Basic French in 7 Days (Fast Track): Work and jobs, Free time, Health and more
Untimed topic quiz: 40 questions on Work and jobs, Free time, Health and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 5: Work and jobs, Free time, Health and more
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Question 1 of 40
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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 2 of 40
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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 3 of 40
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Answer: B. avons
Avoir with nous is nous avons. Sommes is from être (to be).
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Question 4 of 40
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Answer: A. ont
Avoir with ils is ils ont. Ils sont means they are.
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Question 5 of 40
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Answer: C. vendeuse
Vendeur (man) becomes vendeuse (woman), like serveur and serveuse.
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Question 6 of 40
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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 7 of 40
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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 8 of 40
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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 9 of 40
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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 10 of 40
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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 11 of 40
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Answer: A. I love reading.
Adorer means to love, and lire means to read.
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Question 12 of 40
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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 13 of 40
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Answer: B. au
Jouer à + a sport, and à + le becomes au: jouer au hockey.
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Question 14 of 40
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Answer: D. de la
Jouer de + an instrument: jouer de la guitare.
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Question 15 of 40
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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 16 of 40
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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 17 of 40
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Answer: B. préférons
Préférer with nous: nous préférons.
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Question 18 of 40
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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.
Transcript
Le week-end, je fais du vélo avec mes enfants. Le dimanche soir, je regarde un film.
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Question 19 of 40
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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 20 of 40
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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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Question 21 of 40
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Answer: D. I have a headache.
Avoir mal à means to have a pain in. La tête is the head.
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Question 22 of 40
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Answer: C. au
Dos is masculine (le dos), and à + le becomes au: j'ai mal au dos.
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Question 23 of 40
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Answer: A. aux
Dents is plural (les dents), and à + les becomes aux.
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Question 24 of 40
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Answer: A. à la
Gorge is feminine (la gorge). À la does not change.
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Question 25 of 40
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Answer: D. A prescription
Une ordonnance is the paper from the doctor that lets you get a medicine.
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Question 26 of 40
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Answer: D. J'ai de la fièvre.
In French you have a fever: j'ai de la fièvre (avoir, not être).
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Question 27 of 40
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Answer: D. Depuis trois jours.
Depuis quand asks how long the problem has lasted. Depuis trois jours means for three days.
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Question 28 of 40
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Answer: A. A stomach ache and a fever
J'ai mal au ventre means my stomach hurts, and j'ai de la fièvre means I have a fever.
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Médecin: Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas? Patient: J'ai mal au ventre et j'ai de la fièvre.
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Question 29 of 40
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Answer: D. Three times a day, after meals
Trois fois par jour means three times a day, and après les repas means after meals. Deux is the number of tablets.
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Pharmacien: Prenez deux comprimés trois fois par jour, après les repas.
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Question 30 of 40
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Answer: A. On Sunday
Fermée le dimanche means closed on Sunday. On Saturday it is open from 9 h to 12 h, and on weekdays from 8 h to 20 h.
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Question 31 of 40
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Answer: D. A coat
Un manteau is a coat. A hat is un chapeau or, in winter in Canada, une tuque.
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Question 32 of 40
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Answer: D. blanche
Chemise is feminine singular, and the feminine of blanc is blanche.
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Question 33 of 40
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Answer: D. noires
Chaussures is feminine plural, so add -e and -s: noires.
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Question 34 of 40
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Answer: A. une robe rouge
Colours go after the noun, robe is feminine (une), and one dress is singular.
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Question 35 of 40
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Answer: C. une petite veste
Veste is feminine, so use une and petite. Petit is one of the adjectives that go before the noun.
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Question 36 of 40
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Answer: C. vert
Un pantalon is masculine singular in French, so the colour stays vert.
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Question 37 of 40
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Answer: A. Grey
Un pull gris means a grey sweater. The jeans are blue and the boots are black.
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Aujourd'hui, je porte un jean bleu, un pull gris et des bottes noires.
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Question 38 of 40
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Answer: A. The green dress
The customer says je préfère la robe verte: I prefer the green dress.
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Vendeuse: Cette robe vous va très bien! Cliente: Merci, mais je préfère la robe verte.
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Question 39 of 40
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Answer: A. Winter hats and scarves
Tuques et foulards: 10 $ means winter hats and scarves cost ten dollars. Coats and boots are on sale with a discount.
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Question 40 of 40
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Answer: D. grises
Chemises is feminine plural, so gris becomes grises.
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