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Here is a set of example questions and answers about your school.
Read the questions and try to answer them - then compare youranswers with ours.
1.Quelle est ta matire prfre? Pourquoi?What is your favourite subject? Why?
Rponse:
a matire prfre est... parce que...My favourite subject is... because...
Voici des exemples:
!a matire que "e prfre est la biolo#ie.My favourite subject is biology.
!e prof explique bien le su"et et il est trs #entil.The teacher explains the subject well and is very nice.
$e m%intresse & la nature et & l%en'ironnement.
I am interested in nature and the environment.
(ans l%a'enir "%espre )tre chercheur.In the future I would like to be a researcher.
2.*u tudies le fran+ais depuis quand?ow long have you been studying !rench?
Rponse:
$%tudie le fran+ais depuis...I have been studying !rench for...
Voici des exemples:
$%tudie le fran+ais depuis cinq ans.I have studied !rench for five years.
$%ai commenc les cours de fran+ais & l%,#e de one ans.I started !rench lessons when I was eleven.
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The buildings are modern and well e$uipped.
3.Parle-moi d%une "ourne typique au coll#e.Tell me about a typical day at school.
Rponse:
!es cours commencent &...
'essons begin at...!es cours finissent &...'essons end at...
!es cours durent...'essons last...!a rcr commence &...
(reaktime begins at...
3 midi "e man#e & la cantine 4 & la maison.)t midday I eat in the canteen * at home.
1.*u portes un uniforme scolaire? Que portes-tuexactement?
#o you wear school uniform? What exactly do you wear?
Rponse:
$e dois porter...I have to wear...
$e ne dois pas porter l%uniforme scolaire.
I do not have to wear a school uniform.
Voici des exemples:
$e dois porter une "upe #rise5 une chemise blanche5 une cra'ate'erte et rou#e et un pull #ris.
I have to wear a grey skirt+ a white shirt+ a red and green tie and agrey jumper.
$e porte un pantalon noir5 un chemiser bleu5 et un sweat-shirt noir.I wear black trousers+ a blue shirt and a black sweat,shirt.
$e ne porte pas de cra'ate.I do not wear a tie.
2.*u aimes porter l%uniforme scolaire?#o you like wearing school uniform?
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Rponse:
ui5 "%aime porter l%unifome scolaire parce que..."es+ I like wearing school uniform because...
6on5 "e n%aime pas porter l%unifome scolaire parce que...-o+ I dont like wearing school uniform because...
Voici un exemple:
on uniforme scolaire n%est pas trs confortable mais il est rapide lematin.
My school uniform is not very comfortable but it is $uick in themorning
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Tenses
/n any lan#ua#e5 when we refer to somethin# happenin#5 we alwaysuse a tenseto indicate whether it is #oin# to5 is5 or has already5
happened.
e.#. /%m going to eatan apple. / am eatingan apple. / atean apple.
!earnin# 7rench would be much easierif there were no tenses5 butcommunicatin# somethin# clearly would be impossible - tenses are
really powerful.
*here are three main types of tenses8present9now:5past9then:and future9to be:. *here are different rules for each5 dependin# on
how they%re used.
*his is tricky stuff5 but li;e most tric;y stuff5 #et somewhere with itand you%ll #et #reat mar;sse a 'erb table in a7rench dictionary to help you with the less common irre#ular 'erbs
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The Past Tense: Perfect
$ust to really complicate matters 9stay with us
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#ore on the PerfectTense/n a similar way to -er 'erbs5 we can alter re#ular -irand -re'erbs.
7orm -ir'erbs by ta;in# the -iroff the end of the infiniti'e andaddin# -i.
7orm -re'erbs by replacin# the -reof the inifiniti'e with -u.
Bxamples8"%ai "ou= I playednous a'ons choisi= we chose
ils ont perdu= they losttu as re#ard= you watchedelles ont fini= they finished'ous a'e quitt= you left
The Perfect Tense of
'rre"ular Ver&s*here is no simple rulefor formin# the past participleof irre#ular'erbs. /t is a #ood idea to learn the common past participles. ou
can find these in the 'erbs tables of dictionaries underpastparticiple.
>se part of the 'erb a'oiraccordin# to whoor whatdid the actionand add the past participle.
*hese are common irre#ular past participleswith their meanings8
"%ai
tu as
il a 4 on a
elle a
Ccompris
couruditdDcritfait
lu
understoodransaid
had towrote
did * maderead
put
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nous a'ons
'ous a'e
ils ont
elles ont
misprispu
re+u'oulu'u
tookcould * was able to
received
wantedsaw
The Perfect Tense with (tre
*he 'erb )treis used as the auxiliary 'erbwith certain action 'erbsand also with reflexi'e 'erbs 9doin# to yourself:.
*he past participlemust %a#ree with% who did the action. Eo if theperson was female you must add an extra -eto the end of the past
participle8 e.#. elle est partie- she left.
/f two or more females did the action you must add -es8e.#. elles sont parties- they left.
/f the person who did the action was one male5 then the pastparticiple does not chan"e8 e.#. il estparti- he left.
/f two or more males did the action add -s8 e.#. ils sontpartis-they left.
/f %on% refers to more than one person5 the past participlemust beplural8 e.#. on est alls- we went
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#ore Perfect Tense with
(tre>se the correct part of the 'erb )trewith the followin# 'erbs.
*o remember them5 learn the first letter of each word8MRS VAN DE TRAMP
monter- to go up- mont9e:9s:
rester- to stay- rest9e:9s:sortir- to leave- sorti9e:9s:
'enir- to come- 'enu9e:9s:aller- to go- all9e:9s:naFtre- to be born- n9e:9s:
descendre- to go down- descendu9e:9s:
entrer- to enter * go in- entr9e:9s:tomber- to fall- tomb9e:9s:
retourner- to return- retourn9e:9s:arri'er- to arrive- arri'9e:9s:mourir- to die- mort9e:9s:partir- to leave- parti9e:9s:
nenomic MRS VAN DE TRAMPwill help you remember< Bxamples8
"e suis parti9here masculine: = I leftil est all= he went
elle est arri'e= she arrived
Bs-tu entr?= #id you go in?/ls sont retourns= They returned
n est sortis= We went out$e suis alle9here feminine: = I went
The 'mperfect Tense
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hen to use it:*o describe what was happeningor what used tohappenat a certain time in the past.
!ow to form it:*he startin# point is to ;now the nous form of presenttense'erbs. e.#8
nous re#ardons5 nous finissons 5 nous lisons 5 nous man#eons.
Remo'e the -onsfrom the nousform5 so that you are left with a stem8re#ard...5 finiss...5 lis...5 man#e....
3dd the followin# endin#s to all imperfect 'erbs. e.#."e re#ardais8je... -aistu... -ais
il*elle... -ait
nous... -ionsvous... -ie
ils*elles... -aient
*here is only one exception< *he imperfect stem of the 'erb )treis t-5used as in"%tais5 etc.
Here are two expressions usin# imperfect 'erbs that are really useful8cGtait- it was
il y a'ait- there was * there were
The *uture Tense
hen to use it:to describe what will or shall happen at a certain time inthe future.
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!ow to form it:there are two parts - 9i: the future stem and 9ii: thefuture endin#s.
Forming the stem
7or re#ular -erand -ir'erbs use the infiniti'eas the stem and "ust addthe appropriate endin# dependin# on what is doingthe 'erb8
e.#."e re#arderai5 nous couterons5 ils finiront.
7or re#ular -re'erbs drop the -efrom the end of -reto form a stem8e.#. il 'endra.
Future endings
*he endin#s of future tense 'erbs always follow the same pattern8je... -aitu... -as
il*elle... -anous... -onsvous... -e
ils*elles... -ont
!andy tip:notice that the endingsare the same as the present tenseof the 'erb avoir5except for nousand %ousforms.
The *uture Tense +
'rre"ular Ver&s
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7or irre"ular %er&syou only need to learn the stemas the endin#s arethe same as for re#ular 'erbs.
nce you ha'e learnt thejeform of the stem and the endin#s5 you will
;now the whole 'erb