parts:

1. Listening
2. Multiple Choice
3. Writing out verbs
4. Reading

Topics covered will include:

1. Vocabulary used to talk about vacations (p. 112)
2. Vocabulary used to describe events, to tell a story or to express surprise (pp. 124-125)
3. Vocabulary used to describe the weather
4. Expressions of time (p. 131)
5. Writing out forms of the imperfect (p. 116)
6. Writing out forms of passé simple (p. 133) to replace forms of passé composé (p. 114)
7. Choosing between passé composé and imperfect (p. 118, p. 128, p. 131) and writing out either form as needed

Things to consider:

1. Vocabulary will be tested through the multiple choice and listening sections, so you will not have to memorize spelling.
2. Review verbs that take être in passé composé.
3. The best way to review passé composé versus imperfect is to review old homework activities where you needed to choose between the two tenses, especially in paragraph form (see p. 119, Ex. 13 and p. 130, Ex. 4).
4. You will not have to conjugate the passé simple but be sure to recognize the irregulars .
5. The reading section will be multiple choice.