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La francophonie mondiale and Media Texts: Test Review

Everything for the Unit 5 test on one page: the key facts from all 5 lessons, the mistakes that cost the most marks, and a practice test that points you back to the lessons you need.

Key facts

Prepositions with Places

  • Say the name with its article first. No article → à / de; la, l' (feminine) → en / de; le → au / du; les → aux / des.
  • Masculine names starting with a vowel take en too: en Iran, en Ontario.
  • Most names ending in -e are feminine, but le Mexique, le Cambodge, le Mozambique, le Zimbabwe are masculine: au Mexique, du Cambodge.
  • Islands used without an article work like cities: à Madagascar, à Cuba, à Maurice.
  • Canada: en Ontario, au Québec (province) vs à Québec (city), au Manitoba, au Nouveau-Brunswick, en Nouvelle-Écosse, en Colombie-Britannique, en Alberta, en Saskatchewan.

La francophonie Around the World

  • The OIF estimated in its 2026 report that about 396 million people speak French, on every continent.
  • Canada: French and English are official at the federal level; French is the official language of Québec; New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province.
  • Francophone communities across Canada: les Acadiens (15 August), les Franco-Ontariens (25 September), les Franco-Manitobains of Saint-Boniface, les Fransaskois…
  • Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, La Réunion and Mayotte are part of France; Haïti, Madagascar and Vanuatu are independent countries where French is official alongside other languages.
  • French is an official language of the UN and of the International Olympic Committee; 20 March is the Journée internationale de la Francophonie.

Register, Regional French and Canada vs France

  • Formal: vous, the conditionnel and inversion: Pourrais-je parler à Monsieur Leblanc? Pourriez-vous rappeler plus tard? Informal: tu and the impératif: Veux-tu sortir ce soir? Téléphone-moi plus tard!
  • Phone formulas: C'est de la part de qui? (who's calling?), Ne quittez pas (please hold), je vous le passe (I'll put him through).
  • Canada / France: le stationnement / le parking, la fin de semaine / le week-end, magasiner / faire du shopping, le courriel / l'e-mail, le cellulaire / le portable.
  • Meals: Canada déjeuner, dîner, souper = France petit-déjeuner, déjeuner, dîner.
  • Possessive pronouns agree with the thing owned: le nôtre, la nôtre, les nôtres; le leur, la leur, les leurs; with à / de: aux nôtres, des leurs.

Media, Signs and Text Forms

  • For any text, ask: form, audience, purpose, fact or opinion?
  • Signs use infinitives (Ralentir!, Ne pas toucher) or nouns (Interdiction de / Défense de + infinitive) to give rules to everyone at once.
  • Social media uses the informal register and abbreviations (slt, stp, mdr, dsl, bcp, tkt) — never in formal writing.
  • Fact = can be checked (prices, numbers, dates). Opinion = a judgment (le meilleur, à notre avis, génial).
  • Promotional texts use imperatives, superlatives, seulement and urgency; informational texts use neutral, checkable statements.

Writing Complex Sentences and Editing Your Work

  • quand, lorsque, dès que + futur when the time is future: Quand j'arriverai à Paris, je t'appellerai.
  • si + présent → futur in the main clause; never a futur after si meaning if: Si tu viens, nous irons au cinéma.
  • Connectors: car (because, always after the main idea), puisque (since), donc (so), par conséquent (consequently), cependant (however), alors que (whereas).
  • Days, months and languages are lowercase; nationality nouns are capitalised: le lundi 3 janvier, le français, les Français.
  • Past participles agree with the subject after être and with a direct object placed before avoir: Mes amies sont arrivées. Les photos que j'ai prises.

Where marks get lost

  • Using à for countries: Je vais à France, j'habite à Canada. À alone is for cities and islands without an article: en France, au Canada. (Prepositions with Places)
  • Writing en Mexique or en Cambodge. These names end in -e but are masculine: au Mexique, au Cambodge. (Prepositions with Places)
  • Writing au Ontario. Au cannot go before a vowel sound; masculine names that start with a vowel take en: en Ontario. (Prepositions with Places)
  • Keeping the article for a feminine country of origin: Je viens de la France. For where you come from, a feminine country drops its article: Je viens de France (but du Canada for a masculine one). (Prepositions with Places)
  • Mixing up the province and the city: J'habite à Québec means Québec City. For the province, write au Québec. (Prepositions with Places)
  • Thinking the francophonie means only France and Québec. French is spoken on every continent, and francophone communities live in every Canadian province: Acadians, Franco-Ontarians, Franco-Manitobans, Fransaskois and more. (La francophonie Around the World)
  • Calling Guadeloupe, Martinique or La Réunion countries. They are part of France (overseas departments and regions); their residents are French citizens. (La francophonie Around the World)
  • Stating that French is an official language in Morocco, Algeria or Tunisia. It is widely used there, but it is not official. (La francophonie Around the World)
  • Reading le collège in a text from France as college. In France, le collège is middle school; the lycée comes after it. (La francophonie Around the World)
  • Capitalising nationality adjectives: un chanteur Québécois. In French only the noun takes a capital (les Québécois); the adjective does not (un chanteur québécois). (La francophonie Around the World)
  • Using tu with an adult you don't know on the phone: Peux-tu me passer M. Leblanc? Use vous and the conditionnel: Pourriez-vous me passer Monsieur Leblanc? (Register, Regional French and Canada vs France)
  • Starting a request with Je veux… in a formal call. It sounds like a demand; say Pourrais-je…? or Je voudrais…. (Register, Regional French and Canada vs France)
  • Misreading the meal: in France le dîner is the evening meal and le déjeuner is lunch; in Canada le dîner is lunch. (Register, Regional French and Canada vs France)
  • Dropping the circumflex or the agreement in possessive pronouns: les notres, les leur. Write les nôtres, les leurs, and match the thing owned: Votre maison est plus grande que la nôtre. (Register, Regional French and Canada vs France)
  • Putting informal regional words such as char or blonde in a formal email. Use une voiture and ma copine or mon amie. (Register, Regional French and Canada vs France)
  • Using text abbreviations such as stp or dsl in an email to an employer or in an assignment. Write s'il vous plaît and désolé(e) in full. (Media, Signs and Text Forms)
  • Reading Défense de fumer as defence of smoking. In signs, défense de + infinitive means it is forbidden to do it. (Media, Signs and Text Forms)
  • Writing Ne toucher pas on a sign. With an infinitive, both parts of the negation come first: Ne pas toucher. (Media, Signs and Text Forms)
  • Treating a review's verdict as a fact. Le meilleur rapport qualité-prix is the writers' opinion; the price and battery life are the facts. (Media, Signs and Text Forms)
  • Assuming every text with numbers is informational. Ads use numbers too (seulement 5 dollars!); look at the purpose and the imperatives. (Media, Signs and Text Forms)
  • Copying the English present after when: Quand j'arrive à Paris, je t'appellerai. For a future time, write Quand j'arriverai à Paris…. (Writing Complex Sentences and Editing Your Work)
  • Putting the futur after si: Si tu viendras, on ira au parc. Write Si tu viens, on ira au parc. (Writing Complex Sentences and Editing Your Work)
  • Putting car before the main idea: Car il pleut, je reste à la maison. Use Puisqu'il pleut or Comme il pleut at the start, or move car to the middle. (Writing Complex Sentences and Editing Your Work)
  • Capitalising days, months and languages: le Lundi 3 Janvier, j'étudie le Français. Write le lundi 3 janvier, j'étudie le français. (Writing Complex Sentences and Editing Your Work)
  • Forgetting agreement with être: Mes amies sont arrivé. The participle agrees with the subject: arrivées. (Writing Complex Sentences and Editing Your Work)

Practice test

25 questions from across the unit. Each one shows the lesson it comes from.

  1. Prepositions with Places
    1
    Choose the correct preposition: J'habite ___ Ontario.
  2. Prepositions with Places
    2
    Fill in the preposition: Nous partons en vacances ___ États-Unis.
  3. Prepositions with Places
    3
    Match each English phrase to its French equivalent.
    to Brazil
    from Brazil
    to Belgium
    from Belgium
    to the Philippines
    from the Philippines
  4. Prepositions with Places
    4
    Fill in the preposition: Ils vivent ___ Colombie-Britannique.
  5. Prepositions with Places
    5
    Which country is masculine even though its name ends in -e?
  6. La francophonie Around the World
    6
    Which Canadian province is officially bilingual?
  7. La francophonie Around the World
    7
    In which of these countries is French widely used but not official?
  8. La francophonie Around the World
    8
    Which statement about French and international organisations is accurate?
  9. La francophonie Around the World
    9
    A student from Lyon writes: Je suis en quatrième au collège. What does collège mean here?
  10. La francophonie Around the World
    10
    Why is French an official language in Haïti?
  11. Register, Regional French and Canada vs France
    11
    You call an office to ask about a summer job. Which opening is most appropriate?
  12. Register, Regional French and Canada vs France
    12
    Match each Canadian word to the word usually used in France.
    le stationnement
    la fin de semaine
    magasiner
    le cellulaire
    le dépanneur
    la tuque
  13. Register, Regional French and Canada vs France
    13
    In Canada, what is the evening meal called? Give the noun with its article.
  14. Register, Regional French and Canada vs France
    14
    Complete: Leurs traditions ressemblent ___ (to ours).
  15. Register, Regional French and Canada vs France
    15
    A friend says something hard to believe. You pull down the skin under one eye and say:
  16. Media, Signs and Text Forms
    16
    In a post, mdr stands for:
  17. Media, Signs and Text Forms
    17
    Why does the sign say Ralentir! rather than Ralentis! or Ralentissez!?
  18. Media, Signs and Text Forms
    18
    Which sentence is promotional rather than informational?
  19. Media, Signs and Text Forms
    19
    Write the sign Do not disturb with an infinitive.
  20. Media, Signs and Text Forms
    20
    You are writing an email to ask about a summer job. Which abbreviation is appropriate?
  21. Writing Complex Sentences and Editing Your Work
    21
    Choose the correct translation: When you arrive, call me.
  22. Writing Complex Sentences and Editing Your Work
    22
    Choose the connector: Il fait très froid; ___, l'école reste ouverte.
  23. Writing Complex Sentences and Editing Your Work
    23
    Match each connector to its meaning.
    cependant
    car
    donc
    puisque
    par conséquent
    alors que
  24. Writing Complex Sentences and Editing Your Work
    24
    Write the past participle with the correct agreement: Voici les photos que j'ai ___ (prendre) à Québec.
  25. Writing Complex Sentences and Editing Your Work
    25
    Which is a typical feature of an FAQ for newcomers?

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