grammar points and verbs

Question 1

what does an -ance ending usually indicate

Answer 1

-ance ending is usually feminine

Question 2

synonym for conduire à

Answer 2

conduire à — mener à —» to lead to

Question 3

countries/ regions/ rivers ending in an -e are masculine or feminine

Answer 3

• they’re feminine

Question 4

weights and measure or are either masculine or feminine?

Answer 4

• they’re always masculine

Question 5

fruits and veg ending in -e are either masculine or feminine?

Answer 5

• they’re feminine

Question 6

religious festivals are either masculine or feminine?

Answer 6

• they’re always feminine

Question 7

sciences are either masculine or feminine?

Answer 7

• they’re always feminie e.g. la chemie – chemistry

Question 8

islands are either masculine or feminine?

Answer 8

• they’re always feminine

Question 9

days, months and seasons are either masculine or feminine?

Answer 9

• they’re always masculine

Question 10

trees/ plants are either masculine or feminine?

Answer 10

• they’re always masculine

Question 11

metals and elements are either masculine or feminine?

Answer 11

• they’re always masculine

Question 12

what does it mean when depuis is used with the present tense

Answer 12

• to say how long something has been happening and is still happening e.g J’apprends le français depuis six ans – I’ve been learning french for six years

Question 13

what does it mean when you use pendant with the perfect tense

Answer 13

• something that happened over a period of time, but isn’t happening anymore e.g. Elle a habité en France pendant un an – She lived in France for a year

Question 14

what happens to verbs ending in -cer before the vowel o (present tense)

Answer 14

• the c becomes ç before the o to keep the sound

Question 15

what happens to verbs ending in -ger before the o vowel (present tense)

Answer 15

• have an -e before o e.g. nous nageons

Question 16

what happens to verbs ending in -yer in the present tense

Answer 16

• they have an -i before the -e ending e.g. il nettoie, nous nettoyons

Question 17

what happens to verbs ending in -ler and -ter in the present tense

Answer 17

• they tend to use a double l or t before -e ending e.g. j’appelle, vous appelez

Question 18

what does en + present participle mean

Answer 18

• while doing, in doing, on doing, by doing

Question 19

what conjunctions are used to express the future when the main verb is in the future tense

Answer 19

• aussitôt/ dès que – as soon as
• lorsque/ quand – when
• tant que – as long as
• une fois que – once

Question 20

when to use à and de e.g. (c’est difficile à/ de)

Answer 20

• C’est difficile à + infinitif

- C’est difficile de + infinitif + complément

Question 21

might

Answer 21

• conjugated the same as could, so it uses the future stem e.g. pourr-

Question 22

when to use savoir and connaître

Answer 22

savoir + verb

connaître + noun

Question 23

how to conjugate le plus-que-parfait

Answer 23

• is the had + past participle in English, conjugated as the imperfect tense + past perfect in french
• it’s used to express an action in a distant past or in sentences that relate two historic past events to each other, where one of the events took place further in the past than the other

Question 24

when do you make the plus-que-parfait tense agree

Answer 24

• when it has a preceding direct object (unless the verb is followed by a direct object) e.g. il l’avait aidée (he had helped her) je lui avais parlé (I spoke to him)

Question 25

pp. of atteindre

Answer 25

atteint