A1 Mini Exam 2
Mini exam · Covers Lessons 19–30 · 45–60 minutes · Do this after lesson 30
This mini exam covers lessons 19 to 30 and recycles the key points from lessons 1 to 18. It tests food, the restaurant, shopping, directions, time and dates, demonstratives, the passé composé with avoir and être, the futur proche, pouvoir / vouloir / devoir, the imperative and health. This is the peak of A1, so work slowly.
Vocabulary
- What are 'yesterday' and 'today' in French? hier / aujourd'hui
- What are 'tomorrow' and 'the day after tomorrow' in French? demain / après-demain
- Give the body parts: head, arm, leg, foot. la tête, le bras, la jambe, le pied
- How do you say 'I have a headache'? J'ai mal à la tête.
- How do you say 'I have a stomachache'? J'ai mal au ventre.
- What are 'the doctor' and 'the pharmacy' in French? le médecin / la pharmacie
- Which French verb means 'to be able to / can'? pouvoir
- Which French verb means 'to want'? vouloir
- Which French verb means 'to have to / must'? devoir
- How do you say 'I am going to eat'? Je vais manger.
- What are 'the shirt' and 'the shoes' in French? la chemise / les chaussures
- What are 'the money' and 'the supermarket' in French? l'argent / le supermarché
- How do you say 'last night' and 'last week'? hier soir / la semaine dernière
- What are 'the train ticket' and 'the airport' in French? le billet de train / l'aéroport
- How do you say 'Take this medicine' politely? Prenez ce médicament.
Grammar
- How do you form the passé composé with AVOIR? avoir in the present + past participle: j'ai mangé, tu as fini.
- Give the past participles of manger, finir and aller. mangé, fini, allé
- Which auxiliary verb do most French verbs use in the passé composé? AVOIR.
- Which verbs use ÊTRE in the passé composé? Verbs of movement and change: aller, venir, arriver, partir, entrer, sortir, rester, tomber, naître, mourir.
- Complete: Je ___ allé au marché. Je suis allé au marché.
- How does the past participle agree with the subject after ÊTRE? It agrees like an adjective: elle est allée, ils sont allés.
- How do you form the futur proche? aller in the present + infinitive: je vais manger.
- Say 'I am going to visit my friend tomorrow'. Je vais visiter mon ami demain.
- How do you use pouvoir with an infinitive? je peux + infinitive (I can); je ne peux pas (I cannot).
- How do you say 'I want to sleep'? Je veux dormir.
- How do you say 'We must work'? Nous devons travailler.
- How do you form the imperative? Use the verb without the subject: Mange ! / Mangeons ! / Mangez !
- Give the imperative of être, avoir and aller (vous form). soyez, ayez, allez
- How do you say 'I have a headache' and 'I have a stomachache'? J'ai mal à la tête. / J'ai mal au ventre.
Pronunciation
- How do you pronounce 'j'ai mangé'? 'zhay mon-zhay' — é is the 'ay' sound.
- How do you pronounce 'je suis allé'? 'zhuh swee-za-lay' — liaison turns the s into z.
- How do you pronounce 'elle est allée'? 'el eh-ta-lay' — liaison with the t of est.
- How do you pronounce 'ils sont partis'? 'eel son par-tee'.
- How do you pronounce 'je vais manger'? 'zhuh veh mon-zhay'.
- How do you pronounce 'je peux'? 'zhuh puh' — eu is a rounded 'uh'.
- How do you pronounce 'je veux'? 'zhuh vuh'.
- How do you pronounce 'je dois'? 'zhuh dwa'.
- How do you pronounce 'Mangez !'? 'mon-zhay'.
- How do you pronounce 'la tête'? 'la tet' — ê is an open 'eh' and the final e is silent.
- How do you pronounce 'le pied'? 'luh pyay' — the d is silent.
- How do you pronounce 'il a mal au ventre'? 'eel a mal o vantr' — 'en' is nasal.
Translation
- Hier, j'ai mangé une pizza. Yesterday, I ate a pizza.
- Nous sommes allés au marché. We went to the market.
- Elle a acheté une robe rouge. She bought a red dress.
- Demain, je vais visiter ma famille. Tomorrow, I am going to visit my family.
- Je ne peux pas venir aujourd'hui. I cannot come today.
- Il doit travailler demain. He has to work tomorrow.
- J'ai mal à la tête. I have a headache.
- How do you say 'She went to Paris by train' in French? Elle est allée à Paris en train.
- How do you say 'I want to drink some water' in French? Je veux boire de l'eau.
- How do you say 'Take your medicine!' to a friend in French? Prends ton médicament !
- How do you say 'We ate bread and cheese' in French? Nous avons mangé du pain et du fromage.
- How do you say 'They (all female) arrived yesterday' in French? Elles sont arrivées hier.
Speaking
- Say what you did yesterday. Hier, j'ai travaillé et j'ai regardé un film.
- Say where you went last weekend. Le week-end dernier, je suis allé au restaurant.
- Say what you are going to do tomorrow. Demain, je vais voir mes amis.
- Say you cannot come tonight. Ce soir, je ne peux pas venir.
- Say you want to learn French. Je veux apprendre le français.
- Say you must get up early tomorrow. Je dois me lever tôt demain.
- Tell the doctor you have a stomachache. J'ai mal au ventre, docteur.
- Give a friend an instruction: 'Listen!' Écoute !
- Give a polite instruction: 'Take this medicine.' Prenez ce médicament.
- Say 'We ate at the restaurant'. Nous avons mangé au restaurant.