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French pronoun y test answer key with scoring for French A2 (free PDF download)

Picking up a rental car and driving off – French A2 test answer key with Zoé, the Français PDF coach

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

Quick answer: At a French rental desk you show your permis de conduire, pay a caution and return the car with a full tank. This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 9 questions of the French A2 test on French pronoun y, from name the places to short message, with the equivalent answers to accept.

Use the scoring notes to grade each question. Award half points for a correct word with a wrong article, but not for a misplaced y. Total: 20 points. For the open question, accept any correct, relevant sentence that includes y before the verb.

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

Question 1 Name the places (2 points)

1 l’agence, 2 la station-service, 3 le péage, 4 le rond-point

Scoring: 0.5 point each; half for a missing article.

Question 2 Vocabulary (2 points)

1 le permis de conduire 2 le péage 3 la caution 4 rendre (rendre la voiture)

Scoring: 0.5 point each.

Question 3 Directions (2 points)

1 Tournez à gauche au feu. 2 Continuez tout droit.

Scoring: 1 point each; 0.5 if the verb is correct but the preposition or phrase has an error.

Question 4 Y or le, la, les? (2 points)

1 la, 2 y, 3 le, 4 y

Scoring: 0.5 point each.

Question 5 Replace the place (3 points)

1 Rokia y travaille. 2 Nous y dînons. 3 Les enfants y dorment.

Scoring: 1 point each; 0.5 if y is correct but the verb form is wrong.

Question 6 Say no (2 points)

1 Non, nous n’y allons pas. 2 Non, je n’y reste pas.

Scoring: 1 point each; 0.5 if ne or pas is missing.

Question 7 Reading (3 points)

a One week. b A deposit of 400 Canadian dollars. c Two nights.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 8 Y in other tenses (2 points)

1 Je veux y aller. 2 Elles y sont arrivées.

Scoring: 1 point each; 0 if y is after the verb.

Question 9 Short message (2 points)

Model answer: Je vais à Annecy avec la voiture de location. J’y reste trois jours.

Scoring: 1 point for clear correct sentences; 1 point for a correctly placed y.

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