Basic French in 7 Days (Fast Track): Home, Food and drink, Shopping and prices and more
Untimed topic quiz: 40 questions on Home, Food and drink, Shopping and prices and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 3: Home, Food and drink, Shopping and prices and more
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Question 1 of 40
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Answer: C. the bedroom
Chambre means bedroom. It is a false friend: it does not mean any room.
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Question 2 of 40
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Answer: D. la cuisine
La cuisine is the kitchen, the room where you cook.
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Question 3 of 40
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Answer: A. il y a
Il y a means 'there is' or 'there are'. It is the same for one or many things.
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Question 4 of 40
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Answer: A. de
After a negative (pas), un, une and des become de: il n'y a pas de garage.
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Question 5 of 40
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Answer: A. Il y a trois chambres.
Il y a does not change in the plural, but the noun takes -s: trois chambres.
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Question 6 of 40
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Answer: A. La
Cuisine is a feminine noun and starts with a consonant, so the article is la.
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Question 7 of 40
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Answer: D. Oui, il y a un petit balcon.
Answer with il y a. In the negative, you must say il n'y a pas de balcon, not pas un.
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Question 8 of 40
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Answer: A. A living room
The speaker says il n'y a pas de salon: there is no living room.
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Mon appartement est petit. Il y a une chambre, une cuisine et une salle de bain. Il n'y a pas de salon.
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Question 9 of 40
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Answer: A. Two
Claire says il y a deux chambres. Deux is 2; douze (12) sounds a little like it.
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Marc: Il y a combien de chambres ? Claire: Il y a deux chambres et un grand salon.
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Question 10 of 40
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Answer: A. It has two bathrooms.
The ad says deux salles de bain (two bathrooms). It has three bedrooms, a big kitchen and no garage (pas de garage).
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Question 11 of 40
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Answer: D. fish
Poisson means fish. Be careful: poison is a different word. Chicken is poulet and meat is viande.
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Question 12 of 40
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Answer: D. de l'
Eau starts with a vowel, so 'some' is de l': de l'eau.
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Question 13 of 40
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Answer: D. de la
Salade is feminine, so 'some' is de la.
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Question 14 of 40
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Answer: B. du
Pain is masculine, so 'some' is du (de + le).
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Question 15 of 40
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Answer: C. de
After a negative (ne … pas), du, de la and des become de: pas de viande.
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Question 16 of 40
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Answer: B. le
After aimer, use le, la or les, because you talk about cheese in general.
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Question 17 of 40
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Answer: C. des gâteaux
Nouns ending in -eau add -x in the plural: gâteaux.
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Question 18 of 40
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Answer: C. Coffee
The speaker says je bois du café: I drink coffee. Eggs and bread are what they eat.
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Au petit-déjeuner, je mange des œufs et du pain, et je bois du café.
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Question 19 of 40
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Answer: D. Vegetables and rice
Hugo is vegetarian. He says je mange des légumes et du riz: vegetables and rice.
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Léa: Tu manges de la viande ? Hugo: Non, je suis végétarien. Je mange des légumes et du riz.
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Question 20 of 40
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Answer: C. Apples
Des pommes means apples. The other items are milk, eggs, cheese and water.
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Question 21 of 40
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Answer: C. How much is it?
Combien means 'how much' or 'how many'. C'est combien ? asks for the price.
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Question 22 of 40
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Answer: A. It's expensive.
Cher means expensive. Pas cher means cheap.
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Question 23 of 40
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Answer: B. sept dollars vingt-cinq
Say the dollars first, then the word dollars, then the cents: sept dollars vingt-cinq.
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Question 24 of 40
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Answer: C. par
To say 'by card', French uses par: je paie par carte.
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Question 25 of 40
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Answer: D. Je fais du M.
Taille means size. Je fais du M means 'I'm a medium'.
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Question 26 of 40
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Answer: B. Je le prends.
Je le prends means 'I'll take it'. Je le cherche is 'I'm looking for it' and je l'essaie is 'I'm trying it on'.
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Question 27 of 40
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Answer: C. Ça fait quarante dollars.
2 × 20 = 40, and 40 is quarante. Quatorze is 14.
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Question 28 of 40
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Answer: C. $34.50
Trente-quatre dollars cinquante is $34.50. Cinquante is 50; quinze would be 15.
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Ça fait trente-quatre dollars cinquante, s'il vous plaît.
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Question 29 of 40
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Answer: A. It's too expensive.
Sam says c'est trop cher: it's too expensive. The bag costs $80 (quatre-vingts dollars).
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Sam: Bonjour, c'est combien, ce sac ? Vendeuse: Quatre-vingts dollars. Sam: Oh, c'est trop cher !
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Question 30 of 40
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Answer: C. By card
The receipt says payé par carte: paid by card.
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Question 31 of 40
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Answer: D. I would like a tea.
Je voudrais means 'I would like'. It is the polite way to order.
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Question 32 of 40
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Answer: C. a hot chocolate
Chaud means hot, so un chocolat chaud is a hot chocolate drink.
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Question 33 of 40
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Answer: C. Je voudrais un croissant, s'il vous plaît.
Je voudrais + s'il vous plaît is polite. Je veux and donne-moi can sound rude to a server.
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Question 34 of 40
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Answer: B. L'addition, s'il vous plaît.
L'addition is the bill (in Québec, also la facture). Un billet is a ticket or a banknote, and la monnaie is change.
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Question 35 of 40
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Answer: D. voudrais
With je, the polite form is je voudrais. Voudrait goes with il or elle.
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Question 36 of 40
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Answer: C. C'est tout, merci.
Et avec ça ? means 'Anything else?' C'est tout, merci means 'That's all, thanks'.
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Question 37 of 40
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Answer: C. Will you eat here or take it with you?
Pour ici means 'for here' and pour emporter means 'to go'.
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Question 38 of 40
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Answer: C. A café au lait and a croissant
She says je voudrais un café au lait et un croissant.
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Serveur: Bonjour, qu'est-ce que je vous sers ? Cliente: Je voudrais un café au lait et un croissant, s'il vous plaît.
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Question 39 of 40
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Answer: D. He takes it to go.
Pour emporter means 'to go', so he takes the coffee with him.
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Serveuse: Pour ici ou pour emporter ? Client: Pour emporter, s'il vous plaît.
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Question 40 of 40
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Answer: D. $5.45
A tea (thé) is 2,50 $ and a croissant is 2,95 $. 2.50 + 2.95 = 5.45.
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