Y4 grammar

Question 1

What mood must you ALWAYS use to introduce a si clause?

Answer 1

Indicative

Question 2

What mood do ‘suivant que’, ‘selon que’ and ‘dans le mesure où’ take?

Answer 2

Indicative

Question 3

What mood do ‘quand bien même’, ‘au cas où’ and ‘dans l’hypothèse où’ take?

Answer 3

Conditional

Question 4

What mood do “à (la) condition que”, “à moins que”, “à supposer que”, “en admettant que”, “pour peu que” and “pourvu que” take?

Answer 4

Subjunctive

Question 5

How do you distinguish potential hypotheses with cases of the “unlikely present”?

Answer 5

You can only do so from context

Question 6

Name six times you use the definite article (le, la, les)

Answer 6

1. For abstract nouns such as qualities
2. For general nouns (where in English we perhaps wouldn’t use a definite article)
3. After verbs denoting like/dislike
4. Before nouns denoting species, categories, languages and subjects
5. Before units of measure or weight
6. Before days of the week to express repetition or habit

Question 7

What article do you use before geographical locations?

Answer 7

The definite article. NO exceptions aside from Israël and Oman.

Question 8

When do you not use the definite article before geographical locations? (Ignoring cases when you use prepositions such as “de” or “a”)

Answer 8

1. If the name of the country is preceded by “en”

Question 9

For what countries do you use the preposition “en”?

Answer 9

Feminine countries or masculine countries beginning with a vowel

Question 10

When using “de” to denote origin, which countries never use a definite article?

Answer 10

Feminine countries or masculine countries beginning with a vowel

Question 11

Although towns are not preceded by a definite article, when is there an exception to this rule?

Answer 11

When the town is specified by an adjective or a preposition

Question 12

When is the definite article used before professions, titles, jobs?

Answer 12

ALWAYS. Only exception is when addressing the person directly

Question 13

When do you use the definite article before body parts?

Answer 13

When it is already clear who owns the body part from the context

Question 14

Whereas English uses simple verbs and possessive adjectives to denote body parts, what does French employ?

Answer 14

Reflexive verbs and definite articles

Question 15

In what contexts does ‘des’ change to ‘de’ (ignoring negation)?

Answer 15

1. When it precedes a noun that is qualified by an adjective

Question 16

When does ‘un/une’ convert to ‘de’?

Answer 16

After negations (EXCEPT when the negated verbs is ‘etre’)

Question 17

In what descriptions are indefinite articles not used?

Answer 17

Before a profession, nationality and religion when they employed as ‘attributs du sujet’ (EXCEPT when qualified by an adjective)

Question 18

How do you translate “as” in the sense of a profession?

Answer 18

En tant que

Question 19

When to abstract nouns take no article?

Answer 19

When they are preceded by ‘avec’ or ‘sans’ (EXCEPT when qualified by an adjective)

Question 20

When introducing a noun in apposition, which article is used?

Answer 20

None

Question 21

When do you use the partitive article?

Answer 21

When the article serves to denote an undetermined part of a whole

Question 22

What article is used after verbs that require “de”?

Answer 22

NO article. The proposition “de” is always used (EXCEPT when the noun is qualified)

Question 23

When do you use the partitive article with ‘avec’ and ‘sans’?

Answer 23

Never with ‘sans’, always with ‘avec’

Question 24

What article is used following ‘la plupart’?

Answer 24

Plural partitive article except with ‘la plupart du temps’

Question 25

Name some indefinite adjectives

Answer 25

Tout, aucun, chaque, certain, quelques, plusieurs

Question 26

Name some possessive adjectives

Answer 26

Ma, mon, mes, leur, leurs

Question 27

Name some demonstrative articles

Answer 27

Ce, cet, cette, ces

Question 28

Name some numeral adjectives

Answer 28

Un, une, deux, six cents

Question 29

Which indefinite adjectives change according to gender/numer?

Answer 29

Ones describing partial quantities (e.g. quelque) or total quantities (tout) apart from “chaque”

Question 30

Name some indefinite adjectives which can also be qualitative adjectives (6)

Answer 30

Tout, divers/différent, quelconque, nul, certain

Question 31

Name some indefinite adjectives which can also be adverbs (3)

Answer 31

Tout, quelque, meme

Question 32

In the structure of l’expression du but, what mood is used for propositions expressing desire or facts which are not real? Think of an example too

Answer 32

Subjunctive

E.g. Pour que, afin que, de sorte que

Elle a changé de vie de facon que sa famille soit au centre de son univers

Question 33

What conjunctions can you use to express that the speaker’s point is to avoid the resulting action?

Answer 33

De peur que, de crainte que

Question 34

What mood/tense does ‘dans l’espoir que’ and ‘avec l’idée que’ take?

Answer 34

Future or conditional depending on context

Question 35

What follows an expression de but where the subjects of the two propositions are the same?

Answer 35

An infinitive

E.g. Je t’appelle pour aller au cinéma

Question 36

How do you formally formulate a question in French?

Answer 36

Using inversion

Question 37

How do you define opposition?

Answer 37

When two facts are presented to contrast each other but not contradicting each other

e.g. Adrien aime les sciences, alors que son frère préfère le français

Question 38

How do you define concession?

Answer 38

Two facts which are presented as a contradiction

Question 39

Paul a échoué ….. (?) sa bonne volonté

Answer 39

Malgré, en dépit de

Question 40

…… (?) se décourager, Paul persevere avec courage

Answer 40

Loin de, au lieu de

Question 41

…… (?) en étant souriante, elle est autoritaire

Answer 41

Tout

Question 42

What is the difference between alors que and bien que?

Answer 42

Alors que (‘even though’) denotes opposition whereas bien que (‘although’) denotes concession

Question 43

What kind of logical connectors are ‘parce que’, ‘comme’, ‘puisque’?

Answer 43

Cause

Question 44

What kind of logical connectors are ‘si bien que’, ‘de sorte que’?

Answer 44

Consequence

Question 45

What does l’ajout add to a text?

Answer 45

Development

Question 46

What does l’illustration introduce to a text?

Answer 46

A particular case or example which underlines what you’re saying

Question 47

How do you conjugate the recent past?

Answer 47

Use ‘venir de’

Question 48

What are the endings for the conditional as well as the imperfect?

Answer 48

ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient

Question 49

What are the endings for the future?

Answer 49

ai, as, a, ons, ez, ont