Starter quiz
- When do 'le' and 'la' shorten to l'?
- Before a vowel ✓
- Before a consonant
- Before a silent 'h' ✓
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- Identify the object in this sentence: Elle prépare un événement.
- 'un événement' ✓
- Which of these verbs are reflexive?
- Je me demande ✓
- Tu te lèves ✓
- Il sert
- Je soutiens
- Elle se sent ✓
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- Match the adjectives to their English meanings.
- vrai⇔true ✓
- faux⇔false ✓
- majeur⇔major ✓
- grave⇔serious ✓
- actuel⇔current ✓
- unique⇔unique ✓
- Identify the reflexive pronoun in this sentence: Je me lève à huit heures.
- 'me' ✓
- Which of these nouns are feminine?
- stade
- cinéma
- région ✓
- équipe ✓
- loisirs
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Exit quiz
- Match the vocabulary to the English translations.
- intégrer, s'intégrer⇔to integrate, include, incorporate | to become integrated, fit in ✓
- se souvenir de⇔to remember, remembering ✓
- suivre⇔to follow, following ✓
- traiter⇔to treat, treating ✓
- l'ouverture (f)⇔opening ✓
- le fait⇔fact ✓
- Which reflexive pronoun is used for il, elle, on?
- 'se' ✓
- Translate the following into English: tu te souviens de la visite ?
- 'Do you remember the visit?' ✓
- Match the sentence halves.
- Elle organise⇔une visite au théâtre. ✓
- Elle s'organise⇔pour l'ouverture du nouveau musée. ✓
- Le stade se⇔trouve au centre-ville. ✓
- Je⇔trouve un animal au fond du jardin. ✓
- What can the direct object pronoun 'le' refer to?
- it ✓
- her
- him ✓
- me
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- Which direct object pronoun could replace the noun in this sentence? Je connais cette région très bien.
- 'la' ✓
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Key learning points
- Use reflexive pronouns (me, te, se...) before the verb when subject and object of the verb are the same person.
- Some verbs use reflexive pronouns in French when their English translation doesn't include a reflexive idea.
- To replace a noun that is the object, use direct object pronouns le/la/l' before the verb to mean 'him', 'her' or 'it'.
- Direct object pronouns are positioned before the verb.
- Reflexive pronouns me, te and se are shortened to m', t' and s' before a vowel or silent 'h'
Common misconception
Reflexive verbs and pronouns are only used when a physical action is done to oneself.
Reflexive verbs and pronouns indicate that the subject and object are the same person, but do not always represent a physical action. Sometimes there is no direct translation for the French reflexive pronoun in English.
Keywords
Reflexive pronoun - used to indicate when the subject and object of a verb are the same, words like 'myself' and 'yourself'
Direct object pronoun - replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb e.g. it, him, her
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