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MastertheSATIIFrenchSubjectTestandscorehigher...Ourtestexpertsshowyoutherightwaytoprepareforthisimportantcollegeexam.REA'sSATIIFrenchSubjecttestprepcoversallFrenchlanguageareastoappearontheactualexamincludingin-depthcoverageofdeclensions，verbtenses，spellingpitfalls，negation，andmore.Thebookfeatures6full-lengthpracticeSATIIFrenchexams.Eachpracticeexamquestionisfullyexplainedtohelpyoubetterunderstandthesubjectmaterial.Usethebook'sglossaryforspeedylook-upsandsmartersearches.FollowupyourstudywithREA'sproventest-takingstrategies，powerhousedrillsandstudyschedulethatgetyoureadyfortestday.DETAILS-ComprehensivereviewofeveryFrenchlanguagetopictoappearontheSATIIsubjecttest-Flexiblestudyscheduletailoredtoyourneeds-Packedwithproventesttips，strategiesandadvicetohelpyoumasterthetest-6full-lengthpracticeSATIIFrenchSubjectexams：eachexamquestionisansweredincompletedetailwitheasy-to-follow，easy-to-graspexplanations-Thebook'sglossaryallowsforquicker，smartersearchesoftheinformationyouneedmostTABLEOFCONTENTSAboutResearch&EducationAssociationStudySchedulePassingtheSATII：FrenchsubjecttestAboutthisBookAbouttheTestHowtoUsethisBookFormatoftheSATII：FrenchSubjectTestAbouttheReviewSectionsScoringtheSATII：FrenchSubjectTestStudyingfortheSATII：FrenchSubjectTestTest-TakingTipsScoreConversionChartChapter1TheSoundsofFrenchPronunciationHintsTheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet(IPA)TheFrenchAlphabetAccentsLiaisonElisionSyllabificationChapter2Cognates-WordsYouRecognizeCognatesCommontoBothLanguagesCognateswithMinorSpellingChangesSpellingPitfalls"Fauxamis"(FalseFriends)SomeBorrowedWordsCapitalizationInterrogativeSentencesChapter3BytheNumbersCountingfrom1to1，000，000，000TellingTimeDescribingTimeDaysoftheWeekMonthsTheFourSeasons：LesquatresaisonsExpressingtheYearPhoneNumbersExpressingAgeCalculationsComparisonsOrdinalNumbersChapter4NounsandArticlesGenderFormationofFemininePluralNounsTheArticleSpecialUsesoftheDefiniteArticleTheIndefiniteArticleChapter5ThePartitiveArticle(LePartitif)GeneralUseFormationOmissionoftheDefiniteArticleafter"de"Definite，Indefinite，orPartitiveArticleChapter6AdjectivesFunctionFormationofFemininePositionofAdjectivesComparingwithAdjectivesPossessiveAdjectivesDemonstrativeAdjectives("this，""these")InterrogativeAdjectivesAdjectivesofNumberDemi(e)：HalfIndefiniteAdjectivesChapter7PronounsSubjectPronounsDirectObjectPronounsIndirectObjectPronounsWithTwoVerbsTogetherWithTwoObjectPronounsTogetherYanden;penserà;;parlerdeInterrogativeSentenceswithPronounsDisjunctivePronounsRelativePronounsPossessivePronounsChapter8VerbsL'indicatifL'impératifLepassécomposéL'imparfaitLeplus-que-parfaitLefuturprocheLefuturLeconditionnelL'infinitifLeparticipeprésentLesverbespronominauxTwoOtherPastTensesoftheIndicativeChapter9TheSubjunctiveFormation：RegularVerbsUsesoftheSubjunctiveinSubordinateClausesUsesofSubjunctiveafterCertainConjunctionsLepassédusubjonctifChapter10AdverbsFormationofAdverbsIrregularFormsPlacementoftheAdverbComparativeofAdverbsTheSuperlativeSomeCommonAdverbsInterrogativeAdverbsAdverbsthatConnectNouns，Phrases，andClausesChapter11PrepositionsandConjunctionsPrepositionsCompoundPrepositionsPrepositionswithGeographicNamesCommonVerbs+Preposition+InfinitiveConjunctionsChapter12BasicIdiomaticExpressionsExpressionswithavoirExpressionswithfaireImpersonalExpressionswithilIdiomaticExpressionswithêtreTheVerbmanquerMeasuringTimewithdepuis/depuisqueConnaîtreandsavoirMiscellaneousExpressionsChapter13NegationPositiveandNegativeAdverbialExpressionsQuelquechosede/riende+AdjectiveChapter14UsefulVocabularySchool(L'école)Animals(Unanimal;Lesanimaux)TheBody(Lecorps)TheCity(Laville)Clothing(Lesvêtements)Colors(Lescouleurs)Drinks(Lesboissons)TheFamily(Lafamille)Foods(Lesaliments)Illnesses(Lesmaladies)Professions，Occupations(Lesprofessions，lesmétiers)Sports/Leisure(Lessportsetlespasse-temps)Countries(Lespays)Professions(Lesprofessions)PRACTICETESTIAnswerKeyDetailedExplanationsofAnswersPRACTICETESTIIAnswerKeyDetailedExplanationsofAnswersPRACTICETESTIIIAnswerKeyDetailedExplanationsofAnswersPRACTICETESTIVAnswerKeyDetailedExplanationsofAnswersPRACTICETESTVAnswerKeyDetailedExplanationsofAnswersPRACTICETESTVIAnswerKeyDetailedExplanationsofAnswersAnswerSheetsGLOSSARYEXCERPTAboutResearch&EducationAssociationResearch&EducationAssociation(REA)isanorganizationofeducators，scientists，andengineersspecializinginvariousacademicfields.Foundedin1959withthepurposeofdisseminatingthemostrecentlydevelopedscientificinformationtogroupsinindustry，government，highschools，anduniversities，REAhassincebecomeasuccessfulandhighlyrespectedpublisherofstudyaids，testpreps，handbooks，andreferenceworks.REA'sTestPreparationseriesincludesstudyguidesforallacademiclevelsinalmostalldisciplines.Research&EducationAssociationpublishestestprepsforstudentswhohavenotyetcompletedhighschool，aswellashighschoolstudentspreparingtoentercollege.StudentsfromcountriesaroundtheworldseekingtoattendcollegeintheUnitedStateswillfindtheassistancetheyneedinREA'spublications.Forcollegestudentsseekingadvanceddegrees，REApublishestestprepsforman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ofyears.Thetestmeasuresyourgraspofthelanguageinthreedistinctareas：-Vocabulary-in-context：Approx.30%.Testsyourknowledgeofvocabularyandbasicidiomswithinculturallyauthenticcontexts.-Structure：30-40%.Testsyourabilitytochoosewordsorexpressionsthataregrammaticallycorrectwithinasentenceorlongerparagraphs.-Reading：30-40%.Testsyourunderstandingofmainandsupportingideas，themes，andsettingsofatext.Passagesaredrawnfromtextslikeessays，historicalworks，newspapers，magazines，advertisements，andtimetables.ABOUTTHEREVIEWSECTIONSThereviewsinthisbookwillteachyoutheskillsandconceptsneededtoapproachSATII：FrenchSubjectTestquestions.Wecoversentencestructure，grammar，verbconjugation，spelling，andcapitalization.Systematicreviewwillhelpyouidentifythekindsoferrorsthatoftenappearinvocabulary-in-contextandstructurequestions.Byusingthereviewsinconjunctionwiththepracticetests，youwillbeabletosharpenyourskillsandputyourselfinthebestpossiblepositiontosucceedontheSATII：FrenchSubjectTest.STUDYINGFORTHESATII：FRENCHSUBJECTTESTItisvitalthatyouchoosethetimeandplaceforstudyingthatworksbestforyou.Somestudentsmaysetasideacertainnumberofhourseverymorning，whileothersmaystudyatnightbeforegoingtosleep.Onlyyoucandeterminewhenandwhereyourstudytimewillbemosteffective.Beconsistentanduseyourtimewisely.Workoutastudyroutineandsticktoit!Whenyoutakethepracticetests，trytomakeyourtestingconditionsasmuchliketheactualtestaspossible.Turnyourtelevisionandradiooff，andsitdownataquiettablefreefromdistraction.Makesuretoclockyourselfwithatimer.Asyoucompleteeachpracticetest，scoreyourtestandthoroughlyreviewtheexplanationstothequestionsyouansweredincorrectly;however，donotreviewtoomuchatanyonetime.Concentrateononeproblemareaatatimebyreviewingthequestionsandexplanations，andbystudyingthereviewuntilyouareconfidentyoucompletelyunderstandthematerial.Keeptrackofyourscores.Bydoingso，youwillbeabletogaugeyourprogressanddiscovergeneralweaknessesinparticularsections.Youshouldcarefullystudythereviewsthataddressyourareasofdifficulty;thiswillstrengthenyourskillsandbuildyourconfidence.TEST-TAKINGTIPSAlthoughyoumaybeunfamiliarwithstandardizedtestssuchastheSATII：FrenchSubjectTest，therearemanywaystoacquaintyourselfwiththistypeofexaminationandhelpalleviateyourtest-takinganxieties.HerearewaystohelpyoubecomeaccustomedtotheSATII：FrenchSubjectTest，someofwhichmayapplytootherstandardizedtestsaswell.BecomecomfortablewiththeformatoftheSATII：FrenchSubjectTest.Whenyouarepracticingtotakethetest，simulatetheconditionsunderwhichyouwillbetakingtheactualtest.Staycalmandpaceyourself.Aftersimulatingthetestonlyacoupleoftimes，youwillboostyourchancesofdoingwell，andyouwillbeabletositdownfortheactualexammuchmoreconfidently.Knowthedirectionsandformatforeachsectionofthetest.Familiarizingyourselfwiththedirectionsandformatofthedifferenttestsectionswillnotonlysaveyoutime，butwillalsoensurethatyouarefamiliarenoughwiththeSATII：FrenchSubjectTesttoavoidanxiety(andthemistakescausedbybeinganxious).Workontheeasierquestionsfirst.Withineachgroupofquestions，theeasieronesareusuallyatthebeginning.Ifyoufindyourselfworkingtoolongononequestion，makeamarknexttoitinyourtestbookletandcontinuetothenextquestion.Afteryouanswerallthequestionsyoucan，gobacktotheonesyouhaveskipped.Ifyouareunsureofananswer，guess.However-ifyoudoguess，guesswisely.Usetheprocessofeliminationbygoingthrougheachanswertoaquestionandeliminatingasmanyoftheanswerchoicesaspossible.Byeliminatingtwoanswerchoices，yougiveyourselfafifty-fiftychanceofansweringcorrectly，sincetherewillonlybetwochoicesleftfromwhichtomakeyourguess.Markyouranswersintheappropriatespacesontheanswersheet.Eachnumberedrowwillcontainfourovalscorrespondingtoeachanswerchoiceforthatquestion.Fillinthecirclethatcorrespondstoyouranswerdarkly，completely，andneatly.Youcanchangeyouranswer，butremembertocompletelyeraseyouroldanswer.Anystraylinesorunnecessarymarksmaycausethemachinetoscoreyouranswerincorrectly.Whenyouhavefinishedworkingonasection，youmaywanttogobackandchecktomakesureyouranswerscorrespondtothecorrectquestions.Markingoneanswerinthewrongspacewillthrowofftherestofyourtest，whetheritisgradedbymachineorbyhand.Youdon'thavetoanswereveryquestion.Youarenotpenalizedifyoudonotansweraquestion.Theonlypenaltyyoureceiveisifyouansweraquestionincorrectly.Trytousetheguessingstrategy，butifyouaretrulystumpedbyaquestion，youdonothavetoanswerit.Workquicklyandsteadily.Youhavealimitedamountoftimetoworkoneachsection，soyouneedtoworkquicklyandsteadily.Avoidfocusingononeproblemfortoolong.Takingthepracticetestsinthisbookwillhelpyoutolearnhowtobudgetyourtime.BeforetheTestMakesureyouknowexactlywhereyourtestcenteriswellinadvanceofyourtestdaysoyoudonotgetlostonthedayofthetest.Onthenightbeforethetest，gathertogetherthematerialsyouwillneedthenextday：-Youradmissionticket-Twoformsofidentification(e.g.，driver'slicense，studentidentificationcard，orcurrentalienregistrationcard)-TwoNo.2pencilswitherasers-Directionstothetestcenter-Awatch，ifyouwish，butnotonethatmakesnoise，asitmaydisturbothertest-takersOnthedayofthetest，youshouldwakeupearly(wehopeafteradecentnight'srest)andhaveagoodbreakfast.Dresscomfortably，sothatyouarenotdistractedbybeingtoohotortoocoldwhiletakingthetest.Also，plantoarriveatthetestcenterearly.Thiswillallowyoutocollectyourthoughtsandrelaxbeforethetest，andwillalsospareyouthestressofbeinglate.Ifyouarriveafterthetestbegins，youwillnotbeadmittedorreceivearefund.DuringtheTestWhenyouarriveatthetestcenter，trytofindaseatwhereyoufeelyouwillbecomfortable.Followalltherulesandinstructionsgivenbythetestsupervisor.Ifyoudonot，youriskbeingdismissedfromthetestandhavingyourscorescanceled.Onceallthetestmaterialsarepassedout，thetestinstructorwillgiveyoudirectionsforfillingoutyouranswersheet.Filloutthissheetcarefully，sincethisinformationwillappearonyourscorereport.Remember-sincenoscratchpaperwillbeprovided，youcanwriteinyourtestbooklet.AftertheTestWhenyouhavecompletedtheSATII：FrenchSubjectTest，youmayhandinyourtestmaterialsandleave.Then，gohomeandrelax.Youshouldreceiveyourscorereportaboutfiveweeksafteryoutakethetest.Thisreportwillincludeyourscores，percentileranks，andinterpretiveinformation.YOURSCOREREPORTYoushouldreceiveyourscorereportaboutfiveweeksafteryoutakethetest.Thisreportwillincludeyourscores，percentileranks，andinterpretiveinformation.Whenyouregisterforthetest，youcanalsotakeadvantageoftwodifferentreportingoptions：ScoreChoiceandtheWritingSampleCopyService.ScoreChoiceallowsyoutoreviewyourscoresbeforeinstructingtheCollegeBoardtosendthemtothecollegesyouhavechosen.Ifyoudecideyourscoresaretoolow，youcantakethetestagain.Onlyyouandyourhighschoolwillknowyouroriginalscores.TheWritingSampleCopyServiceprovidesyouwiththreecopiesofyourgradedessay，whichyoucansendtocollegesforadmissionspurposes.Additionally，ifyouplantotakethetestagain，acopyofyouressaywithgraders'commentscanbeinvaluableinassessingyourstrengthsandweaknesses.