French 1A Patterns

In which situations would you use the subjunctive? a) The first part of the sentence, or the main clause, must express a subjective statement (feelings, opinions, doubts, beliefs, etc.) b) The second part of the sentence, or the subordinate clause, must be introduced by the word que c) The subject of the main clause must be different from that of the subordinate clause. d) All of the above

All of the above

True or false: Past participles agree in gender and number with indirect object pronouns

False

True or false: Être and avoir are both regular in the subjunctive

False

List the types of articles

Indefinite: un, une, des Definite: le, la, les, l' Partitive: du(de le), de la, de, de l' des

Which of the following examples is NOT in the imparfait? a) L'année dernière, je travaillais avec mon oncle. b) Il espérait te voir avant ton départ. c) Je suis allé quatre fois au cinéma. d) Il était midi et il faisait froid.

Je suis allé quatre fois au cinéma.

Depuis que is usually followed by:

a clause with a subject and a verb

What do you add to the helping verb to make the passé composé?

a past participle of another verb

When "tout" is used as a(n) ____ it must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies

adjective

Definite articles are used with:

all of the above

The imperative form is simply the present form of ____ of the verb without the pronoun following: a) tu b) nous c) vous d) all of the above

all of the above

In an idiomatic pronominal verb the pronoun is part of:

an expression

Open-ended questions don't include the following pattern: interrogative _____

article

The expression depuis quand does the following:

asks when an action began

Which of the following verbs has a regular conjugation in the present? a) avoir b) fair c) descendre

c) descendre

The plural for ciel (sky/heaven) is:

cieux

Indefinite and partitive articles become __ after most expressions of quantity and after negative expressions

de

Tu (descendre)____ in imparfait is:

descendais

An adjective is used to ______ a noun

describe

Which verb would you use to describe "to owe" or "to have to" in the imparfait?

devoir

Where are the direct object pronouns placed?

directly in front of the verb

With a reflexive verb the subject pronoun:

does something to himself

How do you form the past participle of a regular verb whose infinitive ends in -ir?

drop the -ir and add an -i

Identify the partitive article:

du

de + le makes the following contraction:

du

To make most masculine adjectives feminine in French you commonly add a(n) __

e

The stem in subjunctive for the verb faire is:

fass-

D'habitude and parfois would be followed by the:

imparfait

Where do you usually place the word ne in a negative expression?

in front of the conjugated verb

Which of the following is not a form of yes/no question? a) est-ce que b) intonation c) inversion d) interrogative pronoun

interrogative pronoun

Complete the sentence: when I am sleepy

je _____,me couche

Conjugate: elle ______ (to throw)

jette

Conjugate: nous _____ (eat)

mangeons

Which of the following is not an irregular verb in subjunctive? a) faire b) manger c) savoir d) pouvoir

manger

Complete the sentence: Elle __ a __ faim

n'...pas

The basic word that all negative expressions must have in French is:

ne

Complete the sentence: Il __ vient __ aujourd'hui

ne...pas

The most common negative expression in French is:

ne...pas

Answer the following question: A quelle heure vous levez-vous?

nous nous levons à huit heures

Fill in the blank: The direct object pronouns have to agree in _____ with the noun it refers to

number and gender

Reflexive verbs usually have to do with:

parts of the body and clothing

The most common past tense in French is the:

passé composé

The words tout d'un coup et soudain would be followed by the:

passé composé

Indirect object pronouns tend to replace:

people

What verb describes ability in the imparfait?

pouvoir

In compound nouns which of the following remain unchanged? a) prepositions b) nouns c) adjectives

prepositions

Which of the following is not one of the most common interrogative pronouns? a) quoi b) qui c) quel

quel

When most adjectives in French are pluralized they finish in the letter ___

s or x

Fill in the blank: Conjugate Savoir in the imperfect: il ____

savait

A French plural indefinite article corresponds to the English:

some

Which of the following is not a type of pronominal verb?

standard

Which of the following is NOT a situation in which you would use the passé composé?

states of being

How is the passé composé organized in French?

subject + auxiliary verb + past participle

In an inversion type of question you:

switch the place of the verb and the subject

What does the mood of a verb tell you?

the attitude of the speaker/subject about the action

Which of the following elements will not help determine which article to use?

the noun's last letter

What do you use as the stem for the imparfait form of a verb?

the stem of nous in the present

An object can be replaced by "en" if it is a thing or a place introduced by:

the word de

The imparfait is used for describing:

things that used to happen in the past

In imperative forms of pronominal verbs (verbs accompanied by a reflexive pronoun) the pronoun is attached:

to the end of the verb with a hyphen

A compound tense is a verb that has:

two parts (auxiliary verb and past participle)

Which of the following articles is indefinite?

un

The feminine plural of vert is:

vertes

Fill in the blank: Conjugate Vouloir in the imperfect: nous ____

voulions

True or false: In the imparfait

vouloir is used for more than describing, False

In which of the following situations would you use an indefinite article?

when you want to say "some"

vous ____ (être) in imparfait is:

étiez

The helping/auxiliary verb for a pronominal verb is always:

être

Verbs of motion condition and all reflexive verbs use ____ as their auxiliary verb

être

The helping or auxiliary verb(s) for the French passé composé is(are):

être or avoir

Identify the form which is NOT used to make a plural in French: a) -s b) -x c) -aux d) -en

-en

The most common verbs in French are the ones with the ending:

-er

Which is the imparfait ending for vous?

-iez

True or false: A reflexive pronoun corresponds to the subject of the sentence

True

True or false: Depuis is used for expressions that describe actions begun in the past and that are still ongoing in the present

True

True or false: Idiomatic pronominal verbs will always show gender and number agreement

True

True or false: In French adjectives have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are related to

True

True or false: No article or preposition is used after plusieurs (several) and quelques (a few)

True

True or false: The most important interrogative adjective is quel(le)

True

True or false: There are several -er verbs that are regular in every way except for some changes in spelling

True

True or false: There are three different types of articles in French (definite, indefinite, and partitive)

True

True or false: When a direct object pronoun is used before the verb the past participle of that verb agrees in number and gender with the direct object pronoun IF the helping verb is avoir

True