What isn't happening: 'ne … pas' negation | French | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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Match the opposites.
- prendre
  
  ⇔
  
  donner ✓
- facile
  
  ⇔
  
  difficile ✓
- faux
  
  ⇔
  
  vrai ✓
- sympa
  
  ⇔
  
  méchant ✓
- bonjour
  
  ⇔
  
  au revoir ✓
- fils
  
  ⇔
  
  fille ✓
Tick any of the nouns which are places.
- le collège ✓
- le jour
- le parc ✓
- l'année
- l'université ✓
Match the English and the French.
- quand
  
  ⇔
  
  when ✓
- comment
  
  ⇔
  
  how ✓
- pourquoi
  
  ⇔
  
  why ✓
- où
  
  ⇔
  
  where ✓
- quoi
  
  ⇔
  
  what ✓
- qui
  
  ⇔
  
  who ✓
What is 'to learn' in French?
- apprendre ✓
- comprendre
- dire
- montrer
- penser
Put the French subject pronouns and verbs in the following order, 'I go, you go, he goes, going'
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  je
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  vais
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  tu
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  vas
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  il
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  va
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  aller
Fill in the missing word in the sentence 'I am telling the truth'. 'Je ______ la vérité'.
- 'dis' ✓

Tick any words with the [oi] sound.
- ou
- quand
- pourquoi ✓
- parfois ✓
- souvent
What is the preposition 'under' in French?
- à
- dans
- en
- sous ✓
- sur
Match the parts of the French verb 'to sleep'.
- dormir
  
  ⇔
  
  to sleep, sleeping ✓
- je dors
  
  ⇔
  
  I sleep/am sleeping ✓
- tu dors
  
  ⇔
  
  you sleep/are sleeping ✓
- il dort
  
  ⇔
  
  he sleeps/is sleeping ✓
- elle dort
  
  ⇔
  
  she sleeps/is sleeping ✓
How do you say the post office in French?
- 'la poste' ✓
To say what there isn't in French, you need two words, ne goes before the verb and ______ goes after the verb. Fill in the missing word.
- 'pas' ✓
Order the sentence in French 'I don't like doing the cooking'.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  je
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  n'
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  aime
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  pas
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  faire
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  la
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  cuisine

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[oi] sounds like 'voir'
The verb 'dormir' means 'to sleep'. Singular forms 'dors' and 'dort' sound the same due to silent final consonants.
To say what doesn't happen, we use ne...pas around the verb; this is one form of negation.

Using 'ne' before the verb makes verbs negative like don't in English.

In French, there are two parts to negation, 'ne' before the verb and 'pas' after.

[oi] - pronounced as in voir
Negation - two elements e.g. ne … pas around the main verb expressing negative meaning
Ne ... pas - French negative structure that translates as 'not' or 'don't' e.g. Je ne parle pas - I don't talk, I am not talking