French Exercises and Activities

The following exercises and handouts have been developed specifically for students in all levels of French courses. On the table below, you will find a description of the handouts. The center column indicates which French courses the handouts are applicable to. If you click on the right-hand side of the table, you will get a PDF link. You need to have Adobe Reader 5.0 (minimum) installed in order to download the file.

It's a good idea to check out the handouts and exercises for the class level below your own. For instance, if you are enrolled in French 114, take a look at the materials for French 113, since there may be exercises and handouts that could help you remember what had been covered previously. This is especially important for students who have placed into a given level and who have not taken the lower-level course(s) before.

French 113

*Description of Exercises and Explanation Sheets*	*Courses for which this handout is appropriate*	*Link to the PDF file*
**Before You Start: A Poem about Our Queer Language**: How English is rather odd...	113, 114, 213, 215, 313	odd english
Exercises for the Rosetta Stone These exercises correspond to each of the four lessons of Allons-y that are covered in FRN 113.	113	rosetta_stone
Chapitre I: Vocabulary review of food and drink	113	drinks
*Chapitre 2:* Possessive Adjectives	113, 114, 213	1) First/Second person adjectives (intro) 2) adjectives (all) 3) third-person possessive adjectives
*Chapitre 2:* "Un Portrait de famille," composition exercise	113	portrait
*Chapitre 3:* Preliminary exercises for the "Virtual Walk Through Paris" activity at the end of this chapter.	113	Paris Walk preliminary vocabulary exercises
*Chapitre 3:* Practice exercises using adverbs	113	Quelques adverbes
*Chapitre 4:* Introduction to Reflexive Pronouns (Les verbes pronominaux)	113, 114, 213	pronominals
*How to Ask a Question*	*General Review for French 113*	questions
*Helping Verbs (in all forms, including negations)*	*General Review for French 113*	helping verbs

French 114

*Description of Exercises and Explanation Sheets*	*Courses for which this handout is appropriate*	*Link to the PDF file*
**Before You Start: A Poem about Our Queer Language**: How English is rather odd...	113, 114, 213, 215, 313	odd english
Comparatives / Superlatives: General Review	114, 213, 215	comparatives
The use of *depuis* (problems of translation of "for, since, ago" in English)	114, 213, 215, 313	depuis
Dr. and Mrs. P. Vandertramp: How to remember which verbs are conjugated with être in the passé composé	114, 213, 215, 313	dr and mrs
*Past Tenses: Passé Composé* and Imparfait:** 1) Questions to ask when choosing between PC/Imp. Note: For French 114, these are *recognition exercises only.*	114, 213, 215, 313	questions
*Past Tenses: Passé Composé* and Imparfait: 2) Text in present tense, and changed to the past. Note: For French 114, these are recognition exercises only.**	114, 213, 215, 313	roger a 23 ans
*Past Tenses: Passé Composé* and Imparfait:** 3) Reading from L'Étranger, with verbs highlighted Note: For French 114, these are *recognition exercises only.*	114, 213, 215, 313	Camus

French 213

*Description of Exercises and Explanation Sheets*	*Courses for which this handout is appropriate*	*Link to the PDF file*
**Before You Start: A Poem about Our Queer Language**: How English is rather odd...	113, 114, 213, 215, 313	odd english
Direct Object Pronouns	213, 215	object pronouns
Using "Y" and "En"	213, 215	y and en
Passé Composé / Imparfait: Exercises	213, 215, 313	pcimpexcs
*Past Tenses: Passé Composé* and Imparfait:** 1) Questions to ask when choosing between PC/Imp.	114, 213, 215, 313	questions
*Past Tenses: Passé Composé* and Imparfait:** 2) Text in present tense, and changed to the past.	114, 213, 215, 313	roger a 23 ans
*Past Tenses: Passé Composé* and Imparfait:** 3) Reading from L'Étranger, with verbs highlighted	114, 213, 215, 313	Camus
*Past Tenses: Passé Composé* and Imparfait:** Exercises: Thanksgiving Individual Sentences	213, 215, 313	thanksgiving sentences
Interrogative Pronouns (Qui, Que, Quoi, etc.), with exercises	213, 215, 313	interrogprons

French 215

*Description of Exercises and Explanation Sheets*	*Courses for which this handout is appropriate*	*Link to the PDF file*
**Before You Start: A Poem about Our Queer Language**: How English is rather odd...	113, 114, 213, 215, 313	odd english
Object Pronouns (le, la, les, etc.)	213, 215	object pronouns
Exercises for revision of all articles	215, 313	articles 1 articles 2
Using "Y" and "En"	213, 215, 313	y and en
Passé Composé / Imparfait: Exercises	213, 215, 313	pcimpexcs
Interrogative Pronouns (Qui, Que, Quoi, etc.), with exercises	213, 215, 313	interrogprons
Chart of verbs and the prepositions they take	215, 313	verb table

French 313

Note: Exercises for French 313 are advanced. They assume some knowledge of the fundamentals of French grammar.

*Description of Exercises and Explanation Sheets*	*Courses for which this handout is appropriate*	*Link to the PDF file*
**Before You Start: A Poem about Our Queer Language**: How English is rather odd...	113, 114, 213, 215, 313	odd english
*For, Since, Ago (depuis, il y a, ça fait, etc.)* Problems of translation; multiple meanings. Exercises included.	313	depuis
*Depuis, etc.:* Explanations and translation exercises (includes the difference between en/dans/pendant).	313	depuis 2 depuis 3
Exercises for revision of all articles	215, 313	articles 1 articles 2
Replacing pronouns in sentences (direct and indirect object pronouns; multiple pronoun replacement)	313	pronoun replacement
Relative Pronouns: Chart of forms	313	rel. pronouns 1
Relative Pronouns: More details	313	rel. pronouns 2
Relative Pronouns: Translation Exercises	313	rel. pron. excs.
Chart of verbs and the prepositions they take	215, 313	verb table
Uses of the Infinitive Forms (and the "causative faire")	313	infinitives
Meaning of Special Verbs (e.g. partir, laisser, quitter, etc.)	313	special verbs
English usage: "Could, Would, Should" and their French equivalents	313	could, would, should
Review of Conditional and Past Conditional	313	conditional
Conditional Phrases with Si: Chart of verb changes and Exercises	313	si clauses
Verb Review: Exercises using all tenses of verbs	313	verb review
The Plus-que-parfait: Explanation and Exercises	313	plus que parfait
La Concordance des Temps: reading selection with all past tense verbs: "Ah, si j'avais su!"	313	conc. des temps
Pronominal Verbs: Les Accords du participe passé : AARRGH!!! Note: these are explanations and exercises. Not for the faint of heart!!!	313	pronominal verbs
Indirect Discourse: Le Discours indirect Tense changes (see below, for exercises)	313	discours indirect
Indirect Discourse: Changes in the interrogative form: Explanations and exercises	313	disc. indirect explan. disc. ind. excs.
Everything you wanted to know about *Tout, tous, toute, toutes...* and perhaps even more!	313	tout, tous
The Subjunctive as a Subversive Activity: Explanations	313	subjunctive
Subjunctive: Translation exercises	313	subjunctive 2
Interrogative Pronouns (Qui, Que, Quoi, etc.), with exercises	213, 215, 313	interrog. prons
Interrogative Adjectives: Quel, Lequel, etc.	215, 313	interrog. adjs
Timeline: Chart showing all the different "times" used in narration. "Les temps dans la narration"	215, 313	timeline