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French questions test answer key with scoring for French 1 (free PDF download)

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

Quick answer: French has four ways to ask a yes/no question: raise your voice (Tu parles français ?), add est-ce que, invert the verb and pronoun (Parles-tu français ?), or add n'est-ce pas. This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 8 questions of the French 1 test on French questions, from est-ce que to ask your classmate, with the equivalent answers to accept.

Use these model answers and the scoring notes to grade the test. Give partial credit as shown, and accept any correct question style. The total is 20 points. A score of 16 or more shows solid control of questions at French 1 level.

Level: French 1 (high school, ACTFL Novice) · Standards: ACTFL Novice Mid, WL 1.1 Interpersonal, WL 1.2 Interpretive, WL 1.3 Presentational

Question 1 Est-ce que (2 points)

  1. Est-ce que tu danses ?
  2. Est-ce qu’il habite ici ?
  3. Est-ce que vous jouez au volley ?
  4. Est-ce qu’elles écoutent du rap ?

Scoring: ½ point each; ¼ point if que is used instead of qu’.

Question 2 Inversion (3 points)

  1. Aimes-tu nager ?
  2. Parlez-vous russe ?
  3. Jouent-ils ?
  4. Chante-t-elle bien ?
  5. Habite-t-il à Dakar ?
  6. Étudient-elles ?

Scoring: ½ point each; ¼ point if the hyphen or the -t- is missing.

Question 3 Question words (3 points)

  1. Où
  2. Quand
  3. Pourquoi
  4. Qui
  5. Combien
  6. Comment

Scoring: ½ point each.

Question 4 Concert card (3 points)

Model answers: Où est le concert ? Quand est-ce que le concert commence ? Combien coûte le billet ?

Scoring: 1 point per correct question with the right question word; any correct style is accepted.

Question 5 Translate (2 points)

  1. Tu joues au basket ? or Est-ce que tu joues au basket ? / Joues-tu au basket ?
  2. Pourquoi est-ce que tu étudies le français ? or Pourquoi étudies-tu le français ?

Scoring: 1 point each; ½ point if one small error remains.

Question 6 Correct the mistakes (2 points)

  1. Aime-t-il le jazz ?
  2. Combien de frères as-tu ?

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 7 Lina’s message (3 points)

  1. Where the reader lives.
  2. A request for confirmation, like “right?”.
  3. She loves traveling and speaking French.

Scoring: 1 point per complete answer.

Question 8 Ask your classmate (2 points)

Model answer: Où est-ce que tu habites ? Aimes-tu le sport ?

Scoring: 1 point per correct question; the two questions must use different styles.

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