Exam Gr 11 Grammaire

Question 1

What is le Futur Antérieur used for?

Answer 1

To describe an action that will have happened by a specific point in the future. To make assumptions regarding past events. In subordinate clauses beginning with ___que, quand, une fois.

Question 2

How do you form the Futur Antérieur?

Answer 2

Future simple + participe passé (er-é, ir-i, re-u) Ex. J’aurai donné / Je serai allé(e)

Question 3

What is le Futur Simple used for?

Answer 3

To describe something that will happen

Question 4

How do you form the Futur Simple?

Answer 4

Infinitive of verb + endings (futur simple roots always end in ‘r’)

Question 5

What are the infinitive forms of the verbes irréguliers?

Answer 5

Avoir- AUR, Être- SER, Faire- FER, Aller- IR (all have regular endings)

Question 6

What are the future tense endings?

Answer 6

Je- ai, Tu- as, Il/Elle/Qui- a, Nous- ons, Vous- ez, Ils/Elles/(les)- ont

Question 7

What is L’Impératif used for?

Answer 7

Used when giving commands, orders, advice, instructions, directions.

Question 8

What are the three forms of the impératif?

Answer 8

Tu, Nous, Vous (Use the verb forms only)

Question 9

What are the verb endings for each form in impératif?

Answer 9

ER verbs- e, ons, ez. IR verbs- is, issons, issez. RE verbs- s, ons, ez.

Question 10

What is l’ordre des pronoms in the affirmatif?

Answer 10

Verb in l’imperatif, le/la/l’/les, me(moi)/te(toi)/nous/vous, lui/leur, y, en

Question 11

What is l’ordre des pronoms au négatif?

Answer 11

Ne, me/te/nous/vous, le/la/l’/les, lui/leur, y, en, verb in l’imperatif, negative ending- pas, jamais, plus

Question 12

How are les pronoms connected to the verb?

Answer 12

Ils sont liés au verb avec un trait d’union [hyphen (-)]

Question 13

What is le Plus-que-parfait used for?

Answer 13

To indicate an action in the past that happened before another action in the past

Question 14

How do you form the P.Q.P?

Answer 14

Avoir/Être à l’imparfait + participe passé

Question 15

What is L’Imparfait used for?

Answer 15

To describe an ongoing condition or repeated / incomplete action in the past.

Question 16

How do you form l’imparfait?

Answer 16

By dropping the ONS endings from the present tense NOUS form and adding l’imparfait endings.

Question 17

What are key things to remember when forming l’imparfait?

Answer 17

Verbs with a spelling change in the nous form present tense keep the spelling change before the imparfait endings. Verbs whose stem ends in ‘i’ have two i’s in the NOUS and VOUS forms of the imparfait. All verbs are regular in imparfait except Être (ét_).

Question 18

What are l’imparfait endings?

Answer 18

Je- ais, Tu- ais, Il/Elle- ait, Nous- ions, Vous- iez, Ils/Elles- aient

Question 19

What is le Conditionnel Passé used for?

Answer 19

To describe something that would have happened.

Question 20

How do you form le conditionnel passé?

Answer 20

Le conditionnel of Avoir/Être (aur/ser) + participe passé

Question 21

What verb endings do you use in le contitionnel passé?

Answer 21

L’imparfait endings: ais,ais,ait,ions,iez,aient

Question 22

What are Si clauses used for?

Answer 22

Suppose something would’ve happened under certain circumstances.

Question 23

How do you form Si clauses?

Answer 23

Conditionnel+participe passé+ si +PQP+participe passé

Question 24

What are Si clauses in conditionals

Answer 24

If-then propositions

Question 25

What are Si clauses in First conditional present used for and how do you form them?

Answer 25

To talk about things that happen on a regular basis. Formed using si + present/passe compose, present form

Question 26

What are Si clauses in First conditional future used for and how do you form them?

Answer 26

what will happen if a condition isn’t met. Formed using si+present/passe compose, future form

Question 27

What are Si clauses in First conditional imperative used for and how do you form them?

Answer 27

give a command based on a condition being met. Formed using si+present/passe compose, imperative form

Question 28

What are Si clauses in Second conditional used for and how do you form them?

Answer 28

express and unlikely situation. Formed using si+imparfait, conditional form

Question 29

What are Si clauses in Third conditional used for and how do you form them?

Answer 29

express an impossible situation. Formed using si+PQP, conditionnel passé

Question 30

DR MRS VANDERTRAMP

Answer 30