Starter quiz
- Which answer best fits this question? 'Tu veux manger à la maison ou dehors ?'
- Je me concentre sur le repas.
- Je veux manger un sandwich.
- Ça m'est égal. ✓
- Mon ami me manque chaque jour.
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- What is the imperfect tense used for?
- To describe the way things are.
- To describe the way things used to be. ✓
- To describe the way things are going to be.
- To describe the way things should be.
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- Complete the sentence: The imperfect stem for most verbs is formed by taking the 'nous' form in the ______ tense and removing -ons ending.
- 'present' ✓
- Match the imperfect verb endings with the subjects.
- nous⇔ions ✓
- elles⇔aient ✓
- je⇔ais ✓
- il⇔ait ✓
- vous⇔iez ✓
- What type of word do the emphatic pronouns 'moi' and 'toi' follow?
- 'preposition' ✓
- Put these words in order to make the sentence : You're going to Spain without me.
- 1⇔tu
- 2⇔vas
- 3⇔en
- 4⇔Espagne
- 5⇔sans
- 6⇔moi
Exit quiz
- Match the French and English words.
- divers⇔varied ✓
- là⇔there ✓
- ailleurs⇔elsewhere ✓
- sembler⇔to seem ✓
- manière⇔way, manner ✓
- avis⇔opinion, mind ✓
- Match the French and English words.
- moi⇔me ✓
- toi⇔you ✓
- lui⇔him ✓
- elle⇔her ✓
- eux⇔them (m) ✓
- elles⇔them (f) ✓
- What does 'elle' mean in this sentence? 'Elle va souvent en ville avec ses amies.'
- 'she' ✓
- Which is the correct emphatic pronoun here? 'Mon frère est amusant et je ne sors pas sans ______.'
- moi
- toi
- lui ✓
- elle
- eux
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- What is the meaning of 'elles' in this sentence? 'Mes amies sont toujours là pour moi et je passe tous les week-ends avec elles.'
- 'them' ✓
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Key learning points
- [ui] sounds like 'huit' and [eu] sounds like 'deux'.
- Emphatic pronouns can be used for emphasis of the subject e.g. Moi, j'adore le chocolat !
- Other emphatic pronouns are lui (him), elle (her), eux (them) and elles (them).
- Emphatic pronouns are used with à to express possession e.g. Il est à toi, ce cahier?
Common misconception
'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.
Keywords
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
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