French 1: Special Verb List

Here are the 37 verbs we covered in our four special verb lists second semester. For the final exam, you need to know their definitions, present tense conjugations, and past tense formation (helping verb and past participle).

Here's the full list in the order in which we covered them:

1	2	3		4
devoir	donner	dire	rire	partir	tuer
voir	prendre	interdire	sourire	dormir	mourir
vouloir	suivre	lire	cuire	sortir	aider
pouvoir	laisser	relire	produire	mettre	essayer
savoir	penser	écrire	conduire	rester	revenir
	croire	décrire	construire	arrêter	tenir
			boire	connaître

Here's the list in alphabetical order, suitable for copying into Excel and creating your own study spreadsheet of definitions, conjugations, and participles:

French 1 verbs	List
aider	8
arrêter	8
boire	7
conduire	7
connaître	8
construire	7
croire	6
cuire	7
décrire	7
devoir	5
dire	7
donner	6
dormir	8
écrire	7
essayer	8
interdire	7
laisser	6
lire	7
mettre	8
mourir	8
partir	8
penser	6
pouvoir	5
prendre	6
produire	7
relire	7
rester	8
revenir	8
rire	7
savoir	5
sortir	8
sourire	7
suivre	6
tenir	8
tuer	8
voir	5
vouloir	5

Results of French 2 and French 3 Vocab Surveys

Here the Chapter Vocab lists we will cover in French 3 and in French 2, as determined by student vote in our Vocab Surveys:

French 3:

1. Chapter 5: wild animals and extreme sports
2. Chapter 9: visual and performing arts
3. Chapter 7: natural disasters and environmental issues
4. Chapter 10: traveling by airplane and automobile
5. Chapter 6: French news/newspapers
6. Chapter 8: elections and public services

French 2:

1. Chapter 9: Movies, TV, books, music 
2. Chapter 7: Camping, fishing, the outdoors
3. Chapter 10: Vacations, traveling
4. Chapter 8: Body parts + exercise and health
5. Chapter 6: Things you did in your childhood + Life in the country

In both French 3 and French 2, we will very likely be able to cover the top three chapters chosen. It is possible that we will reach the fourth chapter on each list, but nothing beyond. So French 3, you are safe from news and elections, and French 2, you will be spared the angst of revisiting your childhood.

Note that CAH will pick and chose grammar lessons from all appropriate chapters, independent of the rankings above, to ensure your smooth progress in learning French grammar. 

Here are the results of the French 3 Vocab Survey:

French 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	cumulative rank score	order
Chapter 5: wild animals and extreme sports	4	5	1	0	0	0	17	1
Chapter 6: French news/newspapers	0	0	3	3	3	1	42	5
Chapter 7: natural disasters and environmental issues	2	1	1	4	2	0	33	3
Chapter 8: elections and public services	0	0	0	0	1	9	59	6
Chapter 9: visual and performing arts	4	3	0	1	2	0	24	2
Chapter 10: traveling by airplane and automobile	0	1	5	2	2	0	35	4

And for French 2:

French 2	1	2	3	4	5
Chapter 6: Things you did in your childhood + Life in the country	5	2	4	4	14	107	5
Chapter 7: Camping, fishing, the outdoors	8	6	5	7	2	73	2
Chapter 8: Body parts + exercise and health	3	6	5	6	7	89	4
Chapter 9: Movies, TV, books, music	7	9	6	5	1	68	1
Chapter 10: Vacations, traveling	5	5	8	6	4	83	3

French 2 Vocab Survey

French 2 students, please complete the following survey to help me pick the sequence of chapters and vocab lists we will cover during the rest of the semester. Vote early, but vote once. I will ignore duplicate submissions.

Take the survey by clicking this link or by filling out the form below. Be sure to hit "Done" after doing the rankings on the second page to submit your vote! Survey remains open until Monday, February 11, 15:30 MST.

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French 3 Chapter/Vocab Sequence Survey

French 3 students, please complete the following survey to help me pick the sequence of chapters and vocab lists we will cover during the rest of the semester. Vote early, but vote once. I will ignore duplicate submissions.

Take the survey by clicking this link or by filling out the form below. Be sure to hit "Done" after doing the rankings on the second page to submit your vote! Survey remains open until Monday, February 11, 15:30 MST.

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French 2 Chooses Chapters 7 and 9

Here are the results of the French 2 Fourth Quarter Vocab Preference Survey. The winners are Chapter 7 (The Great Outdoors!) and Chapter 9 (media!). Thank you for casting your votes. We start Chapter 7 Wednesday!

Below are the survey question and the exact results:

We have two months left of school. We have four chapters to choose from. We can cover two chapters, maybe three. Please indicate the order in which you would like to do the following chapters based on the given vocabulary topic areas. Assign numbers as follows:

1. Do it now!
2. Do it second.
   
3. Do it if there's time.
4. Don't do it; we can do without it in French 1.

Chapter Vocabulary	Avg. Rank
Chapter 9: Movies, books, TV, and music	2.2
Chapter 8: Body parts, sickness and health	3.0
Chapter 7: Camping, fishing, and the great outdoors	2.0
Chapter 6: Things we did when we were kids + Life in the country	2.8

French 1: Review Pages for Written Exam!

Here's a list of pages you can review to prepare for the French 1 Examen semestriel—épreuve écrite! (Semester Exam—Written Test!)

Vocabulary:

• 10 (numbers 1–30)
  
• 35 (Chapter 1)
  
• 54 ("Entre copains")
  
• 69 (Chapter 2)
• 93 ("Entre copains")
• 107 (Chapter 3)
• 114 ("Entre Copains")
• 141 (Chapter 4: Vocab 1 only!)

Grammar:

• 14 (subject pronouns)
• 24 (indefinite articles and plurals)
• 26 (avoir and verb negation)
  
• 44 (definite articles)
  
• 46 (-er verbs)
• 56 (contractions with à)
• 58 (conjunctions et, mais, and ou)
• 82 (être)
• 84 (adjective agreement)
• 94 (possessive adjectives: mon, ma, mes,... notre, nos,...)
• 96 (contractions with de)
• 116 (-re verbs)
• 118 (-ger/-cer verbs)
  

French 2: Review Pages for Written Exam!

Here's a list of pages you can review to prepare for the French 2 Examen semestriel—épreuve écrite! (Semester Exam—Written Test!)

Vocabulary:

• 37 (Chapter 1)
  
• 56 ("Entre copains")
  
• 73 (Chapter 2)
• 85 ("Entre copains")
• 97 (directions)
• 113 (Chapter 3)
• 121 ("Entre Copains")
• 149 (Chapter 4: Vocab 1 only!)

Grammar:

• 10 (avoir and être)
• 12 (adjective agreement)
• 22 (-er verbs)
• 24 (-ir and -re verbs)
• 46 (direct object pronouns)
• 48 (indirect object pronouns)
• 58 (past tense with avoir)
• 60 (past tense with être)
• 86 (de as partitive)
• 122 (object pronouns with past tense)
  

Qu'est-ce que c'est, le filet à provisions?

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