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French superlatives test answer key with scoring for French 2 (free PDF download)

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The Best, the Most, the Least: Superlatives – French 2 test answer key with Zoé, the Français PDF coach

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Quick answer: French forms the superlative with the definite article, plus or moins, and the adjective: le plus grand, la moins chère. This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 9 questions of the French 2 test on French superlatives, from article and plus or moins to short writing: my friends, with the equivalent answers to accept.

Use this answer key to mark the test. Give the full point for each sub-part only when the form is correct, including the article, agreement and accents. Where an answer is open, accept any correct French that follows the instruction. Total: 20 points.

Level: French 2 (high school, ACTFL Novice High) · Standards: ACTFL Novice High, WL 1.1 Interpersonal, WL 1.2 Interpretive, WL 1.3 Presentational

Question 1 Article and plus or moins (2 points)

a) la plus. b) les moins.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 2 Meilleur and mieux (2 points)

a) la meilleure. b) le mieux.

Scoring: 1 point each; no point if plus is added.

Question 3 De and the group (2 points)

a) de l’ (l’équipe). b) du (le quartier).

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 4 Find and correct (2 points)

a) C’est la meilleure pizza de la ville. b) C’est l’élève le plus sérieux du lycée. Accept Il est l’élève le plus sérieux du lycée.

Scoring: 1 point each, all errors fixed.

Question 5 Translate into French (2 points)

a) Elle est la plus jeune joueuse de l’équipe. b) C’est le restaurant le plus cher de Lyon.

Scoring: 1 point each; half a point if only an accent or small agreement slip.

Question 6 Reading: a weekend in Nantes (3 points)

a) Il habite à Nantes. b) C’est l’île de Versailles. c) Parce que c’est la meilleure crêpe du quartier.

Scoring: 1 point each for a correct, understandable answer.

Question 7 Temperature chart (2 points)

Model: Dakar est la ville la plus chaude. Québec est la ville la plus froide. Accept la moins chaude for Québec.

Scoring: 1 point per correct sentence.

Question 8 Rewrite as a superlative (2 points)

a) Léo est le plus gentil du club. b) Cette glace est la moins sucrée du menu.

Scoring: 1 point each; article and de must be correct.

Question 9 Short writing: my friends (3 points)

Model: Ma sœur est la plus drôle de la famille. Mon frère est le moins patient. Julie est ma meilleure amie.

Scoring: 1 point per sentence with a correct superlative.

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