The questions are on the AP French Email Reply test. Take it under real conditions before reading the answer key.
Quick answer: The AP email reply is a 15-minute task: read a short French email, then write a formal reply that greets the sender, answers every question with details, asks at least one question of your own, and closes politely. This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 9 questions of the AP French test on email reply, from greeting and closing to short writing, with the equivalent answers to accept.
Answer key and scoring guide of the AP French test on AP French email reply. Take the test first without notes, then score it here and revise with the lesson.
Level: AP French Language and Culture · Standards: AP French Language and Culture (College Board CED), Interpersonal Writing
AP French email reply: answers and scoring
Question 1 Greeting and closing (2 points)
a. Monsieur le Directeur, b. Cordialement,
Scoring: 1 point each.
Question 2 Vous forms (2 points)
a. vous. b. Pourriez.
Scoring: 1 point each.
Question 3 Polite rewrite (2 points)
a. Pourriez-vous m’indiquer l’adresse ? b. Je voudrais savoir l’heure.
Scoring: 1 point each; accept any correct polite form.
Question 4 Translation (2 points)
a. Je vous remercie de votre invitation. b. Pourriez-vous m’indiquer le prix ?
Scoring: 1 point each; minor accent error, half a point.
Question 5 Connectors (2 points)
a. par exemple. b. cependant.
Scoring: 1 point each.
Question 6 Reading the prompt (2 points)
a. Two questions (availability and reason). b. Model: Pourriez-vous me préciser l’horaire du bénévolat ?
Scoring: 1 point each.
Question 7 Correct the mistakes (2 points)
a. Madame, pourriez-vous m’envoyer le programme ? b. Je voudrais participer.
Scoring: 1 point each.
Question 8 Order the parts (2 points)
a. greeting, thanks, answers, closing. b. Model: details show full communication and earn higher scores.
Scoring: 1 point each.
Question 9 Short writing (4 points)
Model: Madame, Monsieur, je vous remercie de votre message. Je voudrais venir à Québec parce que je rêve de visiter le Vieux-Québec et de pratiquer mon français. J’aime surtout la randonnée, car j’adore la nature. Pourriez-vous me préciser le prix du week-end ? Cordialement, Léa
Scoring: 1 point for answering both questions, 1 for details, 1 for formal register and closing, 1 for accuracy of the French.

