J'ai vu un film : negation with 'ne...pas de', 'ne...ni...ni...' and 'ne...que' | French

Starter quiz

Select the indefinite articles.

du, de la, de l', des

le, la, les

un, une, des ✓
What word replaces partitive articles after negative structures?

'de' ✓
'I like neither films nor TV programmes.' Select the correct translation.

Je n'aime pas les films et les émissions.

Je n'aime ni les films ni les émissions. ✓

Je n'aime jamais les films ou les émissions.
Select the positive descriptions of a TV series.

C'est ennuyeux.

C'est captivant. ✓

Ce n'est pas de mon gout.

C'est très bien joué. ✓

C'est passionnant. ✓
Order the words to say: 'I like neither apples nor pears.'

1

⇔

je

2

⇔

n'

3

⇔

aime

4

⇔

ni pommes

5

⇔

ni

6

⇔

poires
Match the French and English.

compter

⇔

to count, counting ✓

sauver

⇔

to rescue, save ✓

rappeler

⇔

to call back, calling back ✓

inclure

⇔

to include, including ✓

démontrer

⇔

to demonstrate, prove ✓

combattre

⇔

to fight, fighting ✓

Negation is when two elements, e.g. 'ne ... pas', go around the ______ verb, expressing negative meaning.

'main' ✓
What does 'ne ... que' mean?

never

nobody

not

nothing

only ✓
Where do the elements 'ni' go in the 'neither ... nor' structure?

around the main verb

before each negated quality or noun ✓

around the main verb and the negated quality or noun
Which sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) is present in the French word for 'battle'?

[-aill-] ✓

[-ail]

[-ill-]

[-ille]
Which word in French helps us to pronounce the SSC [-ill-/-ille]?

midday

size

you

girl ✓

here
Match the French and English.

alors

⇔

so, well, then ✓

interdire (à)

⇔

to forbid, ban (from someone) ✓

bas, basse

⇔

low ✓

déclarer

⇔

to announce, report ✓

présent

⇔

present ✓

fermé

⇔

closed ✓

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'Ne ... que' means 'only'. 'Que' follows the verb and precedes the noun, e.g. 'il ne regarde que des films'.
For 'neither ... nor', 'ne' precedes the verb and each 'ni' precedes one of the negated qualities/nouns.
[-aill-/-ail] sounds like 'taille', [-ill-/-ille] sounds like 'fille'.

The indefinite and partitive articles are used with the structure 'ne ... ni ... ni', e.g. 'Tu n'as ni des pommes ni du fromage'.

When using 'ne ... ni ... ni', the nouns do not require an indefinite or partitive article, e.g. 'Tu n'as ni pommes ni fromage'.

Negation - two elements e.g. 'ne ... pas' around the main verb expressing negative meaning
Ne ... que - a structure meaning 'only' which is formed like a negative