French double object pronouns test answer key with scoring for French 3 (free PDF download)

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The questions are on the French Double Object Pronouns test. Take it under real conditions before reading the answer key.

Quick answer: When a French verb has two object pronouns, both stand before the verb in a fixed order: me/te/se/nous/vous, then le/la/les, then lui/leur, then y, then en. This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 9 questions of the French 3 test on double object pronouns, from two pronouns to write three sentences, with the equivalent answers to accept.

Use this answer key to score the test. Award points as indicated in each Scoring line. Accept any correct variant, but the pronoun order and the agreement of the participle must be right to earn the full point.

Level: French 3 (high school, ACTFL Intermediate Low) · Standards: ACTFL Intermediate Low, WL 1.1 Interpersonal, WL 1.2 Interpretive, WL 1.3 Presentational

Question 1 Two pronouns (2 points)

(a) Tom le lui prête. (b) Nous les leur donnons.

Scoring: 1 point per sentence; 0.5 if the pronouns are right but the order is wrong.

Question 2 Complete the pair (2 points)

(a) te le (b) vous en

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 3 Negation (2 points)

(a) Elle ne me le dit pas. (b) Nous ne leur en offrons pas.

Scoring: 1 point each; ne must precede the first pronoun.

Question 4 Passé composé (2 points)

(a) Je te l’ai rendue. (b) Il nous les a envoyées.

Scoring: 1 point each; deduct 0.5 for a missing agreement.

Question 5 Correct the mistake (2 points)

(a) Je les lui donne. (b) Il n’y en a pas.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 6 Into French (2 points)

(a) Elle me la montre. (b) Je ne le leur ai pas envoyé.

Scoring: 1 point each; (b) needs ne … pas around the auxiliary.

Question 7 Into English (2 points)

(a) There are three of them in the bag. (b) We did not give them back to you.

Scoring: 1 point each; both pronouns must be translated.

Question 8 Read the note (3 points)

(a) Léo is sending them to Lina. (b) Les replaces the tickets; Lina will give them to Hugo tomorrow. (c) Six.

Scoring: 1 point per part.

Question 9 Write three sentences (3 points)

Model: Je prête mon stylo à Inès: je le lui prête. Je donne les photos à Tom: je les lui donne. Je ne prête pas mon vélo à Nadia: je ne le lui prête pas.

Scoring: 1 point per sentence with a correct double pronoun; one must be negative.

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Order of the five pronoun groups? — me/te/nous/vous, le/la/les, lui/leur, y, en

I give it to him (le livre). — Je le lui donne.

I give it to you (le livre). — Je te le donne.

There are three of them. — Il y en a trois.

Where do ne and pas go with two pronouns? — Ne before the first pronoun, pas after the verb.

Where do pronouns go in the passé composé? — Before avoir or être, not before the participle.

Which pronoun makes the participle agree? — Only a preceding le, la or les; never en.

Can me and lui appear together? — No: use à + stress pronoun, like à elle.

Where do pronouns go with an infinitive? — Directly before the infinitive: Je veux le lui dire.

Translate: Elle les leur envoie. — She sends them to them.