Specifications for 2022
Levels 01 - 5 (Grades 7 - 12)
2021 Testing Dates: February 16 - March 30, 2022
NOTE: Le Grand Concours ONLY assesses
the INTERPRETIVE competency of students.
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The specifications for each level are cumulative and include all material listed for lower levels. (Printer-friendly Adobe Acrobat version)
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Contest specifications based on the newly revised World Readiness French standards are available here.
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For details on correct level placement and on division categories, see enrollment guidelines
Level |
Vocabulary |
Structures |
Cultural Awareness |
01 |
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Greetings and
introductions, including asking name and age
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Common French
names
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Family members,
immediate family
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Physical
description and personality characteristics
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Weather:
il fait beau, mauvais,
il fait du vent, il fait chaud, froid
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Numbers up to
100
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Days, months,
calendar
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Expressions of
time, such as mois,
semaine, année, journée, demain
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Expressions de quantité,
beaucoup + de,+
d’
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How to tell time
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Adverbs of time such as
souvent, toujours,
quelquefois, maintenant
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Classroom
furniture
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Common prepositions of
location: dans, sur,
sous devant, derrière, avec, chez, pour, après, avant
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Colors and
common clothing
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Common foods
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Leisure activities
j’aime faire du ski,
j’adore le tennis
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Countries
bordering France, adjectives of nationality, languages
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Question words:
Qu’est-ce que,
comment, combien, pourquoi, où |
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Elision
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Articles, definite, indefinite, (partitive in reading and listening
only), contractions
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Regular plural of nouns
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Form of common adjectives, blond, blonde
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How to make
questions and negations.
Use of est-ce que for
questions
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Possessive adjectives mon, ton, ma, ta only
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Demonstrative adjectives ce, cette, ces
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Possession with de
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Subject pronouns je, tu, il, etc.
Limited use of moi, toi
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Regular verbs in -er at present, few regular common -ir verbs such as
finir, choisir
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Il y a vs il est, voilà, voici
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Four irregular verbs: être, avoir, faire, aller
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Vous vs tu
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Proper
greetings, Monsieur
vs. first name
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Eating customs
in France vs. U.S.
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1 |
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Class schedule, subjects and school supplies
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Rooms of the house, basic furniture
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Cities, places, activities and transportation
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Shopping, restaurants and common food, simple
restaurant menu
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Prepositions of location à
côté de, près de, loin de, en face de, entre, etc.
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Expressions such as: Combien coûte, j’ai besoin de, c’est cher , c’est bon
marché,je veux, tu veux, je voudrais, tu voudrais.
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Leisure time activities jouer à, faire de
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Name of cognate-based professions
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Expressions of time: le mois prochain, l’année prochaine
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Expressions with avoir -- avoir tort, avoir raison, avoir soif, avoir
faim, avoir besoin de, etc.
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Simple expressions with faire :
faire la vaisselle, faire des maths, faire du ski |
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Near future aller + infinitive
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J’ai chaud vs. il fait chaud
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Interrogative quel, quelle,
quels, quelle
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de, négatif de un, du, des...
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Il ya versus C’est.....
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Opposition of «j’aime le...je
mange du... »
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er verbs at imperative– mange!
mangez!
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Regular
common -ir verbs such as finir, choisir
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Eating customs in France vs.
U.S.
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School schedule in France vs.
U.S.
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2 |
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Daily routine
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Rooms of the
house and chores
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Food, typical
French meal
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Body parts
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School related
activities, such as la fanfare, la chorale
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Health, fitness
and expressions such as j’ai mal à, tu as l’air malade, ça
va bien?
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Shopping for
special events, such as birthdays and proms
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Travel plans and
activities
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Giving and
asking directions
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Expressions with avoir such
as avoir envie de, avoir le temps de, avoir peur de, avoir
de la chance,
etc.
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Expressions with être such
as: être en train de, être en forme, être de Toulouse, c’est
à moi
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Basic body parts
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Add all common regular -ir and -re verbs
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Add to the four
irregular verbs avoir, être, aller, faire.
Eight additional irregulars: mettre, prendre, dormir, sortir, partir,
vouloir, pouvoir, savoir
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Regular -er, -ir and -re verbs at passé composé, along with passé composé
of the above mentioned irregular verbs avoir, être, aller,
faire, mettre, prendre, dormir, sortir, partir.
Common « être » verbs vs. « avoir »
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Pronominal verbs only at present
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Imperfect might be used in listening comprehension and reading
selections, but not tested as a grammar item
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Agreement and position of all adjectives
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Comparatives and superlatives of regular adjectives and adverbs
plus.que, moins. .que
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Interrogative pronouns: qui, qui est-ce qui, que, qu’est-ce que, quoi
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Object pronouns with verbs at present tense, use of one pronoun only
– le, lui, y, en., etc...
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Use of prepositions with geographical names à, en, au, aux
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Simple negations rien, jamais, personne, plus
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All regular imperatives, including mangeons, finissons
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All possessive adjectives, notre...., leur.....
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Verbs with spelling changes such as espérer, acheter |
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House construction, size, rooms
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Differences in daily life, energy conservation, extracurricular
activities
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Health care
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School life
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The many facets of Francophone lifestyles
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3 |
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Wider scope vocabulary related to:
school, daily schedule, parts and rooms of house,
extended family, clothing and appearance, more complex
menus, leisure, sports and entertainment, future plans for
education and job, health, city life and environment,
holidays and traditions. |
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Use of inversion to make
questions
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Recent past: venir de +
infinitif
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All regular verbs at passé
composé, including pronominals
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Contrast of imparfait and passé
composé
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Simple agreement of past
participle with être and common pronominals
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Pronominal verbs at impératif
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Future and conditional
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Simple use of subjunctive: Il
faut + subjunctif of “er” verbs and faire
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Common verbs requiring a
preposition followed by infinitive commencer à, etc.
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Correct use of sortir, partir,
laisser, quitter
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Depuis + present tense
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Use of ne…..que
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Adjectives followed by de
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Relative pronouns qui, que.
Dont, lequel used only in reading and listening
comprehension, not tested as grammar item.
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Common negative structures,
including ni…ni
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Expanded comparative structures
aussi…que, autant…que, etc |
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Driving and car use among
teenagers
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Secondary studies and college in
France and US
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Teen life and dating in France
and US
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Communities and the environment
|
4 |
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Social issues,
such as human rights, equality between sexes, crime and
violence, diversity, emigration, prejudice and
discrimination, science and medicine, nature and ecology in
France and the Francophonie
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Culture,
celebrations and traditions, arts, historical events,
literature in France and the Francophonie |
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All interrogative pronouns
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All possessive pronouns
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Si clauses with present and imparfait
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En with present participle
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Past infinitive with après
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Relative pronouns including dont, lequel....
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Demonstrative pronouns
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Developed negative words, aucun, ni....ni...
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Correct use of manquer de, manquer à
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Use of present and imparfait with depuis, il y a, ça fait…que
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Most simple uses of subjunctive,
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Use of descendre, monter, sortir, rentrer, passer + direct object at passé
composé
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C’est vs. il est,more complex uses
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Recognition of futur
antérieur and passé simple in readings only. |
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All the preceding topics expanded |
5 |
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Globalization and technology, such as current
events, politics, communications, media in France and the
Francophonie |
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Plus-que-parfait and
conditionnel passé
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Correct use of
imparfait and
passé composé
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Agreement of past participles with all
passés composés
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All si clauses, including
plus-que-parfait
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Double object pronouns
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More elaborate use of subjunctive
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Expended use of relative and demonstrative pronouns |
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All the preceding topics
expanded |