Shopping and other activities: 'faire' and 'de', questions with 'quels, quelles' | French

Starter quiz

Tick any words that mean 'some' in French.
- du ✓
- la
- des ✓
- un
- une
Match the verbs in French and English.
- voyager
  
  ⇔
  
  to travel, travelling ✓
- acheter
  
  ⇔
  
  to buy, buying ✓
- peser
  
  ⇔
  
  to weigh, weighing ✓
- couter
  
  ⇔
  
  to cost, costing ✓
- traverser
  
  ⇔
  
  to cross, crossing ✓
- proposer
  
  ⇔
  
  to suggest, suggesting ✓
Which is the French word for 'careful?
- ambitieux, ambitieuse
- directeur, directrice
- facteur, factrice
- prudent(e) ✓
- travavailleur, travailleuse
What does the word 'dehors' mean in English?
- 'outside' ✓
Put the sentence 'Today, he is doing the cooking at home.' into the correct order in French.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  aujourd'hui
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  il
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  fait
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  la
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  cuisine
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  à
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  la maison
What is the past participle of the verb 'dire'?
- 'dit' ✓

Exit quiz

Tick any of the countries
- belge
- la Belgique ✓
- suisse
- la Suisse ✓
- anglais
Match the French verbs to the English.
- je pèse
  
  ⇔
  
  I weigh, am weighing ✓
- tu pèses
  
  ⇔
  
  you weigh, are weighing (singular) ✓
- il pèse
  
  ⇔
  
  he weighs, is weighing ✓
- nous pesons
  
  ⇔
  
  we weigh, are weighing ✓
- vous pesez
  
  ⇔
  
  you weigh, are weighing (plural) ✓
- elles pèsent
  
  ⇔
  
  they weigh, are weighing ✓
what does 'emporter' mean?
- to suggest something
- to cross
- to use
- to take with ✓
- to travel
Match up the different forms of 'which'.
- quel
  
  ⇔
  
  masculine singular ✓
- quelle
  
  ⇔
  
  feminine singular ✓
- quels
  
  ⇔
  
  masculine plural, mixed plural ✓
- quelles
  
  ⇔
  
  feminine plural ✓
Put the sentence 'I'm doing the cooking and I'm doing (some) exercise' into the correct order in French.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  je fais
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  la
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  cuisine
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  et
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  je fais
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  de
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  l'exercice
Fill in the gaps in the sentence 'Aujourd'hui, je fais ______ vélo et ____ natation'.
- 'du, de la' ✓

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Key learning points

The word for 'some' changes depending on the gender/number/spelling of the noun it describes.
Use the partitive article for parts of food and drink and sports activities with faire e.g. je fais du sport.
'Which' (quel/quelle/quels/quelles) in French changes for the gender/number of the noun it is describing.

Common misconception

After faire, use the definite article in French.

Many activities such as doing homework or cooking are followed by the definite article, but sports activities with faire are followed by the partitive article e.g. 'je fais du vélo'.

Keywords

Faire - to do, doing
Partitive article - refer to parts of things; often mean 'some' in English
Quel - question word 'which'; it changes to match the noun gender and number - quel, quelle, quels, quelles