Grammer

Question 1

What are the present tense ending for ER verbs?

Answer 1

je             +e
tu             +es
il/elle       +e
nous        +ons
vous        +ez
ils/elles   +ent

Question 2

What are the present tense ending for RE verbs?

Answer 2

je             +s
tu             +s
il/elle       +
nous        +ons
vous        +ez
ils/elles   +ent

Question 3

What are the present tense ending for IR verbs?

Answer 3

je             +is
tu             +is
il/elle       +it
nous        +issons
vous        +issez
ils/elles   +issent

Question 4

What are the endings for the imperfect tense?

Answer 4

je             +ais
tu             +ais
il/elle       +ait
nous        +ions
vous        +iez
ils/elles   +aient

Question 5

What are the endings for the future tense and how do you form it?

Answer 5

Add ending to the inifinitve

je             +ai
tu             +as
il/elle       +a
nous        +ons
vous        +ez
ils/elles   +ont

Question 6

How do you form the conditional tense?

Answer 6

infinitive + imperfect endings

Question 7

Future/conditional stem of aller

Answer 7

ir + ending

Question 8

Future/conditional stem of etre

Answer 8

ser + ending

Question 9

Future/conditional stem of avoir

Answer 9

aur + ending

Question 10

Future/conditional stem of faire

Answer 10

fer + ending

Question 11

Future/conditional stem of pouvoir (to be able to)

Answer 11

pourr + ending

Question 12

Future/conditional stem of devoir (to have to)

Answer 12

devr + ending

Question 13

Future/conditional stem of savoir (to know)

Answer 13

saur + ending

Question 14

Future/conditional stem of venir (to come)

Answer 14

viendr + ending

Question 15

Future/conditional stem of voir

Answer 15

verr + ending

Question 16

Future/conditional stem of vouloir

Answer 16

voudr + ending

Question 17

How would you form the pluperfect?

Translate “You had already left when I arrived.”

Answer 17

The imperfect tense of avoir and être and add the past participle.

E.g. “tu étais partie quand je suis arrivé”

Question 18

What do masculine nouns generally end in?

Answer 18

• age
• ment
• il, -ail, -eil, -ueil
• é (but not -té)
• eau and -ou
• ème, -ège
• i, -at, -et and -ot
• er
• oir
• isme
• ing
• ard

Question 19

What do feminine nous generally end in?

Answer 19

-tion, -sion and -son
-ure
-ude, -ade
-ée
-té
-ière
Consonant followed by -ie
-euse
-ance, -ence
Most other endings consisting of Vowel + Consonant + e: -ine, -ise, -alle, -elle, -esse, -ette etc

Question 20

How do you form the future tense and when would you use it?

Answer 20

avoir or etre in the future tense + past participle

use to say that something will have taken place
e.g. I will have left by the time he arrives
Je serai partie quand il arrivera

Question 21

What are the direct object pronouns and when would you use them?

Answer 21

me - me 
you - te 
him/it - le
her/it - la
us - nous
you - vous
them - les 

e.g.
Ils nous aiment - they like us
Je te regarde - I’m watching you

Question 22

When are emphatic pronouns used and what are they?

Answer 22

me - moi
you - toi
him/it - lui
her/it - elle
us - nous
you - vous
them - eux 

used after a preposition
e.g.
avec moi - with me
pour eux - for them

Question 23

When are indirect pronouns used and what are they?

Answer 23

to me - me
to you - te 
to him/it - lui
to her/it - lui
to us - nous
to you - vous
to them - leur 

used with certain verbs to say ‘to’ someone
e.g.
Je leur téléphone tous les jours - I phone them everyday

other verbs: envoyer, parler, appeller, écrire
Any verb usually followed by ‘to’ in english