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French restaurant vocabulary test answer key with scoring for French A1 (free PDF download)

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Booking, Ordering and Paying in a Restaurant – French A1 test answer key with Zoé, the Français PDF coach

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

Quick answer: To eat out in French, book with Je voudrais réserver une table pour quatre personnes, order with Je voudrais… or Je vais prendre…, choose your steak from bleu to bien cuit, and ask for l'addition. This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 10 questions of the French A1 test on French restaurant vocabulary, from restaurant words to short writing, with the equivalent answers to accept.

Use this answer key to mark the test. Give the points shown in each scoring note, accept the alternative wordings listed, and add up the total out of 20. Review the rule behind every error before you try the quiz.

Level: French A1 (CEFR beginner) · Standards: CEFR A1, Spoken interaction

Question 1 Restaurant words (2 points)

a) starter b) the menu (list of dishes) c) the check (bill) d) a set-price deal (lunch deal)

Scoring: 0.5 point per correct meaning.

Question 2 Which course? (2 points)

a) entrée b) plat c) dessert d) entrée

Scoring: 0.5 point per correct course.

Question 3 Steak (1 point)

a) bleu b) à point

Scoring: 0.5 point per correct word.

Question 4 Times (2 points)

a) vingt heures quinze b) treize heures c) dix-neuf heures trente d) vingt et une heures

Scoring: 0.5 point per correct time.

Question 5 Prendre (2 points)

a) prends b) prenons c) prenez d) prennent

Scoring: 0.5 point per correct form.

Question 6 Read the menu (3 points)

a) three b) 21 euros c) crème caramel or fruit

Scoring: 1 point per correct answer (1 for dessert only if both choices are given).

Question 7 Translate into French (2 points)

a) Une table pour trois personnes, s’il vous plaît. b) Je voudrais l’addition, s’il vous plaît.

Scoring: 1 point per sentence; deduct 0.5 for one error.

Question 8 Find the mistake (2 points)

a) Je voudrais la carte, s’il vous plaît. b) Nous prenons le menu. c) Awa est végétarienne. d) Une réservation pour vingt heures.

Scoring: 0.5 point per corrected sentence.

Question 9 Culture (2 points)

a) The starter (not the main course). b) No: service is already included, so a tip is optional.

Scoring: 1 point per correct answer.

Question 10 Short writing (2 points)

Model answer: Bonjour, je voudrais réserver une table pour deux personnes. C’est pour samedi, à 20 h. Au nom de Diallo.

Scoring: 0.5 for each of the three required pieces of information expressed correctly; 0.5 for correct accents and politeness.

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