Basic French in 15 Days: Small talk and Review
Untimed topic quiz: 20 questions on Small talk and Review, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 15: Small talk and Review
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Question 1 of 20
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Answer: D. What's new?
Neuf can mean nine or new. Here, quoi de neuf means what's new.
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Question 2 of 20
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Answer: D. Oui, super, merci! Et toi?
The question is about the past weekend. Answer it, then ask back with et toi?
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Question 3 of 20
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Answer: B. Merci, c'est gentil!
Thank the person for a compliment. De rien is the answer to merci.
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Question 4 of 20
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Answer: D. Have a good weekend!
In Canada, la fin de semaine means the weekend.
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Question 5 of 20
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Answer: B. ta
Chemise is feminine singular, so your is ta: ta chemise.
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Question 6 of 20
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Answer: D. Nothing special.
Rien means nothing. It is a common answer to quoi de neuf?
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Question 7 of 20
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Answer: D. Oui, il fait vraiment froid!
For the weather, use il fait: il fait froid. Il a froid means he is cold.
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Question 8 of 20
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Answer: B. To the cottage with his family
Je suis allé au chalet avec ma famille means I went to the cottage with my family.
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Julie: Salut Ahmed! Tu as fait quoi ce week-end? Ahmed: Je suis allé au chalet avec ma famille.
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Question 9 of 20
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Answer: D. Very well; he likes his teacher.
Tom says très bien and j'aime beaucoup ma prof: very well, I really like my teacher.
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Anna: Comment ça se passe à l'école? Tom: Très bien! J'aime beaucoup ma prof.
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Question 10 of 20
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Answer: A. Having coffee on Friday after work
On prend un café vendredi après le travail? means shall we have a coffee on Friday after work?
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Question 11 of 20
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Answer: B. suis
Être with je is je suis. Use être for nationality.
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Question 12 of 20
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Answer: A. a
French uses avoir for age. Avoir with il (mon frère) is a: il a vingt ans.
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Question 13 of 20
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Answer: D. de la
Soupe is feminine and you want some, so use the partitive de la: de la soupe.
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Question 14 of 20
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Answer: A. grande
Maison is feminine singular, so grand becomes grande. Grand goes before the noun.
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Question 15 of 20
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Answer: B. avons regardé
Hier (yesterday) needs the past: avoir + past participle, nous avons regardé.
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Question 16 of 20
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Answer: B. vais
For the near future, use aller + infinitive. Aller with je is je vais.
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Question 17 of 20
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Answer: C. Combien
Combien asks how much: combien coûte ce manteau?
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Question 18 of 20
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Answer: B. 8:45
Neuf heures moins le quart means a quarter to nine, so 8:45.
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Il est neuf heures moins le quart. Le train part dans dix minutes.
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Question 19 of 20
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Answer: C. Read a book
Dimanche, j'ai lu un livre means on Sunday I read a book. Lu is the past participle of lire. Soccer was on Saturday.
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Samedi, j'ai joué au soccer avec mes amis. Dimanche, j'ai lu un livre.
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Question 20 of 20
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Answer: D. Take a French course
Le week-end, je vais suivre un cours de français means on weekends I'm going to take a French course. He works at the hospital.
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