2025 Grade 7 Exam Preparation

Grammar:
Be prepared to apply the following grammar concepts:

Subject Pronouns:
●​ Be prepared to complete the following chart with English
translations.

Je I Nous We
Tu You (sing) Vous You (pl)
Il He Ils They (m)
Elle She Elles They (f)

●​ Be prepared to identify the subject and verb in a sentence.

Indefinite Articles:

●​ Translate as a/an/some
●​ Must match gender and number of the noun they describe

Masc Sing Un

Fem Sing Une

Plural Des
●​ Remember: when using the negative (ne pas) the indefinite article
becomes de
○​ ex) Je n’ai pas de crayon.

Definite Articles:

●​ Translate as the
●​ Must match gender and number of the noun they describe

Masc Sing Le

Fem Sing La

Sing Vowel L’

Plural Les
Plural Nouns:

●​ Generally you make a noun plural by adding an -s to the end

○​ ex) magazine -> magazines
●​ Some nouns are irregular:
○​ Nouns ending in eau add -x
■​ ex) tableau -> tableaux
○​ Nouns ending in eu add - x
■​ ex) jeu -> jeux
○​ Nouns ending in al become -aux
■​ ex) journal -> journaux

Contractions with à:

●​ À means at
●​ Using à with a definite article must use the correct contraction

Masc sing à + le au

Fem Sing à + la à la

Sing vowel à + l’ à l’

Plural à + les aux

Contractions with de:

●​ De means of or from
●​ Using de with a definite article must use the correct contraction

Masc sing de + le du

Fem Sing de + la de la

Sing vowel de + l’ de l’

Plural de + les des

Conjunctions:

●​ Et = and
●​ Mais = but
●​ Ou = or
Questions:

●​ To make any statement a yes/no question simply add est-ce que to

the beginning of the sentence.
○​ ex) Est-ce que tu aimes la pizza = Do you like pizza?
●​ Question words:

Quand When

Pourquoi Why

Qu’ What

Où Where

Comment How

Avec qui With whom

●​ To ask for information use the question word followed by est-ce que
○​ ex) Quand est-ce que nous avons le test?
○​ Do not use est-ce que when the question word is followed by
the verb être
■​ ex) Quand est le test?
○​ The question word Qui is followed directly by the verb
■​ Qui écrit le test?

Adverbs:

●​ To make an adverb simply add -ment to the feminine form of the

adjective
○​ ex) heureux - heureuse - heureusement (happily)
○​ ex) sérieux - sérieuse - sérieusement (seriously)
●​ The adjectives bon (good) and mauvais(bad) have irregular forms of
the adverb
○​ Bon - bien (well)
○​ Mauvais - mal (badly)
●​ Adverbs of Frequency
○​ Régulièrement- regularly
○​ Souvent- often
○​ De temps en temps- from time to time
○​ Rarement - rarely
○​ Jamais- never
Irregular Verbs:

Avoir = to have

J’ai Nous avons

Tu as Vous avez

Il/Elle/On a Ils/Elles ont

Être = to be

Je suis Nous sommes

Tu es Vous êtes

Il/Elle/On est Ils/Elles sont

Aller = to go

Je vais Nous allons

Tu vas Vous allez

Il/Elle/On va Ils/Elles vont

Faire = to do

Je fais Nous faisons

Tu fais Vous faites

Il/Elle/On fait Ils/Elles font

Venir = to come

Je viens Nous venons

Tu viens Vous venez

Il/Elle/On vient Ils/Elles viennent

 ●​ Verbs that require accent changes:
○​ Pay attention to the change of accent in every form except
nous/vous in the verbs préférer, espérer, and répéter

Je préfère Nous préférons

Tu préfères Vous préférez

Il/Elle préfère Ils/Elles préfèrent

○​ Pay attention to the addition of the accent in every form except

nous/vous in the verbs acheter, amener, emmener, lever,
promener

J’achète Nous achetons

Tu achètes Vous achetez

Il/Elle achète Ils/Elles achètent

●​ -GER verbs
○​ Remember to add the e in the nous conjugation of -ger verbs
■​ ex) Nous mangeons
●​ -CER verbs
○​ Remember to add the accent to the c on the nous conjugation
of -cer verbs
■​ ex) Nous commençons

Regular Verbs:

-ER

Je - e Nous - ons

Tu - es Vous - ez

Il/Elle/On - e Ils/Elles - ent

 -IR

Je - is Nous - issons

Tu - is Vous - issez

Il/Elle/On - it Ils/Elles - issent

-RE

Je - s Nous - ons

Tu - s Vous - ez

Il/Elle/On - (nothing) Ils/Elles - ent

Futur Proche:

●​ To talk about something that you will do use the present tense of the
verb aller + the infinitive
○​ ex) Je vais manger la pizza = I’m going to eat pizza
○​ ex) Mme Fouad va corriger l’examen = Mme Fouad is going to
mark the exam

Passé Recent:

●​ To talk about something that just happened use the present tense of
the verb venir + de + the infinitive
○​ ex) Je viens de manger la pizza = I just ate pizza
○​ ex) Mme Fouad vient d’enseigner la grammaire = Mme Fouad
just taught the grammar.

Avoir Expressions:

●​ Some expressions must use the verb avoir

○​ Avoir besoin de = need
○​ Avoir envie de = feel like
○​ Avoir faim = be hungry
○​ Avoir soif = be thirsty
○​ Avoir chaud = feel hot
○​ Avoir froid = feel cold
○​ Avoir sommeil = feel sleepy
Negation:

●​ To make any sentence negative put ne before the verb and pas after
the verb
○​ ex) Je ne mange pas de pizza.
●​ Remember to use n’ when the verb starts with a vowel
○​ ex) Mme Fouad n’aime pas les devoirs.

Adjective Agreement:

●​ Remember that adjectives must always agree in both gender

(masc/fem) and number (sing/pl) with the noun they describe
●​ For regular adjectives:
○​ Add -s for masculine plural
○​ Add -e for feminine singular
○​ Add -es for feminine plural
●​ For irregular adjectives:
○​ -eux becomes -euse for feminine ex) heureux -> heureuse
○​ -if becomes -ive for feminine ex) sportif -> sportive
○​ -g becomes -gue for feminine ex) long -> longue
○​ -c becomes -ches for feminine ex) blanc -> blanche
○​ -n becomes -nne for feminine ex) mignon -> mignonne
○​ -s becomes -sse for feminin ex) gros -> grosse
○​ -l becomes -lle for feminine ex) gentil -> gentille
●​ Adjectives come after the noun in French unless they describe BAGS
(beauty, age, goodness, size)

Possessive Adjectives:

Masculine Feminine Plural

Singular Singular

my mon ma mes

your (tu) ton ta tes

his/her/its son sa ses

our notre notre nos

your (vous) votre votre vos

their leur leur leurs

Adjectives as Nouns:

●​ You can avoid repetition by dropping the noun and keeping the
article and adjective in a sentence
●​ This is most commonly used when discussing preferences
●​ The article and adjective must still match the gender and number of
the noun that is being removed
●​ EX) J’aime le bleu = I like the blue one

Vocabulary
You will be asked to demonstrate your knowledge of chapter vocabulary in
a variety of ways, including multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, translation of
short phrases and French-to-English or French-to-picture matching
questions. There will also be one writing question where you will be
required to apply vocabulary words in a written paragraph. For this
reason, it is important to be familiar with the articles (le, la, les, un, une).

**Vocabulary lists are NOT comprehensive. You will also need to review the
exprimons nous expressions from each chapter.

Reading
You will be provided with two basic French texts that use familiar grammar
forms and relevant vocabulary. Be prepared to answer ten straightforward
questions about the text. The questions will be in English and you may
respond in English or French. The text, however, is entirely in French.

Writing
You will also need to choose ONE of TWO options to write a short
paragraph. Responses should be written in complete sentences and will be
written entirely in French. Your paragraphs should demonstrate your
knowledge of grammar and verb conjugations, as well as chapter
vocabulary.