AP French: The Best Test Prep for the AP » (Second)

ABOUT OUR AUTHOR

Ellen Knauer earned her B.A. in French Literature at Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania. She also studied as an exchange student at the Université de Strasbourg, in Strasbourg, France. She was awarded the Copeland-Andelot Fellowship for graduate study at the University of Delaware, where she earned her M.A. in French Literature.

Subsequent coursework at Immaculata College, Saint Joseph’s College, West Chester University, and Temple University led to the completion of Pennsylvania teaching certificates in French, German, and Italian. Mrs. Knauer still enjoys taking courses and has accumulated more than 60 post-M.A. graduate credits. She has also published a series of animated lessons for the foreign language classroom in French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

She currently teaches French and Italian for the West Chester Area School District, in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

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REA’s AP FRENCH LANGUAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword avis au lecteur

About the Author 

About Research & Education Association 

Acknowledgments 

CHAPTER 1

EXCELLING ON THE AP FRENCH LANGUAGE EXAM

About this Book 

About the Advanced Placement Program 

About the Exam 

Tools to Help You Prepare for the Exam 

Studying for the Exam 

CHAPTER 2

AP FRENCH REVIEW

Alphabet and Pronunciation 

The International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA 

Accent Marks Used in French 

Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers 

The Indefinite Article 

The Definite Article 

The Partitive Article 

The Gender of Nouns 

The Plural of Nouns 

The Plural of Compound Nouns 

Adjective Formation—Making Feminine Forms 

Adjective Agreement—Making Plurals 

The Position of Adjectives Relative to the Noun 

Indefinite Adjectives 

Indefinite Pronouns 

Adverbs 

Adverb Formation

Adverb Position 

Adjectives Used as Adverbs 

Comparison of Adjectives 

Comparison of Adverbs 

The Demonstrative 

Interrogative Adjectives and Pronouns 

Possessive Adjectives 

Possessive Pronouns 

Subject Pronouns 

Object Pronouns 

Relative Pronouns 

Disjunctive Pronouns 

Prepositions 

Conjunctions 

Negations 

Verbs

The Infinitive 

Est-ce À ou De 

The Present Participle 

The Imperative 

Reflexive Verbs 

Modal Verbs 

The Causative Construction 

Savoir versus Connaître 

Using Plaire and Manquer

Tense and Mood

The Present Indicative

The Future 

The Imperfect 

The Conditional 

Compound Tenses 

The Literary Past 

The Passive Voice

The Subjunctive 

The Imperfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive 

PRE-EXAM PRACTICE 

Answer Sheet 

Listening

Exchanges 

Dialogues 

Reading

Passages and Questions 

Writing

Fill In a Word 

Fill In a Verb 

Essay 

Speaking

Working with a Series of Sketches 

Working with One or Two Sketches 

Answer Key 

Detailed Explanations of Answers

Listening 

Reading 

Writing 

Sample Essay Answers and Evaluations 

Sample Answers to Speaking Questions 

Practice Test 1 

Answer Sheet 

Answer Key 

Detailed Explanations of Answers 

Practice Test 2 

Answer Sheet 

Answer Key 

Detailed Explanations of Answers 

Practice Test 3 

Answer Sheet 

Answer Key 

Detailed Explanations of Answers 

Appendix—Audio CD Transcripts 

Pre-Exam Transcript 

Test 1 Transcript 

Test 2 Transcript 

Test 3 Transcript