Grammar 5

Question 1

A bad wine ages badly
The best pupil speaks French better than me.

Answer 1

Un mauvais vin vieillit mal.
Le meilleur élève parle mieux français que moi.

Feminine adjective adverb
gentille kind gentiment kindly
brève brief brièvement briefly
bonne good bien well
mauvaise bad mal badly
petite small peu not much
moindre lesser moins less
meilleure better mieux better

Question 2

I cant wait to learn french and speak better

Answer 2

Il me tarde d’apprendre le francais et de mieux parler
OR J’ai hâte…

Question 3

Paul drank many glasses of wine yesterday.

Answer 3

Paul a bu de nombreuses verres de vin hier.

a couple / some: quelques
a few. several: plusieurs
many / numerous: de nombreux (m)
de nombreuses (f)

Question 4

Bryan has two cats. He has two of them.

Answer 4

Bryan a deux chats. Il en a deux

Question 5

This room is 30 metres wide

Answer 5

Cette chambre fait 30m de large
Cette chambre est large de 30m
(et long, haut, profond )

Question 6

They would work later if they were not lazy

Answer 6

lls travailleraient plus tard s’ils ne n’étaient pas paresseux
[travailler=conditional; etre=imparfait]

Question 7

I almost died

Answer 7

J’ai failli y rester.
You almost died [lit. you almost remained there]. OR
J’ai faili mourir
Faillir {infinitive]” almost

Question 8

He would party all night if he had the chance

Answer 8

Il ferait la fête toute la nuit s’il en avait l’occaision (et la cocaine)

Question 9

They would do the shopping if they first of all did the housework

Answer 9

Ils feraient [conditional] le ménage s’ils faisaient [imparfait] tout d’abord les courses

Question 10

I will speak B2 french by next year

Answer 10

Je parlerai le français B2 d’ici l’année prochaine

Question 11

If they did their homework, they would do better next time

Answer 11

S’il faisaients [imp] tes devoirs, ils feraient [cond] mieux la prochaine fois

Question 12

I am really worth it

Answer 12

j’en vaux vraiment la peine

Question 13

In doing my homework I will do better

Answer 13

En faisant [gerund] mes devoirs, je ferai [futur] mieux

Question 14

If she could fly, she would go to the moon

Answer 14

Si elle pouvait [cond] voler, elle irait [futur] sur la lune.

Question 15

I miss my grand niece Mona

Answer 15

Ma grand-niece Mona me manque
Je manque à ma grand-niece Mona

Question 16

They were supposed to meet me at the restaurant, but didnt. So, I had to eaat alone

Answer 16

Ils devaient me rejoindre au restaurant, mais ils ne l’ont pas fait. J’ai donc dû manger seul
[devoir impartfait=supposed to]
[devoir PC= had to]

Question 17

The girls did it themselves; however, the boys could not do it themselves.

Answer 17

Les filles l’ont fait elles-mêmes; mais les garçons n’ont pas pu le faire eux-mêmes