Des histoires diverses : Present tense with depuis | French

Starter quiz

Match the French words with their English meanings.

l'espoir

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hope ✓

l'occasion

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chance, opportunity ✓

vivre

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to live, living ✓

l'étage

⇔

floor ✓

depuis

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for, since ✓
Match the parts of 'avoir' with the subject pronouns.

j'

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ai ✓

tu

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as ✓

il, elle, on

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a ✓

nous

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avons ✓

vous

⇔

avez ✓

ils, elles

⇔

ont ✓
Write the past participle of 'écrire.

'écrit' ✓
Which word is missing from this French sentence? 'Nous ______ écrit une lettre au Président.' We wrote a letter to the President.

'avons' ✓
Which verb is used as the auxiliary verb with 'aller' in the perfect tense?

'être' ✓
Which translations can be correct for this sentence? 'J'ai choisi d'aller à l'université en octobre.'

I am choosing to go to university in October.

I will choose to go to university in October.

I have chosen to go to university in October. ✓

I chose to go to university in October. ✓

I choose to go to university in October.

What is meant by the term 'liaison' in French phonics?

Agreement of adjectives with the gender and number of the noun.

Correctly pronouncing of all Sound Symbol Correspondences (SSCs) when speaking.

Pronouncing Silent Final Consonant (SFC) when the next word starts with a vowel. ✓

Knowing that [ui] sounds like in the word 'depuis'.
Match the French words with their English translations.

l'aide

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help ✓

le droit

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right ✓

le retard

⇔

delay ✓

la durée

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length, duration ✓

lourd

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heavy ✓

sauf

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except ✓
Which tense should be used when writing or saying a sentence about how long you have been doing something?

'present' ✓
Which verb phrase is missing from this sentence? '______ la nouvelle saison depuis juillet.' I have been waiting for the new season since July.

'j'attends' ✓
'Mettre' means to put or to put on. Complete this sentence: '______ mon manteau.' I have already put my coat on.

'j'ai déjà mis' ✓

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Depuis can mean since or for in English.
To talk about something that started in the past but continues today, we use the present tense + depuis.
The SSC [ui] in 'depuis' sounds like 'huit'.
It's important to pay attention to French sounds and pronunciation rules such as liaison as you read aloud.

When using 'depuis' (for, since), sentences are framed in the past in French.

In French, when using 'depuis' to describe an action that started in the past but continues today, frame the sentence in the present tense.

Depuis - for, since
[ui] - as pronounced in huit
Liaison - pronouncing a usually silent final consonant because a word starting with a vowel follows