| Grade 7: Grammar, Language Conventions, and Vocabulary |
Achievement
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Overall Expectations
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Students should develop and apply the language knowledge
outlined below through communicative activities in all three strands.
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| Verbs |
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| •present tense of the irregular verbs vouloir, pouvoir,
partir, sortir, and devoir, with singular and plural subjects |
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| •double verb constructions (e.g., Je veux écouter
de la musique) |
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| •aller plus an infinitive to form le futur
proche (e.g., Je vais manger) |
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| •agreement of verb with compound subject (e.g., Mon
ami et moi allons au cinéma) |
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| •imperative of some regular -er, -ir, and -re
verbs |
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| Adjectives |
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| •demonstrative adjectives (ce/cet/cette/ces) |
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| •adjectives that precede the noun (e.g., grand, petit,
nouveau) |
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| •plural possessive adjectives (notre/nos, votre/vos,
leur/leurs) |
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| •singular and plural, feminine and masculine, of some
irregular adjectives (e.g.,beau/bel/ beaux/belle/belles) |
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| •agreement, in number and gender, of irregular adjectives
with nouns (e.g., les beaux chandails) |
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| Interrogative Constructions |
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| •subject-verb inversions (e.g., Vas-tu au cinéma?) |
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| Contractions |
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| •the prepositions à and de plus the definite article
(e.g., au/aux, du/des) |
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| Vocabulary |
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| •basic vocabulary (e.g., numbers from 0 to 1000; words
associated with outdoor and leisure activities, shopping, current events,
food, films, television, radio) |
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| •vocabulary from units under study |
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| Spelling Rules and Strategies |
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| •use of related spelling patterns and sounds associated
with accents (e.g., aigu, grave, cédille) |
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| •use of resources (e.g., dictionary, text) |
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