Basic French in 10 Days: My day, Work and jobs and Free time
Untimed topic quiz: 30 questions on My day, Work and jobs and Free time, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 6: My day, Work and jobs and Free time
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Question 1 of 30
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Answer: A. I get up at seven.
Je me lève means I get up. To go to bed is je me couche.
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Question 2 of 30
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Answer: C. travaillons
With nous, -er verbs end in -ons: nous travaillons.
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Question 3 of 30
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Answer: B. parlez
With vous, -er verbs end in -ez: vous parlez.
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Question 4 of 30
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Answer: D. écoutent
With ils or elles, -er verbs end in -ent (silent): elles écoutent.
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Question 5 of 30
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Answer: C. finis
Finir with je: je finis. Il/elle finit; nous finissons.
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Question 6 of 30
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Answer: A. attends
Attendre with tu: tu attends (with -s). Il/elle attend has no -s.
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Question 7 of 30
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Answer: A. 6:30
Six heures et demie means half past six (6:30). The speaker leaves at seven.
Transcript
Le matin, je me lève à six heures et demie. Je prends un café et je pars à sept heures.
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Question 8 of 30
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Answer: C. Monday to Friday
Du lundi au vendredi means from Monday to Friday. She does not work on Saturday.
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Paul: Tu travailles le samedi? Marie: Non, je travaille du lundi au vendredi.
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Question 9 of 30
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Answer: D. At four o'clock
Elle finit à quatre heures means she finishes at four. She starts at eight and goes to bed at ten.
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Question 10 of 30
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Answer: A. Je ne travaille pas le dimanche.
Ne goes before the verb and pas goes after it: je ne travaille pas.
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Question 11 of 30
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Answer: D. What do you do for a living?
Dans la vie here means as a job. It is the usual way to ask about someone's work.
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Question 12 of 30
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Answer: D. Elle est infirmière.
After être, a job has no article, and a woman uses the feminine form: elle est infirmière.
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Question 13 of 30
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Answer: B. avons
Avoir with nous is nous avons. Sommes is from être (to be).
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Question 14 of 30
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Answer: A. ont
Avoir with ils is ils ont. Ils sont means they are.
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Question 15 of 30
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Answer: C. vendeuse
Vendeur (man) becomes vendeuse (woman), like serveur and serveuse.
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Question 16 of 30
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Answer: D. dans une école
An enseignante is a teacher, so she works in a school (une école).
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Question 17 of 30
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Answer: C. Cook
Karim says je suis cuisinier, which means I am a cook.
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Je m'appelle Karim. Je suis cuisinier. Je travaille dans un restaurant le soir.
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Question 18 of 30
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Answer: B. Part-time, in the morning
Luc says à temps partiel, le matin seulement: part-time, in the morning only.
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Anne: Vous travaillez à temps plein? Luc: Non, à temps partiel, le matin seulement.
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Question 19 of 30
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Answer: D. Je travaille dans un bureau.
Où means where, so the answer must be a place: dans un bureau (in an office).
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Question 20 of 30
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Answer: C. Server, part-time
Cherche un serveur ou une serveuse means they are looking for a server. Temps partiel means part-time.
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Question 21 of 30
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Answer: A. I love reading.
Adorer means to love, and lire means to read.
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Question 22 of 30
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Answer: C. la
After aimer, use the definite article (le, la, les): j'aime la musique.
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Question 23 of 30
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Answer: B. au
Jouer à + a sport, and à + le becomes au: jouer au hockey.
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Question 24 of 30
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Answer: D. de la
Jouer de + an instrument: jouer de la guitare.
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Question 25 of 30
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Answer: C. Moi non plus.
To agree with a negative sentence, say moi non plus (me neither).
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Question 26 of 30
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Answer: D. Je n'aime pas le soccer.
Ne becomes n' before a vowel, and pas comes right after the verb: je n'aime pas.
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Question 27 of 30
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Answer: B. préférons
Préférer with nous: nous préférons.
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Question 28 of 30
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Answer: D. Goes cycling with the kids
Je fais du vélo avec mes enfants means I go cycling with my children. The film is only on Sunday evening.
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Le week-end, je fais du vélo avec mes enfants. Le dimanche soir, je regarde un film.
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Question 29 of 30
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Answer: B. Running
Omar says je déteste courir: I hate running. He loves swimming (la natation).
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Léa: Tu aimes le sport? Omar: Oui, j'adore la natation, mais je déteste courir.
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Question 30 of 30
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Answer: C. Television
Je n'aime pas la télé means I don't like TV. She plays piano and goes hiking.
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