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Since language acquisition is cumulative, the review process is crucial. Continue to study your two introductory lessons. Anything from those lessons could also appear on the exam for this lesson. You will note that most of leçon 2 is old "stuff". If you haven't mastered the material from the earlier lessons, this lesson will be much harder than it needs to be.

As a part of your review, I want you run through these sample pages again. I do what you to send your English to French review pages to me, but you check your work before sending it by clicking on the French to English pages.

We will start lesson 2 by developing a substantial understanding of the text materials. Read the story line in the text and refer to the vocabulary as needed. On an exam, you should be able to give the English equivalent of anything found in the story line.

We will also have, of course, questions covering the leçon 2 story line. The Mise en oeuvre section concentrates on the major elements of the story, and you will be expected to be able to give the French equivalent of the story line questions and answers. Your exam materials will be taken from the following.

Click below for a series of questions in French. Then choose and write out the appropriate response for each question. If you don't understand the questions, check the English equivalents.

It is essential that you know the subject pronouns.

Complete the sentences with the appropriate subject pronoun. Consult the English equivalents if you have questions about meaning.

This exercise is similar to exercise 11.

The verb aller = to go and is essential. Commit the following to memory. You're going to use these forms all the time.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb aller. Consult the English equivalents if you have any questions.

This chart explains two different uses of the verb aller: déplacement (displacement, movement) and santé (health). What do the sentences in the chart mean?

Je vais à la fac. = I'm going to the university.
Je vais à la bibli. = I'm going to the library.
Je vais au restau-U. = I'm going to the food service. (university restaurant)

The workbook presents this exercise as a dictation; however, you don't need to hear the sentences because only certain sentences are possible. Study the material and complete the sentences. Check the English equivalents if you want to know for sure what is being said.

As with exercise 18, study the material and complete the sentences. Click below for the meanings in English.

Remember that the verb aller is used when we talk about how someone is doing. Use the verb être to say that someone is tired.

Study the sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct forms of aller and être. As always, check below for meanings.

This exercise is similar to 2.3. Click below for a series of questions in French. Then choose the appropriate response for each question in exercise 2.27. If you don't understand the questions, check the English equivalents.

Note that pas = not, but when you negate a sentence, you must put ne (n') in front of the verb and pas after the verb.

Il est pressé. = He is in a hurry. (He is hurried.)
Il n'est pas pressé. = He isn't in a hurry.

Elle est malade. = She is sick.
Elle n'est pas malade. = She isn't sick.