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The problems are on the AP French Print Texts worksheet. Try them on your own first, then compare with the answers below.

Quick answer: To interpret AP French print texts, identify the source and purpose first, read the questions before the text, skim for the main idea, then reread only the paragraph a question targets. This answer key corrects the 20 problems of the AP French worksheet on print texts, from match question types to write a response: the final answer in bold, the rule behind it, and a model answer for each writing task.

Here is the answer key of the AP French worksheet on AP French print texts. Try the worksheet first, then compare, and reread the lesson if a rule is unclear.

Check text-type clues, vocabulary guesses, and numbers first, then compare your reasoning. For inference and writing problems, the evidence from the text matters more than matching the model word for word.

Level: AP French Language and Culture · Standards: AP French Language and Culture (College Board CED), Interpretive Communication: Print Texts

AP French print texts: the answers explained

Problem 1 Match question types

a) vocabulary, b) main idea, c) inference, d) detail.

Problem 2 Identify the text type

1) email (subject line and closing), 2) ad (deadline and price), 3) chart, 4) article (reported facts).

Problem 3 False friends

  1. currently
  2. bookstore
  3. attend

Problem 4 Vocabulary in context

  1. yet (contrast).
  2. promises.
  3. are worried, from inquiet.

Problem 5 Find the main idea

a) Cycling grows but shopkeepers worry about parking. Options b and c are not stated.

Problem 6 Find the detail

  1. 20 km (vingt).
  2. 18 %.
  3. Before the end of the month.

Problem 7 French number format

  1. 1 450 dollars
  2. 12,5 %
  3. 3 200 élèves

Problem 8 Read the bar chart

  1. bus (38).
  2. Yes: 38 + 25 + 22 + 15 = 100.
  3. 23 points (38 − 15).

Problem 9 Read the ad

  1. 3 weeks.
  2. March 15.
  3. Activities (activités).

Problem 10 Make an inference

b) Some shopkeepers fear fewer customers. The text says s’inquiètent and moins de places de parking pourraient éloigner les clients.

Problem 11 Word families

  1. to increase → an increase
  2. worried → to worry
  3. business → shopkeeper

Problem 12 Author’s purpose

  1. persuade (command).
  2. inform (number).
  3. entertain (imaginary cat).

Problem 13 Spot the connector

  1. pourtant: contrast (however).
  2. c’est pourquoi: consequence (that is why).
  3. et: addition (and).
  4. à cause de: cause (because of).

Problem 14 Tone in a literary excerpt

  1. nostalgic, with a quiet longing.
  2. Loneliness or emptiness, fitting the rain.

Problem 15 Guess from prefixes

  1. to undo
  2. to read again
  3. unknown
  4. not possible

Problem 16 Eliminate wrong options

(b). (a) is too negative, (c) has no support, (d) is absurd.

Problem 17 Text and chart

False: only 15 % come by car, the lowest figure on the chart.

Problem 18 Summarize in English

Model: Nantes added 20 km of bike lanes and cycling rose by 18%. Some shopkeepers worry about parking, so the city promises a consultation.

Problem 19 Compare two sources

Model: The article informs readers of a local change; its audience is residents; it includes shopkeepers’ worries. The poster persuades teenagers to sign up; it contains promotional language such as osez.

Problem 20 Write a response

Model: Madame, Monsieur, je trouve que les pistes cyclables sont une bonne idée. Cependant, les commerçants ont besoin de clients. Pourquoi ne pas ajouter des parkings à l’entrée de la ville ? Merci de votre attention.

Check: formal opening and closing, one opinion, one question.

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