Basic French in 10 Days: In town, Getting around and Weather and seasons
Untimed topic quiz: 30 questions on In town, Getting around and Weather and seasons, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 5: In town, Getting around and Weather and seasons
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Question 1 of 30
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Answer: B. the library
La bibliothèque is the library. A bookstore is une librairie.
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Question 2 of 30
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Answer: A. Turn left.
Gauche means left and droite means right.
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Question 3 of 30
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Answer: B. straight ahead
Tout droit means straight ahead. Be careful: à droite means to the right.
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Question 4 of 30
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Answer: D. au
Parc is masculine, and à + le always becomes au: au parc.
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Question 5 of 30
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Answer: C. à la
Banque is feminine, so use à la: à la banque.
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Question 6 of 30
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Answer: C. à l'
Hôpital starts with a silent h, which acts like a vowel, so use à l': à l'hôpital.
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Question 7 of 30
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Answer: D. Excusez-moi, où est la gare ?
Où means where. La gare is one place, so the verb is est.
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Question 8 of 30
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Answer: B. Next to the bank
À côté de la banque means 'next to the bank'.
Transcript
Pour la pharmacie ? Allez tout droit, puis tournez à droite. C'est à côté de la banque.
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Question 9 of 30
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Answer: D. Take the second street on the left.
Paul says prenez la deuxième rue à gauche. Deuxième is second and gauche is left. He also says the museum is very close (tout près).
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Anna: Excusez-moi, le musée, c'est loin ? Paul: Non, c'est tout près. Prenez la deuxième rue à gauche.
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Question 10 of 30
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Answer: C. The third street on the right
The text says prenez la troisième rue à droite. Troisième is third and droite is right.
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Question 11 of 30
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Answer: B. on foot
À pied means on foot (walking). By bike is à vélo, by car is en voiture.
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Question 12 of 30
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Answer: A. en
Use en for transport you ride inside: en métro, en bus, en train.
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Question 13 of 30
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Answer: C. a round-trip ticket
Aller means going and retour means coming back, so un aller-retour is a round-trip ticket. One-way is un aller simple.
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Question 14 of 30
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Answer: B. sous
Sous means under. Sur is on, dans is in and devant is in front of.
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Question 15 of 30
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Answer: C. La banque est en face de la gare.
En face de means across from. À côté de is next to, derrière is behind and près de is near.
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Question 16 of 30
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Answer: A. du
Parc is masculine and de + le always becomes du: à côté du parc.
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Question 17 of 30
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Answer: B. the next train
Prochain means next: le prochain train is the next train.
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Question 18 of 30
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Answer: D. Platform 3
The agent says quai numéro trois, platform 3. Dix heures (10 o'clock) is the time.
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Marie: Bonjour, un aller simple pour Ottawa, s'il vous plaît. Agent: Voilà. Le train part à dix heures, quai numéro trois.
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Question 19 of 30
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Answer: A. By bus
Inès says je prends le bus: I take the bus.
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Paul: Tu vas au travail en voiture ? Inès: Non, je prends le bus.
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Question 20 of 30
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Answer: C. 10:40 a.m.
The line for Québec says 10 h 40, so the train leaves at 10:40 a.m. from platform 5.
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Question 21 of 30
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Answer: B. It's snowing.
Neiger means to snow, and la neige is snow. It's raining is il pleut.
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Question 22 of 30
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Answer: C. winter
L'hiver is winter. Summer is l'été, spring is le printemps and fall is l'automne.
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Question 23 of 30
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Answer: B. fait
French uses il fait for many kinds of weather: il fait chaud, il fait froid, il fait beau.
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Question 24 of 30
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Answer: C. Au
With printemps, use au: au printemps. The other seasons use en.
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Question 25 of 30
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Answer: D. En
Use en with été, automne and hiver: en hiver.
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Question 26 of 30
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Answer: D. Il y a du vent.
For wind, French uses il y a: il y a du vent.
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Question 27 of 30
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Answer: B. Rain and wind, 16 degrees
Dimanche is Sunday. The forecast says pluie et vent (rain and wind) and 16 degrés.
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Question 28 of 30
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Answer: A. Sunny
L'après-midi, il y a du soleil: in the afternoon, it is sunny. The rain is in the morning.
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Aujourd'hui à Montréal, il pleut le matin. L'après-midi, il y a du soleil. Il fait quinze degrés.
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Question 29 of 30
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Answer: C. −20 °C
Moins vingt means minus twenty: −20 °C.
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Léo: Il fait froid ? Marie: Oui, il fait moins vingt et il neige !
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Question 30 of 30
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Answer: D. Winter
J'adore l'hiver means 'I love winter'. The speaker likes snow and skiing.
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J'adore l'hiver. J'aime la neige et le ski.
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