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  1. In this lesson, we will practise using the verbs 'apprendre', 'comprendre' and 'prendre' in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular and asking questions with subject-verb inversion.

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10 Questions

Q1.
Prendre

Correct answer: To take/taking
To understand/understanding
To watch/watching

Q2.
l'erreur

The car
Correct answer: The error
The man

Q3.
Easy

comprendre
Correct answer: facile
petit

Q4.
apprendre

To be/being
Correct answer: To learn/learning
To take/taking

Q5.
To understand/understanding

avoir
Correct answer: comprendre
prendre

Q6.
dire

to go/going
To learn/learning
Correct answer: to say/saying

Q7.
Tu comprends

You (plural) understand
Correct answer: You (singular) understand
You take

Q8.
Dit

say/am saying
say/are saying
Correct answer: says/is saying

Q9.
Select the correct pronoun for this verb: prend

Correct answer: Elle
Je
Tu

Q10.
Select the correct verb for this pronoun: Je

comprend
Correct answer: comprends
prend

10 Questions

Q1.
apprendre

Correct answer: To learn/learning
To take/taking
To understand/understanding

Q2.
the mistake

des erreurs
Correct answer: l'erreur
une erreur

Q3.
Je prends

Correct answer: I take/I am taking
She takes/she is taking
You take/you are taking

Q4.
facile

difficult
Correct answer: easy
interesting

Q5.
He understands/ He is understanding

il apprend
Correct answer: il comprend
il prend

Q6.
Tu prends

You (plural) take
Correct answer: You (singular) take

Q7.
Select the correct verb for this pronoun: Je ...

apprendre
Correct answer: comprends
prend

Q8.
Select the correct pronoun for this verb: apprend

Correct answer: Elle
Je
Tu

Q9.
Complete the question: " ___________ -tu le déjeuner?"

apprends
comprends
Correct answer: prends

Q10.
Complete the question: " ___________ - tu le français?

comprend
comprendre
Correct answer: comprends