Recherches en ligne : negation with 'ne...pas', 'ne...jamais' and 'ne...rien' | French

Starter quiz

Which words are not verbs?

allumer

mériter

première ✓

dictionnaire ✓

se laver
Match the French and the English.

évidemment

⇔

evidently ✓

récemment

⇔

recently ✓

auparavant

⇔

previously, before, formerly ✓

établissement

⇔

establishment ✓

effectivement

⇔

effectively ✓
Which sentences are examples of the simple future?

Il regardera. ✓

Il va regarder.

Je jouerai. ✓

Je vais jouer.

Nous allons aller.
Order the words to say: 'I need a ticket'.

1

⇔

j'

2

⇔

ai

3

⇔

besoin

4

⇔

d'

5

⇔

un

6

⇔

billet
Write in English: 'mon voisin est fatigué'.

'My neighbour is tired.' ✓
Write in French: 'he leaves his hat'.

'Il laisse son chapeau.' ✓

Exit quiz

Which word means 'wave'?

bruit (m)

ciel (m)

dame (f)

vol (m)

vague (f) ✓
Which French word is correct?

internet ✓

Internet

l'internet

l'Internet
Which sentence includes 'nothing'?

Je n'hésite pas à demander.

Il ne livre jamais les lettres.

Elles n'ont rien dans les sacs. ✓
Order the words to form a negative sentence.

1

⇔

je

2

⇔

ne

3

⇔

vais

4

⇔

pas

5

⇔

réserver

6

⇔

une

7

⇔

chambre
Write in English: 'je ne télécharge jamais les billets'.

'I never download the tickets.' ✓
Write in French: 'he is not going to check the price'.

'Il ne va pas vérifier le prix.' ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

Use 'ne ... pas' for saying what doesn't happen, 'ne ... jamais' for 'never' and 'ne ... rien' for 'nothing'.
Wrap 'ne ... pas', 'ne ... jamais' or 'ne ... rien' around the conjugated verb to make the sentence negative.
With 'aller' + infinitive, the negative words wrap around the conjugated form of 'aller'.

Common misconception

The French for the Internet is 'l'Internet'.

In common usage, the Internet is translated as 'internet' in French. It does not require a capital letter as it counts as a common noun. It is one of very few common nouns that doesn't require a determiner in common usage.

Keywords

Negation - makes a word, phrase or sentence negative, typically using words like ‘not’ in English, or the two elements 'ne … pas' in French