Une nouvelle vie en France : liaison, questions, jouer à/de, negation | French

Starter quiz

In which of the following sentences is the 's' silent?

Ils arrivent à la campagne.

Tu connais mon ami canadien ? ✓

Tu joues au foot. ✓

Elles obtiennent un plan.
Which verb in French means 'to play'?

'jouer' ✓
True or false: there are three possible ways to make a question in French.

'True' ✓
Match the verbs to the English translations.

perdre

⇔

to lose, losing ✓

connaître

⇔

to know, be familiar with ✓

risquer (de)

⇔

to risk, risking ✓

oublier

⇔

to forget, forgetting ✓

défendre

⇔

to defend, defending ✓

échanger

⇔

to swap, exchange ✓
Which of the following are negative statements?

Je vends des véhicules.

Je ne vends pas de véhicules. ✓

Je ne vends jamais de véhicules. ✓

Vends-tu des véhicules ?
Match the French to the English translations.

jusque

⇔

to, up to, until ✓

à cause de

⇔

because of , due to ✓

c'est-à-dire

⇔

in other words, that is to say ✓

quelqu'un

⇔

somebody, someone ✓

surtout

⇔

above all, especially ✓

au revoir

⇔

goodbye ✓

In which of the following questions do we hear the 's'?

Ils ont un chien ? ✓

Ils aiment jouer de la guitare ? ✓

Elles rencontrent quelqu'un ?

Nous arrivons à huit heures ? ✓
Which letter do we add to inversion questions when the verb ends in an vowel and the pronoun starts in a vowel?

't' ✓
Which preposition follows 'jouer' to talk about playing instruments?

'de' ✓
Complete the sentence: Je joue du piano et je joue...

aux basket

du basket

au basket ✓

des baskets
Match the French to the English explanations.

Il ne joue pas.

⇔

a negative statement, meaning 'not' ✓

Il ne joue jamais.

⇔

a negative statement, meaning 'never' ✓

Joue-t-il ?

⇔

an inversion question ✓

Il joue ?

⇔

an intonation question ✓

Il joue.

⇔

a positive statement ✓
Make this sentence negative by adding ne...pas: Il va interrompre.

'Il ne va pas interrompre. ' ✓

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When the next word begins with a vowel, -s and -t are pronounced, rather than being silent final consonants.
Add a 't' in an inversion question when the verb ends in a vowel and the pronoun begins in a vowel: A-t-il une voiture?
To say what doesn't happen, we use ne...pas around the verb. To say what never happens, use ne...jamais.
Use jouer à to talk about playing sports and jouer de to talk about playing instruments.
À combines with le/les to form au/aux and de combines with le/les to form du/des.

The verb jouer is always followed by the preposition à.

Use jouer à for sports but use jouer de for instruments.

Liaison - pronouncing a usually silent final consonant because a vowel follows
Inversion - when the subject pronoun and the verb switch place to form a question
Ne...pas - negative structure, meaning ‘not’
Ne...jamais - negative structure, meaning ‘never’
Jouer à/de - verb meaning 'to play'