On cherche un boulot : adjectives into adverbs | French

Starter quiz

Which superlative form of 'best' fits here? 'Ce sont ______ voyages à faire.' These are the best journeys to make.

le meilleur

la meilleure

les meilleurs ✓

les meilleures
Put the words in order to translate: Physics is worse than computing.

1

⇔

la

2

⇔

physique

3

⇔

est

4

⇔

pire

5

⇔

que

6

⇔

l'

7

⇔

informatique
Which type of word often follows a modal verb?

adjective

past participle

infinitive ✓

preposition
Which is the correct word order to translate this sentence? I have to go to work every day.

1

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je

2

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dois

3

⇔

aller

4

⇔

au

5

⇔

travail

6

⇔

chaque

7

⇔

jour
Which phrase contains an example of a verb in the conditional?

je veux

je dois

je sais

je voudrais ✓

je peux
Match the French to the English.

Je veux devenir avocat.

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I want to become a lawyer. ✓

Je dois devenir avocat.

⇔

I have to become a lawyer. ✓

Je peux devenir avocat.

⇔

I can become a lawyer. ✓

Je voudrais devenir avocat.

⇔

I would like to become a lawyer. ✓

Exit quiz

Match the French words with the correct English meanings.

le chômage

⇔

unemployment ✓

la grève

⇔

strike ✓

le métier

⇔

job, occupation ✓

malheureusement

⇔

unfortunately ✓

le champ

⇔

field ✓

par contre

⇔

on the other hand ✓
Which word best fits in the gap in this sentence? '__________ que je trouve le meilleur, c'est d'être avocat.'

le chômage

le métier ✓

la grève

le champ

le commerce
Which words are adverbs?

lentement ✓

facilement ✓

règlement

relativement ✓

changement
The adverb form of 'malheureux' (unfortunate) is ...

'malheureusement' ✓
The adverb form of 'rapide' (fast, quick) is ...

'rapidement' ✓
The adverb form of 'apparent' (apparently) is ...

'apparemment' ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

[en/an] sound like 'enfant', [è] sounds like 'tête' and [i] sounds like 'midi'.
Some adverbs are formed by adding -ment to the feminine form of adjectives when the English adverb equivalent is -ly.
Where the adjective ends in e in the masculine form, add -ment to form the adverb e.g. rapide - rapidement.
Some adverbs are formed by dropping -ant(e)/-ent (e) and adding -(am)ment/-(em)ment when the English equivalent is -ly.

Common misconception

All words ending in -ment are adverbs.

Whilst many words ending in -ment are adverbs where the feminine form of the adjective has been taken and -ment added to create the adverb, not all words ending in -ment are adverbs. Some nouns end in -ment e.g. 'le règlement' rule, regulation.

Keywords

Adjective - word that gives information about a noun
Adverb - word that describes a verb or an adjective