Writing Phrases Flashcards
Negative Phrases:
- not
- nothing
- nobody
- never
- only
- no longer
- ne…pas (de)
- ne…rien
- ne…personne
- ne…jamais (de)
- ne…que
- ne…plus (de)
Direct Object Pronouns:
- it
- them
e.g. I hate it
Go in front of the verb:
- le/la
- les
e.g. Je le déteste
Relative Pronouns:
- which
- that
- where
e.g. I watched a show which was rubbish
e.g. We went to the cinema where we saw a film
Link two sentences that refer to the same noun
- qui
- que
- où
e.g. J’ai regardé un emission qui/que était nulle
e.g. Nouse sommes allés au cinema où nous avons vu un film
Comparatives:
- more…than
- less..than
- as…as
- better than
- worse than
- neither nor
- plus…que
- moins…que
- aussi…que
- meilleur que
- pire que
- ni…ni
Superlatives:
e.g. He is the funniest
- le plus + adj
e.g. Il est le plus marrant
After having doing something
e.g. After having done my HW…
- Après avoir/ être + past participle
e.g. Apres avoir fait mes devoirs
Before doing something
e.g. Before taking my exams…
- Avant de + infinitive
e.g. Avant de passer mes examens
Whilst doing something
e.g. Whilst playing tennis
- En + the present participle: take the nouse form and replace -ons ith -ant
e.g. En jouant au tennis
By doing something
e.g. by doing…
- En + present participle
take nouse forms replace ons with ant
e.g. en faisant
avoir - ayant
être - étant
if you….
e.g. if you recycle you can
si + present tense
e.g. si on recycle, on peut
to allow something
permettre de + infinitive
if something happens, something else will happen
si + present + future
e.g. si on interdit…. il y aura…
I have been… for…
Depuis + present tense
e.g. j’apprends le français depuis sept ans
to have just / had done something
venir de + infinitive
imperfect for “had” done
if I had/ have.. I will/ I would
si j’ai / j’avais… + future / conditional / past conditional
- PC - conditional avoir or être + past
