La vie quotidienne ici et ailleurs : extended speaking and writing | French

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Which words are adverbs?

uniquement ✓

souvent ✓

zéro

parfois ✓

à bientôt
Match the tense, mood with the French sentence.

present tense

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Je vais souvent en ville. ✓

perfect tense

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Je suis allé(e) en ville. ✓

imperfect tense

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J'allais en ville. ✓

conditional mood

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Je voudrais aller en ville. ✓

immediate future tense

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Je vais aller en ville. ✓
The imperfect tense stem for most verbs is formed by ...

taking the 'nous' form of the verb in the present tense and removing -ons. ✓

taking the 'vous' form of the verb in the present tense and removing -ez.

taking the 'ils, elles' form of the verb in the present tense and removing -ent.

taking the 'il, elle' form of the verb in the present tense and removing -e.
Which verb does not use the 'nous' for in the present tense to create its imperfect tense stem?

'être' ✓
Which is the missing word in this sentence? 'Quand j'étais petit(e), je ______ le ménage pour aider mon père.'

'faisais' ✓
Put the words in order to make this sentence: We used to eat lunch at school in the past.

1

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nous

2

⇔

mangions

3

⇔

le

4

⇔

déjeuner

5

⇔

à

6

⇔

l'école

7

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avant

Which pronoun is never an emphatic pronoun?

moi

lui

ils ✓

elles

eux
What do 'elle' and 'elles' mean in this sentence? 'Elle sort souvent avec ses amies et va en ville avec elles.'

she and they

her and they

she and them ✓

her and them
Match the English and French emphatic pronouns.

moi

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me ✓

toi

⇔

you ✓

lui

⇔

him ✓

elle

⇔

her ✓

eux

⇔

them (m) ✓

elles

⇔

them (f) ✓
Which emphatic pronoun is missing here? 'Mes frères sont négatifs. Je suis plus positif qu'______.

'eux' ✓
Which emphatic pronoun is missing here? 'Ma sœur est malade mais je suis plus malade qu'______.

'elle' ✓

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moi, toi, lui, elle, eux, and elles are used to mean me, you, him, her, and them as emphatic pronouns.
Emphatic pronouns can also be used after a comparative e.g. Il est plus sérieux que toi.
Planning a speaking task answer carefully, pre-rehearsal and immediate repetition of the task improve performance.

'Elle' only means she and 'elles' only means they when naming a group of girls or women.

When used as emphatic pronouns, 'elle' means her and 'elles' means them.

Comparative - a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
Emphatic pronoun - a word used to emphasise a person, or when the pronoun stands alone