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National French Contest
Specifications for 2010
Levels 01 - 5
The specifications for each level are cumulative and include all material listed for lower levels
Level 01
Vocabulary
o Greetings and introductions, including asking
name and age
o Common French names
o Family members, immediate family
o Physical description and personality
characteristics
o Weather: il fait beau, mauvais, il fait du vent, il
fait chaud, froid
o Numbers up to 100
o Days, months, calendar
o Expressions of time, such as mois, semaine,
année, journée, demain
o Expressions de quantité, beaucoup + de,+ d’
o How to tell time
o Adverbs of time such as souvent, toujours,
quelquefois, maintenant
o Classroom furniture
o Common prepositions of location : dans, sur,
sous devant, derrière, avec, chez, pour, après,
avant
o Colors and common clothing
o Common foods
o Leisure activities j’aime faire du ski, j’adore le
tennis
o Countries bordering France, adjectives of
nationality, languages
o Question words : Qu’est-ce que, qu’est-ce qui,
comment, combien, pourquoi, où
Grammar
o Elision
o Articles, definite, indefinite, (partitive in reading
and listening only), contractions
o Regular plural of nouns
o Form of common adjectives, blond, blonde
o How to make questions and negations. Use of
est-ce que for questions
o Possessive adjectives mon, ton, ma, ta only
o Demonstrative adjectives ce, cette, ces
o Possession with de
o Subject pronouns je, tu, il, etc. Limited use of
moi, toi
o Regular verbs in -er at present, few regular
common -ir verbs such as finir, choisir
o -er verbs at imperative– mange! mangez!
o Il y a vs il est, voilà, voici
o Four irregular verbs: être, avoir, faire, aller
Cultural sensitivity
o Vous vs tu
o Proper greetings, Monsieur vs. first name
o Eating customs in France vs. U.S.
Level 1
Vocabulary
o Class schedule, subjects and school supplies
o Rooms of the house, basic furniture,
o Cities, places, activities and transportation
o Shopping, restaurants and common food, simple
restaurant menu
o Prepositions of location à côté de, près de, loin
de, en face de, entre, etc.
o Expressions such as: Combien coûte, j’ai besoin
de, c’est cher , c’est bon marché,je veux, tu
veux, je voudrais, tu voudrais.
o Leisure time activities jouer à, faire de
o Name of cognate-based professions
o Expressions of time: le mois prochain, l’année
prochaine
o Expressions with avoir -- avoir tort, avoir
raison, avoir soif, avoir faim, avoir besoin de,
etc.
o Simple expressions with faire : faire la
vaisselle, faire des maths, faire du ski
Grammar
o Near future aller + infinitive
o J’ai chaud vs. il fait chaud
o Interrogative quel, quelle, quels, quelle
o de, négatif de un, du, des...
o Il ya versus C’est.....
o Opposition of « j’aime le...je mange du... »
Cultural sensitivity
o Eating customs in France vs. U.S.
o School schedule in France vs. U.S.
Level 2
Vocabulary
o Daily routine
o Rooms of the house and chores
o Food, typical French meal
o School related activities, such as la fanfare, la
chorale
o Health, fitness and expressions such as j’ai
mal à, tu as l’air malade, ça va bien?
o Shopping for special events, such as birthdays
and proms
o Travel plans and activities
o Giving and asking directions
o Expressions with avoir such as avoir envie de,
avoir le temps de, avoir peur de, avoir de la
chance, etc.
o Expressions with être such as: être en train
de, être en forme, être de Toulouse, c’est à
moi
Grammar
o Add all common regular -ir and -re verbs
o Add to the four irregular verbs avoir, être,
aller, faire. Eight additional irregulars:
mettre, prendre, dormir, sortir, partir,
vouloir, pouvoir, savoir
o Regular -er, -ir and -re verbs at passé
composé, along with passé composé of the
above mentioned irregular verbs avoir, être,
aller, faire, mettre, prendre, dormir, sortir,
partir. Common « être » verbs vs. « avoir »
o Pronominal verbs only at present
o Imperfect might be used in listening
comprehension and reading selections, but not
tested as a grammar item
o Agreement and position of all adjectives
o Comparatives and superlatives of regular
adjectives and adverbs plus.que, moins. .que
o Interrogative pronouns: qui, qui est-ce qui,
que, qu’est-ce que, quoi
o Object pronouns with verbs at present tense,
use of one pronoun only – le, lui, y, en., etc...
o Use of prepositions with geographical names
à, en, au, aux
o Simple negations rien, jamais, personne, plus
o All regular imperatives, including mangeons,
finissons
o All possessive adjectives, notre...., leur.....
Cultural sensitivity
o House construction, size, rooms
o Differences in daily life, energy conservation,
extra curricular activities
o Health care
o School life
o The many facets of Francophone lifestyles
Level 3
Vocabulary.
Wider scope vocabulary related to: school, daily
schedule, parts and rooms of house, extended
family, clothing and appearance, more complex
menus, leisure, sports and entertainment, future
plans for education and job, health, city life and
environment, holidays and traditions.
Grammar
o Use of inversion to make questions
o All regular verbs at passé composé, including pronominals
o Contrast of imparfait and passé composé
o Simple agreement of past participle with être and common
pronominals
o Pronominal verbs at impératif
o Future and conditional
o Subjunctive of common verbs will be used in reading and
listening comprehension but will not be tested as a
grammar item
o Common verbs requiring a preposition followed by
infinitive commencer à, etc.
o Correct use of sortir, partir, laisser, quitter
o Depuis + present tense
o Use of ne…..que
o Adjectives followed by de
o Relative pronouns qui, que. Dont, lequel used only in
reading and listening comprehension, not tested as
grammar item.
o Common negative structures, including ni…ni
o Expanded comparative structures aussi…que,
autant…que, etc
Cultural sensitivity
o Driving and car use among teenagers
o Secondary studies and college in France and US
o Teen life and dating in France and US
o Communities and the environment
o The many facets of Francophone lifestyles
Level 4
Vocabulary and culture
o Social issues, such as human rights, equality between
sexes, crime and violence, diversity, emigration, prejudice
and discrimination, science and medicine, nature and
ecology in France and the Francophonie
o Culture, celebrations and traditions, arts, historical events,
literature in France and the Francophonie
Grammar
o Verbs with spelling changes such as espérer, acheter
o All interrogative pronouns
o All possessive pronouns
o Si clauses with present and imparfait
o En with present participle
o Past infinitive with après
o Relative pronouns including dont, lequel....
o Demonstrative pronouns
o Developed negative words, aucun, ni....ni...
o Correct use of manquer de, manquer à
o Use of present and imparfait with depuis, il y a, ça
fait…que
o Most simple uses of subjunctive,
o Use of descendre, monter, sortir, rentrer, passer + direct
object at passé composé
o C’est vs. il est,more complex uses
o Recognition of futur antérieur and passé simple in
readings only.
Level 5
Vocabulary
Globalization and technology, such as current events, politics,
communications, media in France and the Francophonie
Grammar
o Plus-que-parfait and conditionnel passé
o Correct use of imparfait and passé composé
o Agreement of past participles with all passés composés
o All si clauses, including plus-que-parfait
o Double object pronouns
o More elaborate use of subjunctive
o Expended use of relative and demonstrative pronouns
Cultural sensitivity
o All the preceding topics expanded
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Middle and High School Contest
January 25 2010 All middle and high school orders must be postmarked by this date
and sent to Valerie White
March 1-28 2010 Middle and High School contest dates
March 29 2010 All answer sheets to be received by Valerie White at Northview
Mid-April 2010 National results published
May 2010 National and State awards and certificates sent to schools
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There are two categories of awards: Chapter and National. Chapters offer prizes to those students who are among the top scorers at the Chapter level for each level and division. National prizes are subsidized out of the fees paid by each entrant. Prizes, to be awarded by Le Grand Concours, include French dvds, medals, books, etc. In addition, various French firms donate prizes which are distributed to National winners. National winners are students who place in the top ten ranks
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