Grammar
What do the passé composé and l'imparfait have in common?
They describe the past
How do you say, "It was nice out"
Il faisait beau.
What is the dog's name?
J'accuse
True or False (Vrai ou Faux). To say you are cold, you say J'ai froid, not Je suis froid.
True/Vrai
This Disney movie about cats takes place in Paris.
The Aristocats
What is the difference between the passé composé and l'imparfait?
L'imparfait describes ongoing events (weather, emotions, habits, etc), passé composé for completed actions.
Translate this into english: Il faisait froid et il pleuvait.
It was cold and it was raining.
What happens when the police officer Guedira presents a photo of Assane to Commissioner Dumont and asks him if that was his kidnapper?
He is kicked off the case.
No
Which Disney character eats an excessive amount of eggs in a little French town?
Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
Change these two sentences to passé composé.
Je marche avec mon chien.
Je fais souvent du camping cet été.
J'ai marché avec mon chien.
J'ai fait souvent du camping cet été.
Translate this sentence into english: Elle jouait au hockey tous les samedis quand elle était jeune
She played hockey every Saturday when she was young.
What does the VHS show to incriminate Pellegrini?
A video of him selling weapons to a terrorist group who used them to attack a French embassy where people died.
Having to rewind after watching, and waiting for it to do so.
Which Belgian comic book features small blue characters in the forest?
The smurfs
How is l'imparfait made? (include all endings for different subjects)
Conjugate the verb for nous in the present, then delete -ons and add these endings: -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient
Translate this into english: Quand je suis arrivé, mes amis jouaient aux jeux vidéo.
When I arrived, my friends were playing video games.
What happened to Fabienne's career?
It was destroyed by Pellegrini after she tried to expose him in the past for being corrupt.
This young French heroine helped the French army during the Hundred Years' War. What was her name?
Joan of Arc
A poor lonesome cowboy a long way from home... who nevertheless is rather "lucky" features in this Franco-Belgian comic book series set in "The Old West".
Lucky Luke
Finish the verbs for this sentence.
Je/J' ______ (être) stressée hier parce que je/j'______ (avoir) beaucoup de travail. Heureusement, je/j' ______ (finir)!
étais, avais, j'ai fini
Translate this into french: It was snowing when we left the house. (remember imparfait and passé composé rules!)
Il neigeait quand nous sommes sortis de la maison.
What mistake does Fabienne make at the press conference?
She asks a question, and gets noticed by Pellegrini, who sends his guy after her to kill her.
What is the literal translation of this expression? "tomber dans les pommes"
200 bonus points for any team who can guess the non-literal meaning of it!
fall in the apples.
to faint/pass out
This Franco-Belgian comic book series includes two physical opposites fighting heroically against Julius Caesar to defend their little Gaulish village... (with a little help from a magic potion)
Asterix and Obelix