A typical day: partitive, liaison, perfect tense questions | French

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Match up the French and the English words.
- créer
  
  ⇔
  
  to create, creating ✓
- fermer
  
  ⇔
  
  to close, closing ✓
- passer
  
  ⇔
  
  to spend, spending ✓
- poème
  
  ⇔
  
  poem ✓
- projet
  
  ⇔
  
  plan ✓
- apporter
  
  ⇔
  
  to bring ✓
Which of these words are definite articles?
- le ✓
- un
- la ✓
- une
- les ✓
Match the beginnings and ends of the sentences which make the most sense.
- Je mange
  
  ⇔
  
  du chocolat. ✓
- Je bois
  
  ⇔
  
  du lait. ✓
- Je joue dans
  
  ⇔
  
  la salle moderne. ✓
Put the sentence in order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  mon
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  animal
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  préféré
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  c'est
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  le
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  chien
Fill the gap in this sentence with the correct form of 'faire': Nous ______ la cuisine.
- 'faisons' ✓
Put the sentence in the correct order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  je
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  ne
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  regarde
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  pas
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  le
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  film

Match up the French and the English.
- cuisine
  
  ⇔
  
  kitchen, cooking ✓
- mère
  
  ⇔
  
  mother ✓
- sœur
  
  ⇔
  
  sister ✓
- salle
  
  ⇔
  
  room ✓
Match the noun with the correct partitive article.
- limonade (f)
  
  ⇔
  
  de la ✓
- eau (f)
  
  ⇔
  
  de l' ✓
- thé (m)
  
  ⇔
  
  du ✓
Which of these things are uncountable?
- eau ✓
- lait ✓
- viande ✓
- pizza
- fenêtre
What can you add to the beginning of this sentence to turn it into a closed question? 'Tu aimes les maths.'
- 'est-ce que' ✓
In which phrases would there be liaison?
- Mon animal est noir. ✓
- Mon chat joue.
- Les chats sont grands.
- Les chats sont intelligents. ✓
Put this sentence in the correct order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  il
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  n'
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  a
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  pas
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  écouté
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  la
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  radio

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You can pronounce a usually silent final consonant if it is followed by a vowel; this is liaison.
Use the partitive article with uncountable nouns/ non-specific amounts; change to 'de' after quantities/negatives.
Use 'est-ce que' at the beginning of a sentence to signal questioning.
To make perfect tense sentences negative, put 'ne … pas' around the form of avoir.

Ne ... pas goes around the main verb (the past participle) in perfect tense sentences.

Just like in other double verb sentences, ne...pas goes around the first verb; in the perfect tense, that's the conjugated form of 'avoir'.

Liaison - pronouncing a usually silent final consonant because a word starting with a vowel follows
Partitive article - refers to parts of things; often means 'some' in English
Est-ce que - questioning device