Of course, we must pay attention to the review process. You will be expected to translate the questions and answers from the previous lessons into French.

Now read the text for leçon 4, and use the text vocabulary sheet to try to figure out what everything means.

Your translation should be close to this

We will also have, of course, questions covering the leçon 4 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. Please note that the following questions and answers are not the same as those in the Mise en oeuvre section of the text. These are the questions and answers you will be expected to translate into French, but you should still be quite familiar with the questions in the text.

I am providing a Mise en oeuvre and Mise en question vocabulary in case you have questions about the meanings of the questions and answers. This vocabulary is based on the material in the text.

Filling in the blanks here depends on understanding the material. What language is spoken in what city? Remember that the masculine form is always used for the language. The feminine form will be used here for the city. (une ville) A little vocabulary to note:

On parle = One speaks
bien sûr = of course
puisque = since, because

Complete the sentences and then send your answers to me. I will also expect you to be able to reproduce my French sentences from the English equivalents.

The workbook presents this exercise as a dictation, but we can figure out what needs to go in the blanks based on the material presented. Watch for masculine and feminine subjects and singular and plural verb forms. Figure it out as best you can, then check my answers below. Then practice putting the sentences into French from the English equivalents. The page of English equivalents could also appear as an exam page.

Read the directions and put the appropriate word in each blank. If you have trouble figuring out what's going on, check the English equivalents.

Complete this exercise with the appropriate forms of the adjectives of nationality and the verb être where necessary.

Remember the infinitive? Here is the verb with the -er ending. The infinitive in this case is the second verb and is translated to do something. What do the sentences mean in the left side of the box? The first verb is the verb aller, so someone is going to do something. Remember that this is the immediate future that we studied in lesson 3. The box on the right is the plain old present tense. Somebody is doing something.

French differs somewhat from English in the present tense. In English we can say I speak, I am speaking, I do speak; however, in French all three of the expressions are covered by Je parle. There are no exact equivalents of I am speaking and I do speak.

I speak. = Je parle. I am speaking. = Je parle. I do speak. = Je parle.

Notice the verb endings. In the present tense of the -er verb, the following endings are attached to the stem of the infinitive.

Je .............-e
Tu ..............-es
Il (Elle) ......-e
Nous ..........-ons
Vous ..........-ez
Ils (Elles) ..-ent

Translate the examples in the box into English and check your answers by clicking below. The page of English sentences could also appear as an exam page.

We will do this as a written exercise first; then we'll practice it as an oral exercise in class. You see a question in French and you will answer it conversationally. If the question asks about tu (you familiar), your answer must be je. If it asks vous (you formal or plural), it can be answered with je or nous, depending on whether the you is one person or more than one. If the questions asks about a particular person or persons, the answer will be il , elle, ils or elles as is appropriate. If you have any questions about what is being said and what you should answer, check the English equivalents; then check your answers.

We will do this as a written exercise first; then we'll practice it as an oral exercise in class. You see a question in French and you will answer it conversationally. If the question asks about tu (you familiar), your answer must be je. If it asks vous (you formal or plural), it can be answered with je or nous, depending on whether the you is one person or more than one. If the questions asks about a particular person or persons, the answer will be he, she, or they as is appropriate. If you have any questions about what is being said and what you should answer, check the English equivalents; then check your answers.

The verb être (to be) is one of the most common verbs in French. You must be totally on top of this one. Study this one until you dream about it. What does everything mean?

This exercise is similar to number 34 above. Answer the questions conversationally using the verb être. Check the English equivalents if you need them.

Study the vocabulary that you are given, and then put the appropriate word in the blank to complete the thought.

This is similar to the previous exercise. Study the material you are given and determine what is needed to complete the sentences. Hint: most of these will you the verbs aller and être. The page of English equivalents could also be used as an exam page.

Same game. Most (but not all) of the blanks will take a form of être or parler.