Revision French 3

Question 1

verbs that change e > è

Answer 1

acheter (to buy) > j'achète 
lever (to get up) > je lève
élever (to raise) > j'élève
mener (to lead) > mène
amener (to bring) > j'amène
emmener (to take away) > j'emmène

Question 2

verbs that change é > è

Answer 2

préférer > je préfère
considérer > je considère
espérer > j'espère
posséder > je possède
répéter > je répète

Question 3

verbs that change l > ll

Answer 3

appeler > j’appelle

rappeler (to remind / call back) > je rappelle

Question 4

verbs that change t > tt

Answer 4

jeter (to throw) > je jette

Question 5

verbs that change y > i

Answer 5

ennuyer (to bore) > j'ennuie
envoyer (to send) > j'envoie
nettoyer (to clean) > je nettoie
essayer (to try) > j'essaie
payer (to pay) > je paie

Question 6

verbs that change c > ç

Answer 6

when followed by a or o
commencer (begin) > nous commençons
agacer (to provoke) > nous agaçons
avancer (advance) > nous avançons
lancer (to throw) > nous lançons
placer (to place) > nous plaçons
remplacer (replace) > nous remplaçons

Question 7

verbs that change g > ge

Answer 7

when followed by a or o
manger > nous mangeons
changer > nous changeons
voyager > nous voyageons
nager > nous nageons
ranger (to tidy up) > nous rangeons
venger (to avenge) > nous vengeons

Question 8

ir verbs
to build
to fill out
to succeed
to punish

Answer 8

bâtir
remplir
réussir
punir

Question 9

re verbs
to return / give back
to wait for
to answer

Answer 9

rendre
attendre
répondre

Question 10

to follow

Answer 10

suivre
-suis
-suis
-suit
-suivons
-suivez
-suivent
p/p: suivi

Question 11

to run

Answer 11

courir
-cour
-cour
-court
-courons
-courez
-courent
p/p: couru

Question 12

to die

Answer 12

mourir
-meurs
-meurs
-meurt
-mourons
-mourez
-mourent
p/p: mort

Question 13

to laugh

Answer 13

rire
-ris
-ris
-rit
-rions
-riez
-rient
p/p: ri

Question 14

les verbes pronominaux in the passé composé

I looked at myself in the mirror.

Answer 14

use être and p/p

je me suis regardé dans la glace.

Question 15

les verbes pronominaux in the passé composé

rule of agreement?

Answer 15

past participle agree with the subject except:

a. when the verb is constructed with à;
b. when the verb is followed by a direct object;
c. when faire is used.

Question 16

Dr and Mrs….

Answer 16

Devenir (become)
Revenir (come back)
Monter (go up)
Rentrer (return)
Sortir (go out)

Question 17

Vander…

Answer 17

Venir (come)
Aller (go)
Naître (be born)
Descendre (go down / get off)
Entrer (enter)
Rester (stay)

Question 18

…trampp

Answer 18

Tomber (fall)
Retourner (return)
Arriver (arrive)
Mourir (to die)
Partir (to leave)
Passer (to happen)

Question 19

être verbs that change to avoir when followed by a direct object.

Answer 19

Descendre
Monter
Passer
Rentrer
Retourner
Sortir

Question 20

Two meanings of sortir

Answer 20

Went

Took

Question 21

Negatif in the passé composé

I didn’t play

Answer 21

je n’ai pas joué

Question 22

When to use l’imparfait

Answer 22

was / were / would / used to
Scene / people description, weather.
Habitual / repetitive / incomplete action.
Conditions / states of mind.

Question 23

How to form l’imparfait

Answer 23

Stem is present 'nous' form
-ais
-ais
-ait
-ions
-iez
-aient
except être, which is ét-

Question 24

at that time / in those days

Answer 24

à cette époque-la

Question 25

When to use plus-que-parfait

Answer 25

‘had’
Events that had happened, been completed before
other events took place.
Used with ‘si’ to express wish / regret or hypothetical in the past (if…. then…).

Question 26

How to form plus-que-parfait

Answer 26

similar to passé composé

imperfect avoir / être + past participle

Question 27

I found the book that I had lost.

Answer 27

J’ai retrouvé le livre que j’avais perdu.

Question 28

When we had finished our meal, we could play

in the yard.

Answer 28

Quand nous avions fini notre repas, nous pouvions

jouer dans la cour.

Question 29

He explained to me that he had decided to

leave France.

Answer 29

Il m’a expliqué qu’il avait décidé de

partir en France.

Question 30

If I had known, I would not have come.

Answer 30

Si j’avais su, je ne serais pas venu.

Question 31

Le subjonctif

Answer 31

wish / emotion / doubt / necessity
- is a mood, not a tense.
- often occurs in a dependent clause beginning
with ‘que’. (je veux que mon frère parte)

Question 32

How to form le subjonctif

Answer 32

Third person plural, drop ent.

• e
• es
• e
• ions
• iez
• ent

Question 33

le futur simple

and how to form it

Answer 33

'will'
future stem +
-ai
-as
-a
-ons
-ez
-ont

Question 34

le futur simple irregular verbs

Answer 34

être > ‘ser’ stem

avoir > ‘aur’ stem

Question 35

aussi tôt que

Answer 35

as soon as

Question 36

When to use preposition ‘y’

Answer 36

• ‘there’
• to replace a place already mentioned, or phrases with preposition à.
• placed before the first verb.

Question 37

When to use ‘en’

Answer 37

• replaces de, de la, de l’ or un, une, des

- placed before the verb.

Question 38

negation
not
never
no more / longer
not at all
nobody
nothing

Answer 38

ne + verb + pas
ne + verb + jamais
ne + verb + plus
ne + verb + pas du tout
ne + verb + personne
ne + verb + rien

Question 39

verbs with 2 stems in le subjonctif

Answer 39

boire 
croire (believe)
devoir
envoyer
mourir
prendre
recevoir
venir
voir

Question 40

irregular verbs in le subjonctif

Answer 40

aller > aill
avoir > ai / ay
être > soi / soy
faire > fass
pouvoir > puiss
savoir > sach
valoir > vaill
vouloir > veuill

Question 41

To be afraid that…

Answer 41

Avoir peur que…

Question 42

It is nearly always found in dependent clauses introduced by que or qui, and the subjects of the dependent and main clauses are usually different.

Answer 42

le subjonctif
ie. Je veux que tu le fasses.
I want you to do it.
ie. Il faut que nous partions.
it is necessary that we leave.