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AP French email reply test for AP French (free PDF download)

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Quick answer: The AP email reply is a 15-minute task: read a short French email, then write a formal reply that greets the sender, answers every question with details, asks at least one question of your own, and closes politely. This AP French test on email reply has 9 questions worth 20 points, to do in 40 minutes: greeting and closing, vous forms and polite rewrite. The scoring guide is on a separate page; free printable PDF.

This test checks the formal email reply: register, polite requests, structure, reading the prompt and a short written reply. Answer each question without notes. Total: 20 points.

Level: AP French Language and Culture · Standards: AP French Language and Culture (College Board CED), Interpersonal Writing

Time: 40 minutes · 9 questions · Total: 20 points · No dictionary

Question 1 Greeting and closing (2 points)

Answer each part about formal replies to a school principal.

  1. Write the formal opening: Salut, or Monsieur le Directeur,? (1 point)
  2. Write the formal closing: À+ or Cordialement,? (1 point)

Question 2 Vous forms (2 points)

Complete with the correct form.

  1. Je ____ remercie de votre aide. (1 point)
  2. ____-vous me donner la date ? (pouvoir, conditional) (1 point)

Question 3 Polite rewrite (2 points)

Rewrite politely.

  1. Donne-moi l’adresse. (1 point)
  2. Je veux savoir l’heure. (1 point)

Question 4 Translation (2 points)

Translate into French.

  1. Thank you for your invitation. (1 point)
  2. Could you tell me the price? (1 point)

Question 5 Connectors (2 points)

Complete with cependant or par exemple.

  1. J’aime les sports ; ____, je joue au football. (1 point)
  2. Je suis libre le lundi ; ____, je travaille le mardi. (1 point)

Question 6 Reading the prompt (2 points)

Printed email asking two questions about a student volunteering at a library in LausanneObjet : Bénévolat à la bibliothèque de Lausanne1. Quel jour êtes-vous disponible ?2. Pourquoi aimez-vous les livres ?Cordialement, Mme Rochat
Message to answer.
  1. How many questions must the reply answer? (1 point)
  2. Write one polite question the student could ask back. (1 point)

Question 7 Correct the mistakes (2 points)

Correct the sentence: Madame, tu peux m’envoyer le programme ? Then correct this one: Je veut participer.

  1. Correct the first sentence. (1 point)
  2. Correct the second sentence. (1 point)

Question 8 Order the parts (2 points)

Put the parts in order.

  1. closing, thanks, greeting, answers (1 point: write the correct order)
  2. Name one reason a reply should include details. (1 point)

Question 9 Short writing (4 points)

Write a formal reply (60 to 80 words) to this message: Bonjour, votre club de français organise un week-end à Québec. Pourquoi voulez-vous venir ? Quelle activité préférez-vous ? Greet, answer both questions with one detail each, ask one question, and close.

(4 points)

See the AP French Email Reply test answer key with scoring

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