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• The French prepositions used for being or going in or to places are à for towns and cities, en for feminine countries, au for masculine countries, and aux for plural countries, as in J'habite au Sénégal.
• The French prepositions used for origin are de for towns, cities, and feminine countries, d' before a vowel or mute h, du for masculine countries, and des for plural countries, as in je viens du Sénégal.
• The names and genders of a range of French-speaking places include the feminine country la Belgique, the masculine country le Burkina Faso, the plural country les États-Unis, and the city Paris.
• Nationalities in French include antillais(e), belge, burkinabé(e), congolais(e), français(e), luxembourgeois(e), québécois(e), sénégalais(e), and suisse.
• Languages in French include l'anglais, l'arabe, le bambara, le français, le kabyle, le luxembourgeois, le moré, le néerlandais, le patois, le swahili, and le wolof.
• Questions and sentence frames used to say where you live, your nationality, and what languages you speak include Tu habites où ?, J'habite à/en/au/aux..., Tu es de quelle nationalité ?, Je suis..., Tu parles quoi comme langues ?, and Je parle....
• The verb prendre in the present tense is used as je prends and on prend.
• The partitive articles are du for masculine singular nouns, de la for feminine singular nouns, de l' before a vowel or mute h, and des for plural nouns.
• Common breakfast foods and drinks in French include du café, du fromage, du gruau, du jambon, du lait, du pain, du thé, de la confiture, des céréales, des fruits, des œufs, and des tartines.
• Questions and sentence frames about breakfast include Qu'est-ce que tu prends au petit-déjeuner ?, Je prends..., and Je prends... et aussi....
• Avoir expressions include j'ai faim (I am hungry), j'ai soif (I am thirsty), tu as raison (you are right), and ça a l'air délicieux (that looks delicious).
• The near future tense is formed with aller followed by an infinitive, as in Je vais prendre.
• The phrase je voudrais means I would like.
• Vocabulary for a range of foods and drinks includes l'ail, le bánh mì, le bœuf, le hotdog, le pho, le porc, le poulet, le riz, la moutarde, la poutine, de la sauce brune, les bananes plantain, les frites, les légumes, les moules-frites, les nems, les nouilles, les ognons, les boissons, le coca, l'eau, and la limonade.
• Questions and sentence frames for ordering food include Qu'est-ce que tu vas prendre ?, Je vais prendre..., Je prends..., and Je voudrais....
• The pronoun on is used to mean 'we' or 'people' in French.
• Regular verbs follow a standard conjugation pattern, while reflexive verbs also use a reflexive pronoun that agrees with the subject.
• Common reflexive verbs in the present tense include se parler, s'amuser, s'éclater, and se retrouver.
• Vocabulary for festival activities includes on danse, on écoute, on chante, on voit, on mange, on joue, on se parle, on s'amuse, on s'éclate, and on se retrouve.
• In a listening transcription task, students hear a spoken French text and write the specified words or phrases exactly as they are spoken.
• The simple future tense endings for regular -er and -ir verbs are -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, and -ont.
• Future tense forms of key verbs include je quitterai, je jouerai, je voyagerai, je visiterai, je mangerai, je resterai, and je travaillerai.
• The phrases à l'avenir (in the future) and plus tard (later) are used to talk about the future.
• The discontinuous negative structures ne ... pas (not) and ne ... rien (nothing) normally surround the conjugated verb, as in Je ne travaillerai pas and Je ne mangerai rien.

• Use à, en, au, and aux correctly when saying where someone lives or is going, and use de, d', du, and des correctly when saying where someone is from.
• Ask and answer questions about where you live, your nationality, and the languages you speak, using correct vocabulary and grammar.
• Use the verb prendre correctly in the present tense to say what you or others have for breakfast.
• Use the correct partitive article, choosing from du, de la, de l', and des, with food and drink nouns.
• Ask and answer questions about breakfast in spoken and written French.
• Use avoir expressions correctly in context, such as j'ai faim and j'ai soif.
• Form and use the near future tense with aller followed by an infinitive to say what you are going to eat or order.
• Use je voudrais to make polite requests.
• Order food and drink in a role-play or written dialogue, using appropriate vocabulary and structures.
• Use on and reflexive verbs correctly in the present tense to describe festival activities.
• Transcribe words and phrases accurately from a spoken French text, especially those related to festivals and activities.
• Complete reading and translation tasks involving regular and reflexive verbs.
• Conjugate regular verbs in the simple future tense by adding the correct endings to the infinitive.
• Write sentences about your future plans using the future tense, including at least two negative structures.
• Identify and use future tense verbs in context, such as in a song or text.