Basic French in 7 Days (Fast Track): Services, Renting a home, Emergencies and more
Untimed topic quiz: 50 questions on Services, Renting a home, Emergencies and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 7: Services, Renting a home, Emergencies and more
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Question 1 of 50
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Answer: D. First name
Prénom is your first name. Nom (de famille) is your last name.
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Question 2 of 50
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Answer: B. ouvrir
After je voudrais, use the infinitive: ouvrir (to open).
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Question 3 of 50
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Answer: D. un timbre
Un timbre is a stamp. Un colis is a parcel.
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Question 4 of 50
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Answer: B. To withdraw money
Retirer means to take out. To deposit is déposer.
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Question 5 of 50
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Answer: A. Sign the form
Signez ici means sign here.
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Question 6 of 50
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Answer: D. March 12, 1990
Le douze mars is March 12, and mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix is 1990.
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Employé: Votre date de naissance, s'il vous plaît? Cliente: Le douze mars mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix.
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Question 7 of 50
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Answer: B. At the post office
The speaker wants to send a parcel (envoyer ce colis), so this is the post office.
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Bonjour, je voudrais envoyer ce colis en France. C'est combien?
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Question 8 of 50
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Answer: A. Moncton
Look at Adresse: 25, rue Principale, Moncton. Rue Principale is the street and Moncton is the city.
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Question 9 of 50
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Answer: B. July
French dates are day/month/year, so 04/07/1995 means July 4, 1995.
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Question 10 of 50
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Answer: A. Je voudrais déposer un chèque.
Déposer means to deposit. Retirer means to withdraw.
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Question 11 of 50
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Answer: C. The rent
Le loyer is the money you pay each month. The landlord is le propriétaire.
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Question 12 of 50
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Answer: D. The landlord
Le propriétaire owns the apartment and rents it to you. You are le locataire (the tenant).
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Question 13 of 50
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Answer: D. Furnished
Meublé means with furniture (les meubles).
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Question 14 of 50
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Answer: C. louer
À louer means for rent. After à, use the infinitive louer.
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Question 15 of 50
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Answer: A. The bills
Les factures are the bills, for example for electricity or Internet.
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Question 16 of 50
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Answer: C. There is a lot of noise in the evening.
Le bruit means noise, and le soir means in the evening.
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Question 17 of 50
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Answer: B. Only the heating
The landlord says non, seulement le chauffage: no, only the heating.
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Locataire: Est-ce que l'électricité est comprise? Propriétaire: Non, seulement le chauffage.
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Question 18 of 50
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Answer: B. To visit the apartment on Saturday
The caller asks: est-ce que je peux le visiter samedi? (Can I visit it on Saturday?)
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Bonjour, je vous appelle pour l'appartement à louer. Est-ce que je peux le visiter samedi?
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Question 19 of 50
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Answer: B. Two
The ad says deux chambres. A 4 ½ has two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room and a bathroom.
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Question 20 of 50
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Answer: B. Heating and electricity
Chauffé et éclairé means heating and electricity are included.
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Question 21 of 50
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Answer: D. Help!
Au secours! is the cry for help. Fire is Au feu!
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Question 22 of 50
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Answer: B. 9-1-1
In Canada, 9-1-1 calls go to call centres that send police, firefighters and paramedics.
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Question 23 of 50
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Answer: A. There is a fire.
Un incendie is a fire. Un accident is an accident, and blessé means injured.
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Question 24 of 50
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Answer: A. besoin
Avoir besoin de means to need: j'ai besoin d'une ambulance.
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Question 25 of 50
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Answer: D. Je suis au 120, rue King, près de la banque.
Où means where. The RCMP says to tell the operator your location so they can send help.
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Question 26 of 50
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Answer: C. Quelqu'un ne respire pas.
Someone who is not breathing needs help right away. The RCMP says to call only when an immediate response is needed.
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Question 27 of 50
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Answer: C. A car accident; a woman is injured.
Il y a un accident de voiture means there is a car accident, and une femme est blessée means a woman is injured.
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Téléphoniste: Neuf-un-un. Quelle est votre urgence? Homme: Il y a un accident de voiture. Une femme est blessée.
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Question 28 of 50
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Answer: C. Stay on the line
Restez en ligne means stay on the line. Answer the operator's questions; the RCMP says to let the operator guide the call.
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Téléphoniste: Restez en ligne, madame. L'ambulance arrive.
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Question 29 of 50
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Answer: A. The emergency department
Les urgences (in Quebec, often l'urgence) is the emergency department of a hospital.
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Question 30 of 50
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Answer: C. The elevator
N'utilisez pas l'ascenseur means do not use the elevator. Prenez l'escalier means take the stairs.
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Question 31 of 50
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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 32 of 50
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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 33 of 50
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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 34 of 50
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Answer: D. Have a good weekend!
In Canada, la fin de semaine means the weekend.
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Question 35 of 50
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Answer: B. ta
Chemise is feminine singular, so your is ta: ta chemise.
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Question 36 of 50
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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 37 of 50
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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 38 of 50
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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 39 of 50
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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 40 of 50
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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 41 of 50
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Answer: B. suis
Être with je is je suis. Use être for nationality.
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Question 42 of 50
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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 43 of 50
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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 44 of 50
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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 45 of 50
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Answer: B. avons regardé
Hier (yesterday) needs the past: avoir + past participle, nous avons regardé.
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Question 46 of 50
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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 47 of 50
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Answer: C. Combien
Combien asks how much: combien coûte ce manteau?
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Question 48 of 50
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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 49 of 50
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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 50 of 50
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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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