conjunctions

Question 1

Translate from English to French :-

What are conjunctions used for?

Answer 1

Conjunctions are used to link parts of sentences together.

Question 2

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so

Answer 2

alors

Je suis fatiguée, alors je me repose (I am tired, so I am having a rest)

Question 3

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because / as

Answer 3

car

J’ai faim, car je n’ai pas mangé a midi (I am as I didn’t eat at lunchtime)

Question 4

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therefore

Answer 4

donc

Je pense, donc je suis (I think, therefore I am)

Question 5

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and

Answer 5

et

(J’ai 15 ans et j’habite en France)

Question 6

Translate from English to French :-

and then

Answer 6

et puis

Je me lève et puis je prends mon petit déjeuner (I get up and then I have my breakfast)

Question 7

Translate from English to French :-

but

Answer 7

mais

J’ai deux frères, mais je n’ai pas de soeur.

(I have got 2 brothers, but I do not have a sister)

Question 8

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or

Answer 8

ou

Je joue au foot ou je vais à la patinoire

(I play football or I go to the ice-rink)

Question 9

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because

Answer 9

parce que

J’aime la géographie parce que c’est intéressant

(I like geography because it is interesting)

Question 10

Translate from English to French :-

when

Answer 10

quand

Je prends le bus quand il pleut

(I take the bus when it rains)

When talking about future intentions, use future tense:

Quand j’irai à Boulogne, je mangerais du poisson

(When I go to Boulogne, I will eat fish)

Question 11

just as

Answer 11

au moment où

used to link a perfect tense phrase with an imperfect one

Je suis arrivée au moment où mon père préperait le déjeuner

(I arrived just as my father was preparing lunch)

Question 12

Translate from English to French :-

while

Answer 12

pendant que

used to link an imperfect tense phrase with an perfect one

Pendant que je nagais, ma copine a joué au volley

(While I was swimming, my friend played volleyball)

Question 13

Translate from English to French :-

where as

Answer 13

tandis que

Used for comparing an event in the past, with an event in the future

L’année dernière, j’ait fait de la voile, tandis que cette année je ferai du kayak

(Last year, I went windsurfing, whereas this year, I will go kayaking)