Chapitre 1: À l`université

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Nom ______________________________________
Date ___________________
FREN 101 (2015 winter term 1): test 1, ch. préliminaire & 1:
the test minus the actual questions
I. GRAMMAIRE & VOCABULAIRE
A.
Est-ce que, le verbe être, et les cours. Fill in the blanks to complete the conversation.
B. Les adjectifs.
questions 1-3 = Finish each sentence with the opposite (antonym) of the highlighted adjective.
4-5 Indicate your preference(s): choose one adjective and put it in the correct form and in the correct position.
6-7 The comparative: more than / less than / equally
(5 points)
(7 points)
C. Les articles.
(3 points)
Three questions, with blanks. Fill in the blanks using the indefinite article (un, une, des) or the definite article (le, la, l’, les).
II. LECTURE & COMPRÉHENSION
(10 points)
Read [a short text] below and answer the questions that follow (in English or French). Source: [a French university website]
III. TRADUCTIONS , VOCABULAIRE, & PRODUCTION
(5 points)
You have a choice of TWO exercises here. Please do ONE of them.
Turn the [3] sentences [provided, in English] into French, in complete sentences, making the requisite changes to reflect what is true
for you. You may also, of course, lie! Limit yourself to the material here and to vocabulary covered in class—this is not a composition.
OR
Answer [3] questions, in French, in 2-3 sentences.
IV. COMPOSITION
(10 points)
You will be iven a situation (it will be imaginary). Using the information in section II above and in the map below [which I am not
including here: it is a simple French university campus map], describe [what you are doing and where]. You should write around 50
words (you may write more if you wish, but mistakes will only be counted in your first or best 50 words), in French. You may find it
useful to use structures such as: "I am ..." - "I am studying ..." - "On the campus, there is/are ..." there is not / there are not any ..." and statements of opinion and description using adjectives, adverbs, and comparatives.