Common Mistakes in P1

Question 1

IAC

Answer 1

Incorrect adjective agreements.

Adjectives must with agree with the noun in terms of gender and number.

“Des filles intéressant” is wrong and should be “Des filles intéressantes”.

Question 2

IS-VA

Answer 2

Incorrect subject-verb agreements

Verbs have to be conjugated based on the tense of the action, and the subject doing the action.

“Les enfant qui trouve la clé” should be written as “les efants qui TROUVENT la clé” (conjugating trouver based on the subject “les enfants” (ils).

Question 3

IVTA

Answer 3

Inconsistent verb tense application

When writing about something in a particular tense, make sure you don’t stray away from that tense and start using some other tense by accident.

Question 4

IUOQE

Answer 4

Improper use of quantity expressions

Basically “beacoup de” and “moins de” always end with “de” no matter what

Question 5

IUOP

Answer 5

Incorrect use of prepositions

Prepositions must be used appropriately in accordance with the context of the sentence.

E.g. never “sur le rues”, always “dans les rues”

Question 6

LCAS

Answer 6

Lacking cohesion and Structure

Always have organized paragraphs and make use of transitional phrases like “Puis”, “de plus”, “par contre”, etc.

Question 7

LEV

Answer 7

Lacking elevated vocab

basically just show that u have a wide range of french vocab understanding.

e.g. “je suis triste” a basic sentence can be written as “j’ai le cafard”