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French registers test answer key with scoring for French 4 (free PDF download)

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Formal, Casual and Slang: Choosing Your Register – French 4 test answer key with Zoé, the Français PDF coach

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

Quick answer: French has three main registers: soutenu (formal, for letters and ceremonies), courant (standard, for school, shops and daily life) and familier (casual, for friends and family). This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 8 questions of the French 4 test on French registers, from identify the register to writing, with the equivalent answers to accept.

Answer key and scoring guide of the French 4 test on French registers. Take the test first without notes, then score it here and revise with the lesson.

Use the model answers and the scoring notes. For rewriting, the register must be consistent; mixing tu and vous or casual and formal vocabulary loses the point. Accept natural variations.

Level: French 4 (high school, ACTFL Intermediate Mid) · Standards: ACTFL Intermediate Mid, WL 1.2 Interpretive, WL 1.3 Presentational, WL 4.1 Language Comparisons, WL 2.1 Cultural Practices

French registers: answers and scoring

Question 1 Identify the register (3 points)

a) soutenu (inversion) b) familier c) courant.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 2 Slang to standard (3 points)

a) voiture b) argent c) ami (or copain).

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 3 Verlan and texts (3 points)

a) femme b) pourquoi c) beaucoup.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 4 Tu or vous, ne or not (2 points)

a) vous b) Je ne veux pas partir.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 5 Casual to standard (2 points)

As-tu vu le film hier ? (or Est-ce que tu as vu le film hier ?) and Je n’ai pas de travail.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 6 English to French (2 points)

a) Pourriez-vous m’aider, s’il vous plaît ? b) J’ai pas de fric. (or any casual word)

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 7 Reading (3 points)

a) She/he missed the bus and will be 15 minutes late. b) Dsl = sorry; tkt = don’t worry. c) Familier: texting abbreviations, tu and slang like à la bourre (late).

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 8 Writing (2 points)

Model: Madame, je vous écris pour vous demander un délai supplémentaire pour mon projet. Je vous remercie de votre compréhension.

Scoring: 1 point for formal vocabulary and vous; 1 point for correct, complete sentences.

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