The questions are on the French Household Chores test. Take it under real conditions before reading the answer key.
Quick answer: To talk about your home in French, name the room with le or la, place objects with prepositions like sur, sous and à côté de, and describe chores with faire (faire la vaisselle) or devoir plus an infinitive (je dois ranger ma chambre). This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 9 questions of the French 2 test on French household chores, from rooms to short writing, with the equivalent answers to accept.
Level: French 2 (high school, ACTFL Novice High) · Standards: ACTFL Novice High, WL 1.1 Interpersonal, WL 1.2 Interpretive, WL 1.3 Presentational, WL 2.1 Cultural Practices
Question 1 Rooms (2 points)
(a) salon, (b) garage
Scoring: 1 point per correct room.
Question 2 Where is it? (3 points)
(a) sur, (b) sous, (c) à droite (à côté is also accepted)
Scoring: 1 point per correct preposition.
Question 3 De and the article (2 points)
(a) à côté du jardin, (b) en face des toilettes
Scoring: 1 point per correct contraction.
Question 4 Devoir (2 points)
(a) dois, devez. (b) doit, doivent.
Scoring: 1 point per pair; half credit is not given.
Question 5 Faire (1 point)
font
Scoring: 1 point for font.
Question 6 Translate into French (3 points)
(a) Nous devons mettre la table. (b) Le fauteuil est devant la fenêtre. (c) Nadia est derrière le garage.
Scoring: 1 point per correct sentence; ignore a small accent slip only once.
Question 7 Correct the mistakes (2 points)
(a) Le tapis est à côté de la porte. (b) Je dois faire la vaisselle.
Scoring: 1 point per correction.
Question 8 Reading: Saturday in Dakar (3 points)
(a) Ibou sort les poubelles. (b) Elle est au premier étage, à côté de la salle de bains. (c) Il passe l’aspirateur dans le salon.
Scoring: 1 point per correct answer; a short answer is enough if it is accurate.
Question 9 Short writing (2 points)
Model answer: Mon sac est sous mon lit. Ce week-end, je dois ranger ma chambre.
Scoring: 1 point for a correct location sentence, 1 point for a correct sentence with devoir plus infinitive.

