time

Question 1

Which gender are all the days of the week and the months?

Answer 1

masculine

Question 2

When should the definite article be used with days of the week?

Answer 2

When expressing a regular action.

Je sors avec mes copaines le samedi (I go out with my friends on Saturdays)

Question 3

Translate from English to French :-

When should the definite article be omitted with days of the week?

Answer 3

When the activity is not regular.

Je travaille samedi (I am working on Saturday)

Question 4

Translate from English to French :-

She visited her aunt in the morning

Answer 4

Elle a visité sa tante le matin

Use the definite article with times of the day

Question 5

Translate from English to French :-

I go to Spain next year

Answer 5

Je pars en Espagne l’annèe prochaine

use the the definite article with prochain or dernier

Question 6

Translate from English to French :-

It’s Wednesday, the 2nd March today

Answer 6

C’est aujourd’hui mercredi le deux mars

use the definite article with dates

Question 7

What is the difference between the masculine form and feminine forms for time periods?

l’an/l’année

jour/journée

matin/matinée

soir/soirée

Answer 7

The feminine form should be used when the whole of the time is being considered.

J’ai passé la matinée à faire du lèche-vitrines

(I spent the morning window shopping)

Question 8

Which preposition is used with the definite article to mean ‘when’?

Answer 8

où

Le moment où je me suis rendu …

(The moment when I visited ….)

Question 9

Which preposition is used with the indefinite article to mean ‘when’?

Answer 9

que

Un soir que je travaillais dans le jardin

(One evening I was working in the garden)