SAT II French : SAT Subject Test in French
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Example Questions
Example Question #1 :Possessive Adjectives
Choose the correct possessive adjective to go in the blank.
"Tu habites ici?"
"Oui, c'est__________maison."
ta
mon
ma
ton
mes
ma
"Maison" is a feminine noun, therefore in order to say "my house," the correct form of myis "ma."
Example Question #2 :Sat Subject Test In French
Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.
Je n'ai rien mangéce matin. J'ai__________.
envie
peur
honte
faim
hâte
faim
This sentence means "I didn't eat anything this morning. I am__________." It does not make sense to next say that you are scared or ashamed. It also does not make sense to say that you are looking forward to something or that you want something.
Example Question #1 :Sat Subject Test In French
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
"J'aime cette voiture."
"Merci, c'est la__________."
mienne
tienne
ma
mien
ta
mienne
"La mienne"/"le mien" means "mine." "Voiture" is a feminine noun, so it must be replaced with a feminine possessive pronoun.
Example Question #1 :Prepositions
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
"Tu vasàParis?"
"Moi aussi, je vais__________aller la semaine prochaine."
lui
en
y
le
la
y
The preposition "à"cannot be replaced by any other than "y."
Example Question #1 :Sat Subject Test In French
Choose the correct preposition to go in the blank.
On part en vacances. On va__________Paris.
au
dans
chez
à
en
à
The sentence is saying, "We are going to Paris." The preposition "to," when referring to a city, is always "à."
Example Question #2 :Sat Subject Test In French
Choose the correct answer to go in the blank.
"Il faut dire bonjouràta grand-mère."
"Je le__________aidéjàdit."
la
leur
te
lui
me
lui
The first sentence means "You have to say hello to your grandmother." "Lui" specifies that you have already said hello to her.
Example Question #1 :Sat Subject Test In French
Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
Tu as un beau appartement.
Tu as un appartement beau.
Tu as un bel appartement.
Tu as une belle appartement.
Tu as une appartement belle.
Tu as un bel appartement.
"Appartement" is a masculine noun, but it also begins with a vowel sound. The preceding adjective cannot end in a vowel sound as well. "Bel" is a masculine adjective used to place a consonant between the two vowel sounds. Adjectives referring to beauty are always placed before the noun.
Example Question #1 :Present Conditional / Le Conditionnel
Choose the correct conjugation of the verb "acheter" to go in the blank.
Si j'étais riche, j'__________une belle voiture.
achèterai
achetais
achète
acheter
achèterais
achèterais
This sentence means, "If I were rich, I__________a beautiful car," with all of the answer choices being conjugations of the verb "acheter," which means "to buy." Since "would buy" fits in the sentence and is the conditional tense, "achetèrais"is the only correct answer.
Example Question #1 :Verbs
Choose the correct conjugation of the verb "être"to go in the blank.
Je suis content(e) que tu__________là.
soit
es
étais
sont
sois
sois
"Je suis content(e)" is expressing sentiment, which requires the subjunctive.
Example Question #1 :Imperfect / L'imparfait
Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
J'ai allé en France quand j'étais dix-huit ans.
J'étais en France quand j'aiétédix-huit ans.
J'aiétéen France quand j'ai eu dix-huit ans.
Je suis allé(e) en France quand j'avais dix-huit ans.
Je suis allé(e) en France quand j'étais dix-huit ans.
Je suis allé(e) en France quand j'avais dix-huit ans.
This sentence means, "I went to France when I was eighteen." "Went" is one single action and therefore translates into the passécomposé. "Was" is a continuous action/state and therefore translates into the imparfait.
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