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Eco-friendly habits in French test answer key with scoring for French A2 (free PDF download)

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Quick answer: To talk about eco-friendly habits in French, use trier, recycler and gaspiller with the right bin: le bac jaune, le conteneur à verre, le composteur. This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 9 questions of the French A2 test on eco-friendly habits in French, from where does it go? to my habits, with the equivalent answers to accept.

Use these model answers and the scoring notes to mark the test out of 20 points. Accept any correct French wording, even if it differs from the model, and deduct only for the errors that the scoring note names.

Level: French A2 (CEFR elementary) · Standards: CEFR A2, Spoken production

Question 1 Where does it go? (2 points)

  1. le conteneur à verre
  2. le composteur
  3. le bac jaune
  4. le bac jaune

Scoring: 0.5 point per correct bin.

Question 2 Verbs (2 points)

  1. trier
  2. gaspiller
  3. éteindre
  4. recycler

Scoring: 0.5 point per verb spelled correctly.

Question 3 Plus or jamais? (2 points)

  1. plus
  2. jamais
  3. plus
  4. jamais

Scoring: 0.5 point per answer.

Question 4 Negative sentences (2 points)

  1. Je n’utilise plus de sacs en plastique.
  2. Elle ne gaspille jamais d’eau.

Scoring: 1 point each: 0.5 for the two parts of the negation, 0.5 for [[de]] and the elision [[n’]].

Question 5 Read the house rules (3 points)

  1. La règle 4 : il faut prendre une douche courte, de cinq minutes.
  2. Il faut éteindre les lumières en sortant.
  3. La règle 3 : pas de sacs en plastique.

Scoring: 1 point per correct, complete sentence; 0.5 if the information is right but the sentence is incomplete.

Question 6 Orders (2 points)

  1. Ferme le robinet !
  2. Apportez vos sacs !
  3. Ne gaspille pas l’eau !
  4. Éteignez les lumières !

Scoring: 0.5 point per correct order; no point if the ending of tu or vous is wrong.

Question 7 Advice (2 points)

  1. Tu devrais utiliser une gourde.
  2. Vous devriez acheter des ampoules LED.

Scoring: 1 point each; 0.5 if the structure is right but the infinitive or noun has an error.

Question 8 Zero waste in Montréal (3 points)

  1. Elle ne prend plus de sacs en plastique.
  2. Parce qu’elle cuisine les restes de la semaine.
  3. Il lui conseille d’installer un composteur sur le balcon.

Scoring: 1 point per correct answer in French; 0.5 if the answer is right but has a grammar error.

Question 9 My habits (2 points)

Model answer: Je ne prends plus de bouteilles en plastique. Tu devrais acheter une gourde !

Scoring: 1 point for a correct sentence about a habit, 1 point for a correct piece of advice (imperative, [[il faut]] or [[devrais]]).

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