French Grammar

Question 1

un, une, des when negating avoir

Answer 1

changes to de or d’

Question 2

neither this not that

Answer 2

ne + verb + ni… ni…

Question 3

hardly

Answer 3

ne + verb + guère

Question 4

nothing

Answer 4

ne + verb + rien

Question 5

none left

Answer 5

ne + verb + plus de

Question 6

never

Answer 6

ne + verb + jamais

Question 7

nobody

Answer 7

ne + verb + personne

Question 8

what are the three ways to ask a question?

Answer 8

1 - subject-verb inversion
2 - est-ce que form
3 - affirmative form with upward intonation

Question 9

to be in the process of doing something

Answer 9

être en train de + infinitive

Question 10

-er present tense (regular)

Answer 10

je ()-e
tu ()-es
il ()-e
nous ()-ons
vous ()-ez
ils ()-ent

Question 11

-cer present tense

Answer 11

je ()-e
tu ()-es
il ()-e
nous ()-çons
vous ()-ez
ils ()-ent

Question 12

-ger present tense

Answer 12

je ()-e
tu ()-es
il ()-e
nous ()-geons
vous ()-ez
ils ()-ent

Question 13

-e + consonant + -er present tense

Answer 13

e before the consonant because è except for nous and vous

Question 14

-ir present tense

Answer 14

je ()-is
tu ()-is
il ()-it
nous ()-issons
vous ()-issez
ils ()-issent

Question 15

-re present tense

Answer 15

je ()-s
tu ()-s
il ()-
nous ()-ons
vous ()-ez
ils ()-ent

Question 16

How to talk about the immediate past, an action that has just taken place

Answer 16

venir + de + infinitive

Question 17

How to talk about having something done by someone, or causing something to happen

Answer 17

causative form - faire + infinitive

Question 18

What are the 3 different figurative meanings of devoir?

Answer 18

1 - debt - to owe something
2 - obligation - must do something
3 - probability - supposed to do something

Question 19

How to express that you should (or should have) done something

Answer 19

use devoir in the conditional

Question 20

How do you negate a reflexive verb? (with je)

Answer 20

je + ne + me + verb + pas

Question 21

How to use inversion with reflexive verbs? (with je)

Answer 21

Me + verb + -je

Question 22

How to use est-ce que with reflexive verbs? (with je)

Answer 22

est-ce que + je + me + verb

Question 23

positive imperative of pronomial verbs (je)

Answer 23

verb + - + moi

Question 24

negative imperative of pronomial verbs (je)

Answer 24

ne + me + verb + pas

Question 25

negative passé composé

Answer 25

ne + auxilliary + pas + past participle

Question 26

pronomial verbs passé composé (je)

Answer 26

je + me + suis + past participle

Question 27

pronomial verbs negative passé composé (je)

Answer 27

je + ne + me + suis + pas + past participle

Question 28

what are the 3 uses of the imparfait

Answer 28

1 - describe a state of mind or being in the past
2 - continuous, repeated, or habitual past actions
3 - provide background description

Question 29

how to form the imparfait / endings

Answer 29

take the present tense nous form, drop the -ons, and add the ending

• ais
• ais
• ait
• ions
• iez
• aient

Question 30

how to form the future simple / endings

Answer 30

Use infinitive as stem and add the ending

• ai
• as
• a
• ons
• ez
• ont

for -re verbs, drop the -e before adding the endings

Question 31

future proche (je)

Answer 31

je + vais + infinitive

Question 32

translating futur proche / futur simple / futur antérieur (je)

Answer 32

I am going to / I will / I will have

Question 33

futur antérieur formation

Answer 33

pronoun + future tense of auxillary + past participle

Question 34

plus-que-parfait meaning

Answer 34

had done

Question 35

plus-que-parfait formation

Answer 35

pronoun + imparfait of auxilliary + past participle

Question 36

present conditional formation

Answer 36

add imparfait endings to the future stem

Question 37

3 uses of present conditional

Answer 37

1 - express a wish or suggestion
2 - make a statement or request more polite
3 - express unconfirmed or alleged information

Question 38

past conditional formation

Answer 38

present conditional of auxilliary + past participle

Question 39

uses of past conditional

Answer 39

express regret (would have like, should have done something, would have been…)

Question 40

could - single, unique action in the past

Answer 40

passé composé of pouvoir

Question 41

could - description or habitual action

Answer 41

imparfait of pouvoir

Question 42

could - idea of the future, a hypothesis, a suggestion or a request

Answer 42

present conditional of pouvoir

Question 43

should - ought to

Answer 43

present or past conditional

Question 44

would - repeated action in the past

Answer 44

imparfait

Question 45

would - polite request

Answer 45

present conditional

Question 46

would - specific action in the past

Answer 46

passé composé of vouloir

Question 47

would - an idea of the future, a hypothesis, or a suggestion

Answer 47

present conditional of the main verb, imparfait used in the si clause