Lesson 4
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SAT II Subject Tests
The answer is (C),
vus, which is the past participle of
voir. The past participle
of constructions that use
avoir (avons in this example) must agree with the direct object if the direct object precedes the verb in the
sentence. This is the case here:
hommes (masculine plural) precedes
avons vus.
Structure - One Correct
EXAMPLE:
3. Les étudiants travaillent souvent le samedi.
(A) tous
(B) lent
(C) systématique
(D) rarement
The answer is (D)
rarement, which is the only choice that fits grammatically in the sentence; the replace-
ment must be
an adverb to qualify the verb travaillent.
Structure in Paragraph
EXAMPLES:
Anne a beaucoup d’argent; elle pourrait
en
4. (A)
(B) part
(C) partir
(D) partie
vacances
si elle
, mais elle est
5. (A) voudra
6.
(A) obligé
(B) vouloir
(B) obliger
(C) voulait
(C) oblige
(D) voulu
(D) obligée
de rester a Paris avec sa mère qui est malade.
The answer to 4 is (C)
partir, an infinitive, which is what must be used for the
second verb when two verbs
follow one another. (B) is a conjugated form of
partir and (D) is the past participle.
The answer to 5 is (C)
voulait. In
si clauses (clauses of condition), when the conditional is used for one
verb, it must also be used for the second verb in the sentence.
The answer to 6 is (D)
obligée, which is the only one of the choices that correctly
qualifies the feminine
singular subject/noun:
elle/Anne. (A) is masculine singular; (B) is the infinitive; and (C)
is a conjugated
form of the verb.
