In a language course you prepare for the final exam beginning on the first day of class! By doing home work on a daily basis and by coming to class ready to USE what you have learned, you are preparing for the final oral and written exams. The two lists below do not contain everything you are responsible for; but if you can do what is listed here, you will have covered the major points of the course.

• Talk in past, present and near future time
• Present yourself and greet someone
• Talk about your schedule (time, day of week, month)
• Talk about the weather
• Describe and compare things and people
• Describe your room or place of residence
• Ask questions (yes/no, who, what, when, where, how, how much, how many)
• Talk about likes and dislikes
• Indicate possession (my, your, etc.) and point things out (this, that, these, those)
• Situate things and people spatially
• Describe family and household activities
• Express necessity, wanting, ability (devoir, vouloir, pouvoir) directly and also more politely
• Talk about hobbies, leisure activities, sports
• Talk about food (shopping, ordering a meal)
• Talk about clothing
• Use numbers (phone numbers, telling time, prices, etc.)

You will learn the following grammar skills to accomplish the above linguistic functions:

• Verbs
• regular –er and –ir verbs
• irregular verbs
• faire expressions
• avoir expressions
• vouloir, pouvoir, devoir
• present tense, near future tense, passé composé
• Interrogative words and structures (asking questions)
• Negations
• Subject pronouns
• Direct object pronouns
• Tonic pronouns
• Indefinite, definite, partitive pronouns
• Adjectives (descriptive, possessive, demonstrative)
• Prepositions (especially using à and de)