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Grade 8 Core French practice sheet

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  1. Question 1

    Which sentence talks about the past?

    • Le week-end prochain, nous allons danser.
    • Le week-end dernier, nous avons dansé.
    • Maintenant, nous dansons.
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    Le week-end dernier, nous avons dansé.

    Hint: Time words tell you the tense: hier (yesterday) points to the past, aujourd'hui (today) to the present, demain (tomorrow) to the future.

  2. Question 2

    What does «combien» ask?

    • how
    • who
    • how many or how much
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    how many or how much

    Hint: Question words: qui (who), que/qu'est-ce que (what), où (where), quand (when), combien (how many/much), comment (how), pourquoi (why), quel/quelle (which).

  3. Question 3

    What does «chaque jour» mean?

    • every week
    • once a year
    • every day
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    every day

    Hint: Frequency words tell how often: toujours (always), souvent (often), parfois (sometimes), jamais (never), chaque jour (every day).

  4. Question 4

    Complète : Je pense ___ le hockey est amusant.

    • que
    • où
    • qui
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    que

    Hint: Opinion phrases: à mon avis (in my opinion), selon moi (according to me), je pense que (I think that), je préfère (I prefer). Give a reason with parce que (because).

  5. Question 5

    Complète : Un guépard est ___ rapide qu'une tortue.

    • plus
    • moins
    • aussi
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    plus

    Hint: Compare with plus… que (more… than), moins… que (less… than) and aussi… que (as… as). Use mais (but) to show a contrast.

  6. Question 6

    How do you write «que» + «il» with an élision?

    • que il
    • qu'il
    • qui il
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    qu'il

    Hint: Before a vowel sound, que becomes qu': qu'il, qu'elle.

  7. Question 7

    Who helps Mathis?

    Le gâteau d'anniversaire

    Dimanche après-midi, Mathis prépare un gâteau pour l'anniversaire de sa mère. D'abord, il mélange la farine et les œufs. Ensuite, il met le gâteau au four. Soudain, il sent une odeur de brûlé! Le gâteau est trop cuit. Mathis est triste, mais sa sœur Nour l'aide à faire un nouveau gâteau. Finalement, ils chantent « Joyeux anniversaire » ensemble.

    • A neighbour
    • His sister Nour
    • His father
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    His sister Nour

    Hint: Stories have characters (who), a setting (where and when), a problem and a solution. Words like d'abord, ensuite and finalement show the order of events.

  8. Question 8

    Which of these countries has French as one of its official languages?

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    • Switzerland
    • Portugal
    • Austria
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    Switzerland

    Hint: French is spoken on several continents. Each Francophone community has its own culture, food, music and traditions.

  9. Question 9

    Which action shows respect for a community's traditional story?

    • Learn who the story belongs to and ask before sharing it
    • Change it to make it funnier
    • Retell it online without asking
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    Learn who the story belongs to and ask before sharing it

    Hint: Cultural appropriation is using a cultural motif, story, song or image without permission or context in a way that may misrepresent the people it comes from. Plagiarism is passing off someone else's work as your own.

  10. Question 10

    Complète : Maintenant, nous ___ nos devoirs. (faire, present)

    • allons faire
    • faisons
    • avons fait
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    faisons

    Hint: Time words tell you the tense: hier (yesterday) points to the past, aujourd'hui (today) to the present, demain (tomorrow) to the future.

Answer key

  1. 1. Le week-end dernier, nous avons dansé. (Past, present, future)
  2. 2. how many or how much (Asking questions)
  3. 3. every day (How often?)
  4. 4. que (Opinions and reasons)
  5. 5. plus (Comparing and contrasting)
  6. 6. qu'il (Sounds and letters)
  7. 7. His sister Nour (Reading and retelling stories)
  8. 8. Switzerland (The Francophone world)
  9. 9. Learn who the story belongs to and ask before sharing it (Culture and respect)
  10. 10. faisons (Past, present, future)

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