Découvrir d'autres pays : prepositions and emphatic pronouns nous and vous | French

Starter quiz

Match up the French and the English correctly.

je

⇔

I ✓

ils

⇔

they ✓

il

⇔

he ✓

elle

⇔

she ✓

nous

⇔

we ✓

vous

⇔

you ✓
Match the English and the French.

chez

⇔

at the home of ✓

avant

⇔

before ✓

pour

⇔

for ✓

avec

⇔

with ✓

de

⇔

of ✓
Which of these words are examples of pronouns?

je ✓

nous ✓

cravate

vous ✓

employé
What is the correct present tense form of 'vouloir' to fill the gap in this sentence. 'Je ______ devenir professeur.'

'veux' ✓
Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

1

⇔

il

2

⇔

veut

3

⇔

vivre

4

⇔

à

5

⇔

l'

6

⇔

étranger
Translate this sentence. 'She wants to return'

'Elle veut rentrer' ✓

Which of the following words can translate the French word 'nous' ?

you

we ✓

them

us ✓

him
What is the French emphatic pronoun for 'you' (plural/formal)?

'vous' ✓
Match the subject and emphatic pronouns.

je

⇔

moi ✓

tu

⇔

toi ✓

il

⇔

lui ✓

ils

⇔

eux ✓

elles

⇔

elles ✓

nous

⇔

nous ✓
Match the French and the English

mur

⇔

wall ✓

là-bas

⇔

over there ✓

quelquefois

⇔

sometimes ✓

le conseil

⇔

advice ✓

vouloir dire

⇔

to mean ✓

nombreux

⇔

many, numerous ✓
Put these words in order to make a French sentence.

1

⇔

parler

2

⇔

anglais

3

⇔

est

4

⇔

normal

5

⇔

pour

6

⇔

lui

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Nasal vowel sounds occur when one or more vowels precede a nasal consonant e.g. an, am, ain, on, en.
The emphatic pronouns 'nous' and 'vous' are used for 'us' and 'you' (plural/formal).
sans (without), pour (for), avant (before) and chez (at the house/place of) are all followed by emphatic pronouns.

'Nous' always means 'we' in French.

'Nous' means 'we' when used as a subject pronoun. 'Nous' means 'us' when used as an emphatic pronoun.

Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
Emphatic pronoun - used to emphasize a person, or when the pronoun stands alone, or after certain prepositions