Week of September 7-11 FRE 101 Proficiency Activity

Être

100

Je 

Suis

200

Nous

Sommes

300

Elles

Sont

400

Tu

Es

500

Vous

Ètes

Adjectives

100

Inquiète: Feminine 

Inquiet: Masculine

200

Sportive: Feminine 

Sportif: Masculine

300

Masculine, Singular: Nouveau

Make Feminine, plural

Nouvelles

400

Ennuyeux: Masculine

Make Masculine, plural

Ennuyeux

500

Super: Masculine, singular

Make feminine, plural

Super

"-er" Verbs

100

Travailler: Je

Travaille

200

Dîner: Vous

Dînez 

300

Porter: Ellles

Portent 

400

Habiter: Tu

Habites

500

Manger: Nous 

Mangeons

Grammar

100

How do you make a negative statement?

Ne/n' + verb (conjugated) + pas 

200

If there is 20 women and 1 man, what form of "they" (in French) do you use?

Ils

300

If a verb starts with a vowel sound, what happens to the subject (like ce, je, ne, etc.)?

Subjects, such as je and ce, would become j', n' or c' with the verb (conjugated). Example: j'aime, n'est or c'est. 

400

What are the two types of "you" and when do you use them?

Tu is informal and used with people you know or are your same age (or roughly). Vous is formal and used with professors, elders, strangers, or anytime you are uncertain of the formality you should use in a setting. When in doubt, you "vous". Vous is is also the plural form a tu, like "you all" in English. 

500

What ways can you form yes/no questions?

- You can use a statement and change the period to a question mark; when speaking, the pitch at the end would be a rising tone instead of a falling one. 

- You can add "est-ce que" at the beginning of a statement and add a question mark (the rest of the statement remains the same).

French Speaking Countries

100

Name a country in Europe, not France

Switzerland, Belgium

200

Name a country in Africa 

Côtes D'Ivoire, Morcocco 

300

Name another country is Africa 

Morcocco, Côtes D'Ivoire

400

Name a country in the Caribbean 

Haiti

500

Name a country in North America 

Quebec, Canada