Culture
Past Tense
Transportation
Verbs
Vocabulary
100
Which city is France's largest port?
Marseille
100
As you know, passé composé is made up of a helping verb and the past participle of the main verb. How do you form the past participle of an -er verb?
Drop the -er of the infinitive and add an é.
100
What vehicle has four wheels and can carry lots of people?
(in French)
en autobus
en bus
100
Differentiate between the meanings of the verbs, "partir" and "sortir."
Partir - to leave
Sortir - to go out
100
What is the meaning of "une excursion" (in english).
trip
200
True or False
"Amicalement" and "Je t'embrasse" are both ways to end a business/formal letter.
False. To close a business letter, write a formal sentence such as "Je vous prie de croire, Monsieur, à l'expression de mes sentiments les meilleurs. (Please believe, Sir, that I am sending you my best wishes.)
200
When sortir is in the 1st person plural in the present tense, it is SORTONS.
What is the 1st person plural of sortir in the passé compose(F/PL)?
Sommes sorties
200
How do people travel during the Tour de France?
à vélo.
200
Conjugate and define the verb "dormir" in the present tense.
Je dors
Tu dors
Il, Elle, On dort
nous dormons
vous dormez
Ils, Elles dorment
Dormir - to sleep
200
Knowing the meaning of "la potage," tell me your favorite kind in english.
Potato soup, chicken noodle soup, tomato soup, broccoli and cheddar, new england clam chowder, etc.
300
Name and explain one of the two ways of ordering meals in France.
~ à la carte (where each item is ordered and priced separately.
~ à prix fixe (where one set price includes a limited of courses)
300
What is the past participle for each infinitive.
Monter
Sortir
Venir
Rester
Monté
Sorti
Venu
Resté
300
What allows cars to travel over bodies of water?
(In French)
Un pont- Bridge
300
Instead of using "je veux" to politely ask for something, the French often use what term?
Je voudrais (I would like)
300
Name three animals mentioned in this section.
All possible answers:
un canard: duck
une chèvre: goat
un cochon: pig
un coq: rooster
un dindon: turkey
un lapin: rabbit
un mouton: sheep
une poule: hen
une vache: cow
400
Name three factors that varies the price of a train ticket varies according to different factors.
Answers will vary:
~ what class it is
~ the date and time of day
~ the type of train
~ the age of the traveler
~ the distance traveled
400
How do you form a negative sentence in the passé composé?
Put "ne" (n') before the form être and "pas" after it.
400
What are four modes of transportation, not including a bus or a bike? (In French)
en voiture
en bateau
en avion
en train
à pied
à cheval
400
Differentiate between the meanings of the following verbs: vouloir, pouvoir, devoir, and falloir.
vouloir: to want
pouvoir: to be able to
devoir: to have to
falloir: to be necessary
400
What recreational activity is shown above?
(In French)faire du cheval
500
Name five regions/cities of France and name a product from each region.
Languedoc: chestnuts and garlic
Normandie: apples, jelly, cider, calvados, sheep, and cattle
Bourgogne: vineyards/wine
Champagne: vineyards/wine
Alsace: vineyards/wine, and munster
Franche-Comté: Gruyère
Massif Central: bottled water, removable bicycle tire
Provence: olive trees, herbs, fish soups, and tisanes
Toulouse (city): Airbus Industrie
Grasse (city): worlds perfume capitol
Limoge (city): porcelain
Sèvres (city): porcelain
Baccarat (city): crystal
Grenoble (city): gloves
Lyon (city): silk
Flandre: industrial products
Artois: industrial products
Picardie: industrial products
500
How do you ask a question in the passé composé?
Put the subject pronoun after the form of être.
500
What is able to travel across great bodies of water without actually touching the water? (In French)
en avion
500
Translate the following sentence from english to French:
I would like the chocolate mouse, please.
Je voudrais une mousse au chocolat, s'il vous plaît.
500
Name five vocabulary words in French that start with the letter "C" and give their english meaning.
All possible answers:
la campagne: country, countryside
un canard: duck
une carte: card
une cascade: waterfall
un champ: field
chaque: each, every
un château: castle
une chèvre: goat
un choix: choice
un cochon: pig
un copain, une copine: friend
un coq: rooster
le coq au vin: chicken cooked in wine
un(e) correspondant(e): host brother/sister
une crème caramel: caramel custard
des crudités (f.): raw vegetables