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French environment vocabulary test answer key with scoring for French 3 (free PDF download)

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The questions are on the French Environment Vocabulary test. Take it under real conditions before reading the answer key.

Quick answer: To talk about the environment in French, combine ecology vocabulary such as les déchets, le tri and le réchauffement climatique with il faut que. This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 9 questions of the French 3 test on French environment vocabulary, from vocabulary to short writing, with the equivalent answers to accept.

Use these model answers to mark the test. Award a point only when the vocabulary, the subjunctive ending and the spelling are all correct. Accept any other French sentence that follows the same rule.

Level: French 3 (high school, ACTFL Intermediate Low) · Standards: ACTFL Intermediate Low, WL 1.1 Interpersonal, WL 1.2 Interpretive, WL 1.3 Presentational, WL 2.1 Cultural Practices

Question 1 Vocabulary (2 points)

a) les déchets · b) l’énergie solaire

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 2 Subjunctive forms (2 points)

a) fasse · b) recyclions

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 3 Complete the sentences (2 points)

a) tries · b) aillent

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 4 Rewrite with il faut que (2 points)

a) Il faut que nous éteignions la lumière. · b) Il faut que vous preniez le bus.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 5 Correct the mistakes (2 points)

a) Il faut que je trie mes déchets. · b) Il faut que nous allions au parc.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 6 Reading: a clean-up at the lake (4 points)

a) Autour du lac d’Annecy. · b) Parce que les touristes arrivent. · c) Elle apporte des gants et des sacs. · d) Il y a trois poubelles.

Scoring: 1 point each; accept short answers.

Question 7 Look at the pictures (2 points)

a) Il faut que nous fermions le robinet. · b) Il faut que nous éteignions la lampe.

Scoring: 1 point each; accept any fitting verb in the correct subjunctive form.

Question 8 Translation (2 points)

a) Il ne faut pas que nous gaspillions l’eau. · b) Il faut qu’elle ait une gourde.

Scoring: 1 point each; half a point for a correct sentence with one wrong ending.

Question 9 Short writing (2 points)

Model: Il faut que les élèves trient les déchets. Il faut que le lycée installe des panneaux solaires.

Scoring: 1 point per sentence with il faut que, a different subject and a correct subjunctive.

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