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French francophone world test for French 3 (free PDF download)

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Quick answer: French is spoken on five continents by more than 300 million people, from Québec and Martinique to Senegal, Belgium, Switzerland and Tahiti. This French 3 test on francophone world has 9 questions worth 20 points, to do in 40 minutes: cities and countries, masculine and plural and coming from. The scoring guide is on a separate page; free printable PDF.

This test covers the francophone world, prepositions with cities and countries, and the forms for coming from a place. Write the answers in French unless told otherwise. The test is worth twenty points, and no notes are allowed.

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

Time: 40 minutes · 9 questions · Total: 20 points · No dictionary

Question 1 Cities and countries (2 points)

Complete with à, au, en or aux.

  1. Nous habitons ___ Nantes. (1 point)
  2. Elle voyage ___ Suisse. (1 point)

Question 2 Masculine and plural (2 points)

Complete with à, au, en or aux.

  1. Mon cousin vit ___ Canada. (1 point)
  2. Ils vont ___ États-Unis. (1 point)

Question 3 Coming from (2 points)

Complete with de, d’, du or des.

  1. Il vient ___ Maroc. (1 point)
  2. Elle vient ___ Belgique. (1 point)

Question 4 Correct the mistakes (2 points)

Rewrite each sentence correctly.

  1. Ils habitent à Côte d’Ivoire. (1 point)
  2. Je viens de les États-Unis. (1 point)

Question 5 Translation (2 points)

Translate into French.

  1. She lives in Lausanne, in Switzerland. (1 point)
  2. We are going to Québec (the province). (1 point)

Question 6 Reading: two friends (4 points)

Awa vit à Dakar, au Sénégal. Chaque été, elle va en Martinique chez sa tante. Là-bas, elle écoute du zouk et elle mange des accras de morue. Son ami Hugo vient de Liège, en Belgique. Il lit des bandes dessinées belges, comme Tintin. Cet été, Hugo et Awa vont ensemble au Québec.

  1. Où Awa habite-t-elle ? (1 point)
  2. Où va-t-elle chaque été ? (1 point)
  3. D’où vient Hugo ? (1 point)
  4. Où vont-ils cet été ? (1 point)

Question 7 Two plane tickets (2 points)

Two plane tickets: first from Genève in Suisse to Fort-de-France in Martinique, second from Rabat in Maroc to Dakar in SénégalBILLET 1DE : Genève (Suisse) → VERS : Fort-de-France (Martinique)BILLET 2DE : Rabat (Maroc) → VERS : Dakar (Sénégal)
Two tickets.

Write one sentence for each ticket in the pattern Il vient de… et il va à… (or Elle…), with the city and the country.

  1. Billet 1 (1 point)
  2. Billet 2 (1 point)

Question 8 Cultural products (2 points)

Complete with de, du or des.

  1. Tintin vient ___ Belgique. (1 point)
  2. La poutine vient ___ Québec. (1 point)

Question 9 Short writing (2 points)

Write two French sentences: one that says where you come from or where your family comes from (use venir de), and one that says which francophone place you would like to visit (use je voudrais aller). (1 point per sentence)

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