What isn't done: negation before a noun with 'avoir', 'être', 'faire' | French

Starter quiz

Match the French question words to the English ones.
- combien ?
  
  ⇔
  
  how much, how many? ✓
- quand ?
  
  ⇔
  
  when ✓
- quel/quelle ?
  
  ⇔
  
  which? ✓
- où ?
  
  ⇔
  
  where? ✓
- pourquoi ?
  
  ⇔
  
  why? ✓
- comment ?
  
  ⇔
  
  how? ✓
Match the prepositions in French and English.
- à
  
  ⇔
  
  at, to ✓
- dans
  
  ⇔
  
  in(side) ✓
- devant
  
  ⇔
  
  in front (of) ✓
- derrière
  
  ⇔
  
  behind ✓
- entre
  
  ⇔
  
  between ✓
- sur
  
  ⇔
  
  on (top of) ✓
Order the key nouns with their correct articles, 'a street, an airport and the hotel'.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  une
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  rue
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  un
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  aéroport
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  et
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  l'
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  hôtel
What does 'malade' mean in English?
- sad
- ill ✓
- nice
- yellow
- pleased
To say what you don't have in French, use 'il n'y a pas' and change any articles to ______ or d'.
- 'de' ✓
Fill in the missing word in the sentence 'She doesn't have a uniform.' Elle n'a pas ______ uniforme.
- 'd'' ✓

Match the French to the definition.
- un
  
  ⇔
  
  masculine singular definite article ✓
- une
  
  ⇔
  
  feminine singular indefinite article ✓
- des
  
  ⇔
  
  plural indefinite article ✓
- le
  
  ⇔
  
  masculine singular definite article ✓
- la
  
  ⇔
  
  feminine singular definite article ✓
- les
  
  ⇔
  
  plural definite article ✓
To say what you don't have, negate 'avoir' with ne ... pas followed by ______.
- un/une
- de/d' ✓
- des
- no article necessary
Order the sentence 'She isn't finding any solutions' in French.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Elle
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  ne
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  trouve
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  pas
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  de
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  solutions
Fill in the blank, 'Tu n'as pas ______ portables ?' 'Don't you have the phones?'
- de
- d'
- des
- les ✓
Order the sentence 'Today he's not a pleased boy' in French.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Aujourd'hui
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  il
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  n'
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  est
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  pas
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  un garçon
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  content
Fill in the missing word, 'Ce n'est pas ______ maison bleue'
- 'une' ✓

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To say you don’t have something, use ‘ne … pas’ around the verb ‘avoir’ and change indefinite articles to de/d.
Other verbs such as ‘faire’ work in the same way as 'avoir'.
‘Être’ is an exception, use the indefinite article after ‘être’ to give more information about the subject.
To say you don’t have ‘the’ noun, the definite article stays the same.

When negating, change any articles to 'de/d''.

Change indefinite articles to 'de/d'' when negating but keep the definite articles the same and keep the indefinite articles when using être.

Definite article - the words le, la, les and l’ meaning the
Indefinite article - the words un and une, meaning a/an
Negation - two elements e.g. ne … pas around the main verb expressing negative meaning