UNIT 4 EXERCICES DE RÉVISION (REVIEW) Note: These review exercises are NOT exactly the questions or formats that will be on the final, BUT this, along with the Communicative Goals ( Can-Do ) checklists on autrefois.org under Goals should give you a good general idea of what you should know and review. A) Qu est-ce que vous faites? What would be some logical things to do at the following places? Complete each sentence with the present tense of a logical verb (for example, from p. 134, 160, 164, or other verbs you know that would make sense). (Reminder how to conjugate -er verbs: p. 54) Modèle : Au bureau, je travaille beaucoup. Aux boîtes de nuit, nous. Au restaurant, elle. Au cinéma, mes parents. À la bibilothèque, tu. À la patinoire (skating rink), vous. Chez moi, j(e). Chez mes parents, ma famille et moi, nous. B) Où ça? Where do you think the following people go to do the things that are mentioned? Complete the sentences with the right form of the verb aller (p. 142) and the right form of à + the article (top of p. 143) or another logical place with a preposition (for example, bottom of p. 143) Modèle : Pour regarder de l art, nous allons au musée. Pour nager, je. Pour bavarder, nous. Pour manger, mes amis. Pour acheter des T-shirts, Céline. Pour trouver des livres, vous. Pour une opération médicale urgente, tu. Pour faire de l exercice physique, Robert. C) Mes plans pour cette semaine. What are you and your friends and family going to do this week? What are you not going to do? For each day, write one activity. Try to use the futur proche (aller + infinitive, explained middle of page 142) since you re talking about the future. Days of the week and other time expressions: p. 64-65, 76-77, 88 Try to talk about a variety of people. Examples: je, ma famille, mes amis, mon frère et moi, nous, etc. Modèle : Aujourd hui (lundi), je vais étudier pour un examen. Jeudi après-midi, mon père va préparer le dîner. (etc.) 1). 2). 3). 4). 5). 6). 7).
D) Réponses. Give a logical answer to the following questions. (Question words, p. 146) 1) Vous étudiez quoi ce semestre? 2) Quand est-ce que vous aimez manger? 3) Quel restaurant préférez-vous? 4) Vous parlez souvent avec qui? 5) Vous aimez quel cours? Pourquoi est-ce que vous aimez ce (this/that) cours? 6) À quelle heure est-ce que vos classes commencent en général? 7) Votre famille et vous, vous avez combien de télévisions? 8) Qu est-ce que vous aimez manger? E) Questions. Now, it s your turn to ask questions. What are some information questions that you could ask the following people? (Question words, p. 146) You can use whatever type of questions you like: intonation, est-ce qu(e), inversion, etc. Be careful to use the right pronouns and forms of the verb (tu versus vous, etc.) 1) Votre prof:? 2) Vos amis:? 3) Votre patron (boss):? 4) Un membre de votre famille:? 5) Un(e) camarade de classe:? 6) :? (another person/group of people) F) Vous désirez? Look at one of the menus in the book (p. 154, 158, 163, 165, 172) and imagine you and a friend are there ordering. Each of you should order 1-2 things from the same menu. 1) Say what you would tell the server to order the food(s)/drink(s) you re ordering 2) Calculate & put the totals in numerals (for example, 7,50 euros) AND words (sept euros cinquante) Your ordre: Your friend s order: Total for your order: Total for your friend s order:
G) La nourriture et les boissons. What foods (aliments) and drinks (boissons) do you eat and drink in general? Write 4-5 sentences where you talk about 2-3 foods you eat often 2-3 drinks you have often 1-2 foods you DON T have often 1-2 drinks you DON T have often Useful verbs: boire, manger, prendre Useful structures: indefinite articles (un, une, des) or partitive (du, de la, de l, des) all of these are de / d in the negative Quantity expressions (beaucoup d(e), une tasse d(e), etc.) p. 152-3, p. 176 give some foods and drinks; You can talk just about yourself, or about what your friends, family, etc. eat or drink as well. H) Vos activités. Pick a logical verb for each sentence. Put it in the correct form based on the subject. Note: the prepositions for this practice exercise are already provided for you in the correct form. Reminder for how to do -ir verbs in the present: p. 164 choisir finir grandir grossir réfléchir (à) réussir (à) Si vous mangez beaucoup, vous. Je mes devoirs vers 11h du soir, en général. Jennifer étudie beaucoup. En général, elle à ses examens. Est-ce que tu aux vacances déjà? Mes cousins sont petits maintenant, mais ils rapidement! Nous nos classes pour le semestre prochain. I) Et vous? Now, write 3-4 sentences about what you, your friends and your family are doing or often do, using the same verbs from section G other -ir verbs (p. 164). Modèles : Ma fille Claire n obéit pas toujours, mais c est normal pour son âge. En général, je grossis pendant le semestre mais je maigris pendant les vacances. Etc.
J) Apprendre, comprendre, prendre. What can you say about the following things? Pick one of the verbs and write a complete sentence for each to talk about you, classmates, family, or other people. (Reminder for the conjugation of verbs like prendre, p. 160) Please use the present tense the affirmative (positive/regular sentence) or negative (with ne pas) a variety of subjects to talk about or to various people (je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles) le français. la politique. le bus. l espagnol. les maths. l anglais.. (another item) K) Culture. You should be able to talk about a variety of cultural items that we ve discussed in class and/or that you ve learned in the book and practiced on the Supersite. Here are some examples of things you should be able to talk about. You will have to answer several questions but will have a choice of what item(s) you reply to. Cultural information p. 134 1) What are several popular pastimes for young French people? How popular are they? p. 135 2) What are 2 places in Francophone regions where you can eat or hang out? Give 1-2 other facts on each. 3) What s one famous French amusement park? Who/what is it named for? What can you do there? 4) What s le verlan? What are some examples you can give, from the book or class? p. 158 5) What s the name of the first café in France? Where/when did it open? p. 158 6) What are 2 typical things people do (or generally don t do) at a café in France? p. 159 6) What are 2 typical things people do (or generally don t do) at a café in North Africa? 7) What are 2 specialties from the Francophone world? What s in them? Would you like to try them? p. 170 8) Give 2 facts about La Normandie and 2 facts about La Bretagne (population, industry, famous people ) 9) What is a popular food for each of those regions? Explain briefly what it is and/or how it looks like. 10) What famous painter used to live in Giverny? What are some things he or Giverny are famous for? 11) Where can you find menhirs and dolmens in Bretagne? Briefly explain what each of these is. 12) What are 2 things that you can do or see in Deauville? Which region is it located in? French-language / authentic documents Watching Roman-photo p. 138, 156; Le Zapping p. 151. We watched and discussed the first video in class, but did not spend as much time on videos as usual. You will still have the option to talk about these (what you learned or understood) if you d like. Listening You did Supersite practice for listening for the gist (trying to understand generally what s being said based on snipets of information you understand) related to p. 169. Reading We did a role-play using an authentic menu in class (autrefois.org Archives Fri, Nov. 18) you saw another authentic menu that day (with the joke about politeness in ordering). You did Supersite exercises related to the Cybercafé (p. 173) & saw other simulated menus (p. 154, 158, 163, 165, 172) Writing You wrote a letter for Unit 3, and Unit 4 s graded activity was the Oral Activity (conversation), so we did not do exercises related to writing a note/letter. You are welcome to (re)read p. 174-175 for another strategy to help with writing as an option.