Starter quiz
- In French, direct object pronouns precede the ...
- noun
- adjective
- verb ✓
- adverb
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- Match the parts of 'avoir' with the pronouns.
- j'⇔ai ✓
- tu⇔as ✓
- il/elle⇔a ✓
- nous⇔avons ✓
- vous⇔avez ✓
- ils/elles⇔ont ✓
- What is missing in this sentence? Tu ______ visité Paris.
- 'as' ✓
- True or false: I went in French is 'j'ai allé'.
- 'False' ✓
- The perfect tense is made up of three parts in French: the subject, the auxiliary verb and the ...
- object
- adverb
- infinitive
- past participle ✓
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- Match these past participles to their English meanings.
- choisi⇔chose, chosen ✓
- entendu⇔heard ✓
- parti⇔left ✓
- venu⇔came ✓
- ouvert⇔opened ✓
- écrit⇔wrote, written ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the French and English vocabulary.
- grave⇔serious ✓
- mort⇔death ✓
- abri⇔shelter, refuge ✓
- bénévole⇔volunteer ✓
- arrêt⇔stop ✓
- mentir⇔to lie, lying ✓
- What is the French past participle meaning sent back?
- 'renvoyé' ✓
- Which word completes the sentence? J'ai ______ à la police.
- renvoyé
- suivi
- menti ✓
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- Which word does the direct object pronoun precede in a sentence about the past?
- the subject
- the object
- the auxiliary verb ✓
- the past participle
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- Put these words in order to make a sentence.
- 1⇔tu
- 2⇔m'
- 3⇔as
- 4⇔trouvé
- 5⇔vraiment
- 6⇔étonnant
- Which words are missing in this sentence? 'Ils ______ à la maison'. They awaited me at the house.
- 'm'ont attendu' ✓
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Key learning points
- Direct object pronouns are: me, te, le/la/l', nous, vous, les. They go before the verb.
- The word for 'it' in French changes according to whether the noun it replaces is masculine or feminine.
- When 'you' (singular formal or plural) is the 'receiver' (object) of the verb, we use vous. It goes before the verb.
- When 'us' and 'them' are the 'receivers' (object) of the verb, we use nous and les.
Common misconception
There is only one word for "it" in French.
Nouns are either masculine or feminine. "It", when replacing a noun, also has a masculine and feminine form. Use 'le' for masculine nouns and 'la' for femnine nouns. 'Le' and 'la' shorten to 'l'' when the next word starts with a vowel sound.
Keywords
Direct object pronoun - replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb e.g. me, you, it, them
Auxiliary verb - a form of either 'avoir' or 'être' used to form the perfect tense
Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb
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