Grammar

Question 1

What preposition do you use with a feminine country

Answer 1

en

Question 2

What preposition do you use with a masc. country

Answer 2

au

Question 3

What preposition do you use with a plural country

Answer 3

aux

Question 4

What preposition do you use with city and town

Answer 4

à

Question 5

What preposition do you use with a masc. public places

Answer 5

au

e.g. je vais au cinéma

Question 6

What preposition do you use with fem. public places

Answer 6

à la

Question 7

What preposition do you use with a vowel or silent H

Answer 7

à l’

Question 8

What preposition do you use with plural public places

Answer 8

aux

Question 9

What must you remember about quand clauses

Answer 9

In the future all verbs must be in the future

Question 10

How do you use the negative present

Answer 10

wrap the ne … pas around the verb

with 2 verbs it goes around the first

Question 11

How do you use the negative in the perfect

Answer 11

Negative goes around auxillary

but aucun and personne go after the past participle

Question 12

What are the common negatives

Answer 12

ne ... plus = no longer
ne ... rien = nothing
ne ... jamais = never
ne ... personne = nobody
ne ... que = only
ne ... ni ... ni = neither ... nor
ne ... personne = nobody
ne ... aucun = none of

Question 13

How do you use the negatives in the future with aller

Answer 13

negative around aller

aucun, personne and ni go after infinitive

Question 14

How to use negatives with reflexive present

Answer 14

je ne me couche pas
ne pas wrap around verb and reflexive pronoun

Je n’aime pas me lever tôt.
with 2 verbs

Question 15

How to use negatives with reflexive past

Answer 15

Elle ne s’est pas lavée.

negative goes around auxillary

Question 16

How do use negatives with the pluperfect

Answer 16

put negatives around auxillary
je n’avais pas compris
elle ne s’etait pas douchee

Question 17

How do you use the negative with the immediate future

Answer 17

negatives around verb
je n’irai pas
je ne m’amuserai pas

Question 18

How do you use negatives with conditional perfect

Answer 18

Je n’aurais plus dansé

Question 19

What are the main comparitives

Answer 19

plus … que = more … than
moins … que = less … than
aussi … que = also … than

Question 20

What is the difference between mieux and meilleur

Answer 20

mieux can be replaced by ‘more interesting’

meilleur is for: best person, best taste and health)

Question 21

What is worse

Answer 21

pire

Question 22

How do you form the superlative

Answer 22

mes freres sont les personnes les plus amusantes que je connaisse

adj. ‘amusantes’ has to agree with the ‘personnes’ not the ‘freres’

Question 23

How do you use depuis

Answer 23

You use it in present context if you are still doing it

You use it in imperfect context if its something you stopped doing/used to

Question 24

How do you use venir de + inf.

Answer 24

In present means ‘have/has just done’ something

In imperfect form it means to ‘had just done’ something

Question 25

How do you form the present participle

Answer 25

• Take the ‘nous’ form of the present tense, take off the ‘ons’ and add ‘en’ before the verb and the ending ‘-ant’

faire - en faisant
boire - en buvant

Question 26

What are the 3 forms of the perfect infinitive

Answer 26

Apres avoir + past participle
Apres etre + past participle
Apres m’etre + past participle

Question 27

What are the 3 si clauses

Answer 27

Si + present + future (future context)
Si + imperfect + conditional (present context)
Si + pluperfect + conditional past (past context)

Question 28

Where do you use emphatic pronouns

Answer 28

After prepositions

Question 29

Name the emphatic pronouns

Answer 29

moi
toi
lui / elle
nous
vous
eux/elles

Question 30

Name some common prepositions

Answer 30

avec = with
sans = without
selon = according to 
pour = for
de = of/about