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Invitations in French test answer key with scoring for French A2 (free PDF download)

Saying yes or no to invitations – French A2 test answer key with Zoé, the Français PDF coach

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Quick answer: To invite someone in French, give the occasion, the day and the place, then ask: Ça te dit de venir ? To accept, say Volontiers ! This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 8 questions of the French A2 test on invitations in French, from vocabulary to short writing, with the equivalent answers to accept.

Use this answer key to mark the test. Give the points shown for each correct answer and follow the scoring note when an answer is partly right. The total is 20 points. For open answers, accept any reply that follows the steps and is correct in French.

Level: French A2 (CEFR elementary) · Standards: CEFR A2, Written interaction

Question 1 Vocabulary (2 points)

  1. gladly
  2. another time
  3. free, available
  4. to bring

Scoring: 0.5 per word.

Question 2 Can and must (2 points)

  1. ils peuvent
  2. vous devez
  3. je peux
  4. elle doit

Scoring: 0.5 per form.

Question 3 Say yes (2 points)

Model answers: Volontiers ! / Avec plaisir, j’apporte les sandwichs.

Scoring: 1 point each for an accepting phrase that is correct; no point if both replies use the same expression.

Question 4 Say no politely (3 points)

Model answer: Merci, c’est gentil. Je suis désolé(e), mais je ne peux pas : je dois aller chez ma grand-mère.

Scoring: 1 point for thanks, 1 point for an apology, 1 point for a correct reason; deduct 0.5 for a missing ne … pas.

Question 5 Read the card (2 points)

  1. Noémie et Baptiste.
  2. Dimanche 9 novembre.
  3. À 11 h.
  4. À Liège.

Scoring: 0.5 per answer.

Question 6 Translate (3 points)

  1. Tu es libre vendredi soir ? (or Êtes-vous libre vendredi soir ?)
  2. Merci pour l’invitation, j’adorerais venir. (or je viendrai avec plaisir)
  3. Je suis désolé(e), nous ne pouvons pas venir.

Scoring: 1 point each; deduct 0.5 for a wrong verb form or a missing accent.

Question 7 Reading: a retirement lunch (3 points)

  1. Le départ à la retraite de la mère de Yasmine.
  2. Dimanche à 12 h 30, dans un restaurant de Bordeaux.
  3. Pour la réservation.

Scoring: 1 point each; accept full sentences.

Question 8 Short writing (3 points)

Model answer: Salut Inès ! Samedi à midi, nous faisons un pique-nique au bord du lac. Ça te dit de venir ?

Scoring: 1 point for a clear invitation, 1 point for the time and place, 1 point for ça te dit de + infinitive; deduct 0.5 per spelling mistake, minimum 0.

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