FIA Grammar Chapter 3

Question 1

How does one typically answer a question that begins with Est-ce que?

Answer 1

oui ou non

Question 2

How does one typically answer a question that begins with Qu’est-ce que?

Answer 2

Usually with a noun or pronoun representing a thing.

Question 3

How does one typically answer a question that begins with Qui est-ce que?

Answer 3

Usually with a noun or pronoun representing a person.

Question 4

How does one typically answer a question that begins with Porquoi?

Answer 4

Usually starts with parce que plus a subject and verb or pour plus an infinitive.

Question 5

What are French tonic stresses?

Answer 5

It is the slight stress given to the last syllable in a rhythmic group. It’s not necessarily lounder, but it is always longer.

Question 6

How do you produce the French /l/ sound?

Answer 6

Keep the back of your tongue down, press the tip against the ridge just above the base of your upper teeth, and release.

Be careful not to let the back of your tongue pull backwards, especially at the end of a word.

Question 7

Are words for nationality capitalized in French?

Answer 7

Words for nationality are capitalized in French when the are used as nouns (l’Italien parle francais).

When they are used as adjectives they are not capitalized (le jeune homme va être brésilien).

Question 8

What is the plural form of le jeune homme and for mixed a mixed group of young men and young women?

Answer 8

les jeunes gens

Question 9

In spoken French, what is primarily used to indicate whether a noun is singular or plural?

Answer 9

The sound of the definite or indefinite article.

• le*, la, les
• un*, une, des

Question 10

What are the four possible endings of French verbs?

Answer 10

• er
• ir
• re
• oir

Question 11

How do you form the immediate future tense?

Answer 11

With a form of aller in the present indicative plus a verb in the infinitive.

Je vais travailler.
Tu vas travailler.
Il va travailler.
Nous allons travailler.
Vous allez travailler.
Ils vont travailler.