Grammar rules

Question 1

1.1: four types of adjectives

Answer 1

Demonstrative, descriptive, interrogative, posessive

Question 2

1.2: 3 types of pronoun

Answer 2

DO, IDO, relative (subject/object)

Question 3

1.3: two unusual adverbs

Answer 3

tres, trop

Question 4

2.1: Conjunctions of time after which we use future

Answer 4

Quand; lorsque; dès que; après que; aussitôt que

Question 5

2.2:Another use of the future

Answer 5

Expressing polite requests

Question 6

2.3: Three uses of conditional

Answer 6

After au cas où;
When truth of a fact in doubt;
Future in the past (reported speech):

Question 7

2.4: three uses of the conditional perfect

Answer 7

Reported speech
When truth of a fact in doubt
With ‘si’ and pluperfect

Question 8

3.1: agreement rule for past tenses and direct objects

Answer 8

Agrees with the DO when the DO comes BEFORE the verb

Elle s’est lavé- les mains

Question 9

4.1: c’est or il est when replacing a noun

Answer 9

Il

Question 10

4.2: c’est or il est when replacing a cause (eg la ville est loin)

Answer 10

c’est

Question 11

4.3: c’est or il est when referring back

Answer 11

c’est

Question 12

4.4: c’est or il est when referring forward

Answer 12

Il est

Question 13

4.5: two uses of ‘y’

Answer 13

Places or destinations

Following verb and à

Question 14

4.6: five uses of ‘en’

Answer 14

Impersonal (eg c'est trop difficile)
Inanimate objects/ abstract nouns
People
With numbers
With quantities

Question 15

4.7: Position of object pronouns in inversion: question to je l’ai quittée

Answer 15

L’avez-vous quittée?

Question 16

4.8: Position of object pronouns in positive imperative: “give it to me”

Answer 16

Donne-le-moi

Question 17

4.9: Position of object pronouns in negative imperative: “don’t give it to me!”

Answer 17

Ne me le donne pas

Question 18

5.1: when are articles used (geography)

Answer 18

\+ continents
\+ countries
\+ mountains
\+ rivers
- towns
- cities

Question 19

5.2: when are articles used (gender of country)

Answer 19

Feminine: no article
Masculine: à/de + article

Question 20

5.3: article after “je voudrais”

Answer 20

Partitive: je voudrais du vin

Question 21

8.1: how to order sentence after dont

Answer 21

dont tu lis le roman:

subject verb article noun

Question 22

8.2: two scenarios where dont can’t be used

Answer 22

• after a second preopostional phrase

- with complex prepositions, eg autour de, i.e. where the “de” belongs to the preposition

Question 23

8.3: what to use instead of dont if necessary

Answer 23

people: de qui
things: duquel etc

Question 24

8.4: what relative pronoun to use after preposition

Answer 24

qui for people

lequel for things

Question 25

9.1: 4 indefinite pronouns and their genders

Answer 25

all masculine
quelqu'un
personne (#une personne)
quelque chose (#une chose)
rien

Question 26

9.2: indefinite pronouns and adjectives

Answer 26

require de before the adjective.

quequ’un d’intelligent, rien de nouveau