Verbs & Prepositions

Question 1

to accept, to agree to

Answer 1

accepter de

Question 2

to accuse

Answer 2

accuser (qqun) de

Question 3

to buy at the market

Answer 3

acheter (qqch) sur le marché

Question 4

to have fun doing something

Answer 4

s’amuser à faire qc

Question 5

to learn how to

Answer 5

apprendre à

Question 6

to approach

Answer 6

s’approcher de

Question 7

to drink something out of (a cup)

Answer 7

boire qqchose dans (une tasse)

Question 8

to change into

Answer 8

se changer en

Question 9

to change (trains)

Answer 9

changer de (train)

Question 10

to order someone to do something

Answer 10

commander à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

Question 11

to concentrate on

Answer 11

concentrer sur

Question 12

to advise someone to do something

Answer 12

conseiller à qqun de faire qqch

Question 13

to continue to do something

Answer 13

continuer à / continuer de (little difference)

Question 14

to run through (the grass)

Answer 14

courir dans (l’herbe)

Question 15

to believe in God

Answer 15

croire en Dieux

Question 16

to believe in (Santa, the future, Heaven)

Answer 16

croire en or croire à

Question 17

to decide to

Answer 17

décider de

Question 18

He asked me why

Answer 18

Il m’a demandé pourquoi.

Question 19

to ask someone to do something

Answer 19

demander à qqun de faire qqch

Question 20

to make up one’s mind to

Answer 20

se décider à

Question 21

to give someone something

Answer 21

donner à: donner qqch à qqun

Question 22

to say to someone, to tell someone

Answer 22

dire à (qqun)

Question 23

to give someone something

Answer 23

donner qqch à qqun

Question 24

to prevent, to keep from ___ing

Answer 24

empêcher de

Question 25

to borrow something from someone

Answer 25

emprunter quelque chose à qqun

Question 26

to teach someone (1)

Answer 26

enseigner à qqun

Question 27

to teach (a technique)

Answer 27

apprendre quelque chose à quelqu’un

Question 28

to try on

Answer 28

essayer

Question 29

to try to do something

Answer 29

essayer de faire qc

Question 30

to apologize for ___-ing

Answer 30

s’excuser de

Question 31

to get mad at

Answer 31

se fâcher contre

Question 32

to write about

Answer 32

écrire sur

Question 33

to be angry at

Answer 33

être en colère contre

Question 34

to permit someone to do something

Answer 34

permettre a qqun de faire qqch

Question 35

to apologize for doing something

Answer 35

s’excuser de faire qc

Question 36

to leave in 10 minutes

Answer 36

partir dans (10 minutes)

Question 37

to leave for the mountains

Answer 37

partir dans les montagnes

Question 38

to think about (to imagine)

Answer 38

penser à

Question 39

to think about (a person)

Answer 39

penser de

Question 40

to take pleasure in doing something

Answer 40

se plaire à faire qc

Question 41

to please / to be pleasing to

Answer 41

plaire à (e.g. Le film me plaît.)

Question 42

to promise someone to do something

Answer 42

promettre á qqun de faire qc

Question 43

to command someone to do something

Answer 43

ordonner à qqun de faire qqch

Question 44

to persuade/convince (decider)

Answer 44

decider qqun à faire qc

Question 45

to ask to see a doctor

Answer 45

demander à voir un médecin

Question 46

to ask to speak to someone

Answer 46

demander à parler à quelqu’un

Question 47

to ask a question

Answer 47

poser une question

Question 48

to ask if you do something

Answer 48

demander si vous faites qc

Question 49

to ask to do something

Answer 49

demander à faire qc (no subj. change, so à)

Question 50

to ask for tickets

Answer 50

demander des billets

Question 51

she asks me to do something

Answer 51

elle me demande de faire qc

Question 52

to lack something (as in this tea lacks milk)

Answer 52

Ce thé manque de lait.

Question 53

to fail to do something

Answer 53

manquer de faire qc

Question 54

I failed to do my homework

Answer 54

J’ai manqué de faire mes devoirs.

Question 55

to miss a person, place, or thing

Answer 55

manquer à qqun (tu manques à moi or tu me manques)

Question 56

to think about (opinion)

Answer 56

penser de

Question 57

to talk about

Answer 57

parler de

Question 58

to talk to

Answer 58

parler à

Question 59

to benefit (who benefits from this party?)

Answer 59

profiter à (À qui profite cette fête ?)

Question 60

to make the most of (to take advantage of vacation)

Answer 60

profiter de (profiter de les vacances)

Question 61

to buy something for someone

Answer 61

acheter qc à qqun (seems to be most common to understand à as ‘for’)

Question 62

to buy something from someone

Answer 62

acheter qc à qqun (will make sense in context)