French 2020 Chapitre 6 Grammaire

Question 1

To compare most adjectives, you use these three phrases.

Answer 1

plus + adjective + que…
moins + adjective + que…
aussi + adjective + que…

Question 2

To compare most adverbs, you use these three phrases.

Answer 2

plus + adverb + que…
moins + adverb + que…
aussi + adverb + que…

Question 3

Which adverbs have irregular comparative forms?

Answer 3

bien and mal

Question 4

what are the three comparative forms of bien?

Answer 4

mieux
moins bien
aussi bien

Question 5

What are the three comparative forms of mal?

Answer 5

plus mal
moins mal
aussi mal

Question 6

How do you form a superlative form for adjectives?

Answer 6

add a definite article (le, la, les) to plus or moins. The whole phrase is placed after the noun (when it expressed) and the preposition de is placed after the whole phrase (isn’t necessary) and means in or of.

Question 7

How do you form a superlative form for adverbs?

Answer 7

add a definite article (le, la, les) to plus or moins place before the adverb and add a de after the adverb.

Question 8

what is the superlative form for bon?

Answer 8

le/la/les meilleur(e)(s)

Question 9

What is the superlative form for mauvais?

Answer 9

le/la/les pire(s)

Question 10

what are the superlative forms for bien?

Answer 10

le mieux
le moins bien

Question 11

What are the superlative forms for mal?

Answer 11

le plus mal
le moins mal

Question 12

When using the comparative and superlatives as adverbs themselves, what changes?

Answer 12

Aussi que -> autant que
ex: Céline dépense autant que Thomas.

Question 13

To compare nouns or quantities of things, you use…

Answer 13

plus de/d’ + noun + que
moins de/d’ + noun + que
autant de/d’ + noun + que

Question 14

When do you use the relative pronoun, que?

Answer 14

to combine two ideas together into one sentence.
que is used when the verb is acting on a direct object.

Question 15

When do you use the relative pronoun, qui?

Answer 15

to combine two ideas together into one sentence.
qui is used to when the verb is acting on a subject

Question 16

Can qui be used with any prepositions such as avec, à, pour?

Answer 16

yes.

Question 17

Verbs in the past after the relative pronoun, que, must…

Answer 17

agree in number and gender with the direct object.

Question 18

When do you use the relative pronoun, dont?

Answer 18

the relative pronoun replaces de when used with a noun that requires de. It can also be used to replace a possessive (whose). Example of verbs include: parler de, avoir besoin de, avoir envie de, avoir peur de, se souvenir de, etc

Question 19

when there is no specific noun mentioned before, you can use the relative pronoun…

Answer 19

ce qui, ce dont, ce que

Question 20

Which relative pronoun do you use for when or where?

Answer 20

où replaces expressions of time and place

Question 21

How do you form the plus-que-parfait?

Answer 21

Use the avoir or être auxiliary in the imparfait, + a passé composé past participle.

Question 22

Plus-que-parfait can be used with the word, si. What does it express with this word?

Answer 22

a wish or regret about past event.

Question 23

When using the plus-que-parfait with the être auxiliary, what must you do with the passé composé verb?

Answer 23

the passé composé needs to agree in number and gender with the noun.

Question 24

When do you use the plus-que-parfait?

Answer 24

when talking in the past about an event in the mid past that has also already been completed.