Le chef : voir, boire, croire and faire in present, the imperative | French

Starter quiz

Match the verb to its English translation

boire

⇔

to drink ✓

voir

⇔

to see ✓

croire

⇔

to believe ✓

faire

⇔

to do, to make ✓
Choose the verbs which are irregular in the present tense.

croire ✓

faire ✓

écouter

boire ✓

choisir
Match the French and the English.

présenter (à)

⇔

to introduce someone (to) ✓

attitude

⇔

attitude ✓

monsieur/m.

⇔

Sir, Mister, gentleman ✓

nom

⇔

full name, surname, name ✓

bise/bisou(s)

⇔

kiss/kiss(es) ✓

prudent

⇔

careful, cautious ✓
Which relative pronoun is used to introduce subject-relative clauses (e.g. describing the subject in the main clause)?

que

dont

qui ✓

quand
Translate the sentence into French: The car industry is the industry that interests me the most because it's important.

1

⇔

l'industrie

2

⇔

automobile

3

⇔

est l'industrie

4

⇔

qui

5

⇔

m'intéresse

6

⇔

le plus car

7

⇔

c'est important
What is the missing word in this sentence? Voilà le bureau ______ j'ai travaillé l'année dernière.

'où' ✓

Exit quiz

What is the function of the imperative mood?

to give advice. ✓

to indicate possibility

to indicate doubt

to give instructions ✓

to give commands ✓
The imperative exists in the following forms: tu, nous and ______.

'vous' ✓
Match the conjugation of 'faire' to the English translation.

I do, I make

⇔

je fais ✓

you (singular) do, you make

⇔

tu fais ✓

he/she does, he/she makes

⇔

il/elle fait ✓

we do, we make

⇔

nous faisons ✓

you (plural) do, you make

⇔

vous faites ✓

they do, they make

⇔

ils/elles font ✓
Which words contain the Sound Symbol Correspondence (SSC) [ai] being pronounced as [è]?

je parlerai

je fais ✓

tu aimes ✓

tu voudrais ✓

nous faisons ✓
Which SSC is found in the verb 'boire' when it has a stem change for the 'nous' and 'vous' forms?

'[u]' ✓
Match the French to the English.

le chef

⇔

boss, leader, head (m) ✓

l'employé

⇔

employee ✓

la patronne

⇔

boss (f) ✓

la grève

⇔

strike ✓

respecter

⇔

to respect, respecting ✓

le collègue

⇔

colleague ✓

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Key learning points

The verbs voir (to see), boire (to drink), croire (to believe) and faire (to do, make) are irregular in the present.
The imperative is used to give instructions, commands or advice to one or more people.
The imperative exists in the second person singular (tu), first person plural (nous) and second person plural (vous).
[ai] sounds like 'vrai', [oi] sounds like 'voir' and [oy] sounds like envoyer.

Common misconception

The same imperative form of a verb is used for both 'tu' and 'vous'.

There are separate imperative forms for 'tu' and 'vous' which must be used in exactly the same way as in conversation i.e. formal or information situations and singular and plural subjects.

Keywords

Imperative - a mood used to tell somebody to do something or give instructions or commands
Irregular verb - a verb that does not follow the regular rules