Core Grammar

Worked examples (5)

• 1Choose the correct article (le, la, l', les / un, une, des)
• 2Form the regular plural
• 3Form irregular plurals (-eau and -al)
• 4Predict gender from the word ending
• 5Build a phrase with full agreement

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• 1Choose the correct form of 'the'
• 2Indefinite (un/une/des) or partitive (du/de la/des)?
• 3Make a sentence negative and change the article
• 4Form the compulsory contractions au, aux, du, des

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• 1Make a regular adjective agree with its noun
• 2Place adjectives before or after the noun
• 3Form the feminine of a special-ending adjective
• 4Choose the right irregular form before a vowel

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• 1Choose the right form of 'my': mon, ma or mes?
• 2His or her? Why son and sa do not tell you the owner
• 3Apply the vowel rule: mon amie, not ma amie
• 4Choose ce, cet, cette or ces
• 5Show 'this' versus 'that' with -ci and -là

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• 1Choose the right subject pronoun
• 2Decide between tu and vous
• 3Direct or indirect? Apply the 'to/for' test
• 4Replace the noun and place the pronoun correctly
• 5Pronouns in the near future and before a vowel

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• 1Build a simple comparative with plus … que
• 2Make the adjective agree in a comparison
• 3Form a superlative with le/la plus and 'in' = de
• 4Choose between meilleur and mieux

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Worked examples (5)

• 1Build a regular adverb from an adjective
• 2Choose between bon and bien
• 3Place an adverb in the perfect tense
• 4Use a quantity adverb with de
• 5Form an adverb from an -ent / -ant adjective

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• 1Contract à + le and de + le correctly
• 2Know when à and de do NOT contract
• 3Choose en, au or aux for a country
• 4Describe where objects are in a room
• 5Add or remove a preposition to match the French verb

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• 1Turn a statement into a question three ways
• 2Build est-ce que questions (including before a vowel)
• 3Use inversion and the buffer -t-
• 4Choose the correct form of quel
• 5Answer questions with oui, non and si

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Worked examples (5)

• 1Make a simple sentence negative with ne...pas
• 2Negate a verb that starts with a vowel (elision)
• 3Change un/des to de after a negative
• 4Choose the right negative word: never / nothing
• 5Negate the perfect tense and reply with si

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• 1Choose the right joining word (et, mais, donc)
• 2Answer a pourquoi ? (why?) question with parce que
• 3Apply the elision: parce que → parce qu'
• 4Combine short sentences with quand and parce que
• 5The s'il vs si elle trap

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