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