Useful Grammar Sentences

Question 1

Don’t open it

Answer 1

Ne pas l’ouvrir

Question 2

I regreted not being able to say everything

Answer 2

J’ai regretté de ne pas pouvoir dire tout

Question 3

Nothing bothers me

Answer 3

Rien ne me dérange

Question 4

Nothing has happened

Answer 4

Rien ne s’est passé

Question 5

Nobody is eating

Answer 5

Personne ne mange

Question 6

No-one has arrived yet

Answer 6

Personne n’est encore arrivé

Question 7

There are only two dogs

Answer 7

Il n’y a que deux chiens

Question 8

I notice that our teacher wore his nice green frock coat, that he only wore on inspection days.

Answer 8

Je remarque que notre maître a mis sa belle redingote verte, qu’il ne mettait que les jours d’inspection.

Question 9

Does it belong to you?

Answer 9

Vous appartient-il?

Question 10

Are there shops near here?

Answer 10

Y a-t-il des magasines prèt d’ici?

Question 11

This suit belongs to me.

Answer 11

Ce costume m’appartient.

Question 12

Did you have a book to read?

Answer 12

Aviez-vous un livre à lire?

Question 13

Did you have a book to read? (Fam)

Answer 13

Avais-tu un livre à lire?

Question 14

He doubted that you had seen it.

Answer 14

Il doutait que vous l’ayez vu.

French use the perfect subjunctive instead of the pluperfect subjunctive.

Question 15

I was afraid that they had fallen.

Answer 15

J’avais peur qu’ils soient tombés.

Question 16

Don’t open the window

Answer 16

Ne pas ouvrir la fenêtre

Question 17

He left so that we’d have the room to ourselves.

Answer 17

Il est parti pour que nous ayons la salle à nous-mêmes.

The imperfect subjunctive is used in a subordinate clause when the main clause is in the past. Its non-literary equivalent is the present subjunctive.

Question 18

She went

Answer 18

Elle est allée

Question 19

We had arrived

Answer 19

Nous étions arrivés

Question 20

They (girls) came

Answer 20

Elles sont venues

Question 21

The cars are washed by my son

Answer 21

Les voitures sont lavées par mon fils

Question 22

He saw Marie

Answer 22

Il a vu Marie

Question 23

He saw her

Answer 23

Il l’a vue

Question 24

She bought some books

Answer 24

Elle a acheté des livres

Question 25

She bought them (the books)

Answer 25

Elle les a achetés

Question 26

Have you read the books that I bought?

Answer 26

As-tu lu les livres que j'ai achetés?

Question 27

I found the keys that you had lost

Answer 27

J'ai trouvé les clés que tu avais perdues

Question 28

She went to bed at midnight

Answer 28

Elle s'est couchée à minuit Reflexive pronoun = d.o

Question 29

They had seen one another at the bank

Answer 29

Ils s'étaient vus à la banque

Question 30

She dealt with the dog

Answer 30

Elle s'est occupée du chien If there is a preposition before another noun can be added then the reflexive pronoun is the d.o and there needs to be agreement

Question 31

They remembered the play

Answer 31

Ils se sont souvenus de la pièce

Question 32

We bought ourselves a car

Answer 32

Nous nous sommes acheté une voiture No prep before the noun (the noun is the d.o) the reflexive pronoun is the I.o and no need for agreement

Question 33

She told herself the truth

Answer 33

Elle s'est dit la vérité

Question 34

She told it to herself (the truth)

Answer 34

Elle se l'est dite Normal d.o before verb agreement rule applies

Question 35

We bought it (the car) for ourselves

Answer 35

Nous nous la sommes achetée

Question 36

He made them work

Answer 36

Il les a fait travailler Causative exception to the d.o agreement rule

Question 37

The story that I heard read

Answer 37

L'histoire que j'ai entendu lire

Question 38

Nothing disturbs me more than

Answer 38

Rien ne me dérange plus que

Question 39

I get my hair done twice a month

Answer 39

Je me fais coiffer deux fois par mois Reflexive causative

Question 40

He has coffee brought to him every morning

Answer 40

Il se fait apporter le café chaque matin

Question 41

Are you going to have someone explain the problem to/for you?

Answer 41

Vas-tu te faire expliquer le problème?

Question 42

Did she get kicked out?

Answer 42

S'est-elle fait expulser?

Question 43

The cockroach got run over.

Answer 43

Le cafard s'est fait renverser.

Question 44

It is easy to learn french.

Answer 44

Il est facile d'apprendre le français.

Question 45

It is difficult to understand.

Answer 45

C'est difficile à comprendre.

Question 46

She is a nice girl.

Answer 46

C'est une fille sympa. Modified noun.

Question 47

Where's Paul? He's late.

Answer 47

Où est Paul? Il est en retard.

Question 48

Are they french? No Italians.

Answer 48

Ce sont des Français? Non, des Italiens.

Question 49

This is Alice. She's a teacher.

Answer 49

Voici Alice. Elle est professeur. Un-modified

Question 50

He's strong, this man.

Answer 50

Il est fort, cet homme. Describing a person.

Question 51

I hear his voice, it's bizarre.

Answer 51

J'entends sa voix, c'est bizarre. Describing a situation.

Question 52

It's late.

Answer 52

Il est tard. Un-modified.

Question 53

It's too late.

Answer 53

C'est trop tard. Modified by adverb.

Question 54

They are here.

Answer 54

Elles sont ici.

Question 55

It's very far from here.

Answer 55

C'est très loin d'ici.

Question 56

He's a lawyer.

Answer 56

Il est avocat.

Question 57

He's a lawyer.

Answer 57

C'est un avocat.

Question 58

She's in France.

Answer 58

Elle est en France.

Question 59

This is Luc.

Answer 59

C'est Luc.

Question 60

He's at the bank.

Answer 60

Il est à la banque.

Question 61

It's me.

Answer 61

C'est moi.

Question 62

What interests me is the language.

Answer 62

Ce qui m'intéresse, c'est la langue. pronom relatif nm

Question 63

Do you know what he likes?

Answer 63

Sais-tu ce qui lui plaît?

Question 64

All that glimmers isn't gold?

Answer 64

Tout ce qui brille n'est pas or.

Question 65

What I want, it is to be trilingual.

Answer 65

Ce qui je veux, c'est être trilingue.

Question 66

Do you know what Pierre did?

Answer 66

Sais-tu ce que Pierre a fait? Pronom relatif - est le complément d'objet direct

Question 67

Lo que necesito es un buen diccionario.

Answer 67

Ce dont j'ai besoin, c'est un bon dico. De lo que tengo ganas, es...

Question 68

¿Sabes de qué (lo que) habla Paul?

Answer 68

Sais-tu ce dont Luc parle?

Question 69

Es de lo que me acuerdo.

Answer 69

C'est ce dont je me souviens.

Question 70

Tengo todo de lo que tengo ganas.

Answer 70

J'ai tout ce dont j'ai envie.

Question 71

¿Sabes lo que piensa él?

Answer 71

Sais-tu à quoi il pense? Quoi is the object relative pronoun of any preposition except de.

Question 72

I studied, after which I read.

Answer 72

J'ai étudié, après quoi j'ai lu.

Question 73

¿Con qué escribe él?

Answer 73

Avec quoi écrit-il?

Question 74

Qu'est ce que la différence entre 'nouveau' et 'neuf'.

Answer 74

nouveau means something has changed, while neuf indicates that something is newly-made.