English lesson of September 6, 2023

Question 1

How do we pronounce the words “official” and “officer”?

Answer 1

o-FI-showl
Â-fis-ser

Question 2

What is the word “gagner” in the expression “gagner de l’argent”?

Exemple: Elle gagne 50,000$ par année.

Answer 2

earn

make

Example:
She makes $50,000 a year.

She earns $50,000 a year.

Question 3

What is “syndicat” in English?

Example: Nous avons un syndicat au travail.

Answer 3

Union

Example: We have a union at work.

Question 4

What is “syndiqué” in English?

Exemple: Nos employés sont syndiqués.

Answer 4

unionized

Example: Our employees are unionized.

Question 5

What is “allumer” in English? And “éteindre”?

Exemple: J’allume mon ordinateur le matin en arrivant au bureau et je l’éteins avant de quitter.

Answer 5

Turn on
Turn off

Example: I turn on my computer in the morning when I arrive at the office and I turn it off before leaving.

Question 6

What is “améliorer” or “s’améliorer” in English?

Exemple:
Je veux m’améliorer.
Je veux améliorer ma fluidité et ma grammaire.

Answer 6

improve

Example:
I want to improve.
I want to improve my fluency and my grammar.

Question 7

What is augmenter in English?

Exemple: Le prix de la nourriture augmente chaque jour.

Answer 7

Increase
Go up
Rise

Example:

The price of food is increasing.
The price of food is going up.
The price of food is rising.

Question 8

What is “remplacer” in English?

Exemple: Évelyne et moi, on peut se remplacer quand l’autre est en vacances.

Answer 8

replace

Example: Evelyne and I can replace each other when the other is on vacation.

Question 9

Devoir (dans le sens de “avoir une dette”) en anglais?

Exemple: Je te dois 10$.

Answer 9

Owe

Example: I owe you $10.

Question 10

What is “aussi souvent que je veux” in English?

Exemple: Je ne parle pas anglais aussi souvent que je veux.

Answer 10

As often as I want.

Example: I don’t speak English as often as I want.

Question 11

What is “Je parle anglais” in English?

Answer 11

I speak English.

(NOTE: We don’t need the word “in” but we can use it too. Most people don’t say “I speak in English” but they say instead “I speak English”.

Question 12

What is “état-major” in English?

Exemple: Les membres de l’état-major se rencontrent une fois par mois.

Answer 12

General staff
Example: The general staff members meet once a month.

Question 13

How do we pronounce the word “salmon” in English?

Answer 13

**SA-munn **
(NOTE: The letter “L” is silent.)

Question 14

What is “grade” in English as in “Nous avons différents grades dans l’armée.” ?

Answer 14

rank

Example: We have different ranks in the army.

Question 15

What is “adjudant” in English?

Answer 15

Warrant officer

Question 16

What is “télétravail” in English?

Exemple: Je suis en télétravail 1-2 jours par semaine.

Answer 16

telework
teleworking
work remotely
remote work
work from home

Example: I work from home 1-2 days a week.

Question 17

What is “orthophoniste” in English?

Exemple: Ma fille veut être orthophoniste.

Answer 17

Speech therapist
Speech pathologist

Example: My daughter wants to be a speech therapist.

Question 18

What is “baccalauréat” in English? And “maîtrise”? And “doctorat”?

Answer 18

Bachelor degree

Master’s degree

Doctorate. / Ph.D.

Question 19

What is “évident” in English?

Exemple: C’est évident que c’est un bon candidat.

Answer 19

obvious

Example: It’s obvious that he’s a good candidate.

Question 20

What is a “D.E.P.” as in “Il a un D.E.P. du Centre 24-Juin.”

Answer 20

Vocational Studies Diploma

Example: He has a vocational studies diploma from Centre 24-Juin.

Question 21

What is “faire une erreur” in English?

Exemple: Je fais des erreurs en anglais.

Answer 21

Make a mistake

Example: I make mistakes in English.

Question 22

What is the difference between:
easy
easier
easiest
easily

Answer 22

Easy = facile (Example: English is easy.)
Easier = plus facile (Example: English is easier than French.)
easiest = le plus facile (Example: Between French, English and German, English is the easiest of the three and German is the hardest.)
easily = facilement (Example: I can work easily with people.)

Question 23

What is “malheureusement” in English?

Exemple: Malheureusement, je vais devoir rater le cours la semaine prochaine.

Answer 23

Unfortunately

Example: Unfortunately, I will have to miss the class next week.

Question 24

What’s in English “manquer de” in the following sentence?

On a manqué de temps pour finir le rapport.

Answer 24

run out of

We ran out of time to finish the report.

Question 25

What is the difference in the pronunciation of these two words?

his

he’s

Answer 25

His is pronounced Hiz

He’s is pronounced HEEZ