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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise describing what something is like using adverbs and understanding where they are placed. We will also practise the present tense of common irregular -ir and -re verbs ('je', 'tu', 'il'/'elle').

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12 Questions

Q1.
l'argent

Agent
food
Correct answer: money

Q2.
manger

to drink
Correct answer: to eat
to travel

Q3.
un peu

Correct answer: a little
a lot
some

Q4.
gagner

to drink
Correct answer: to earn
to eat

Q5.
le café

Correct answer: coffee
tea
water

Q6.
un verre

bottle
carton
Correct answer: glass

Q7.
boire

Correct answer: to drink
to eat
to listen

Q8.
le lait

coffee
Correct answer: milk
tea

Q9.
beaucoup

a little
Correct answer: a lot
many

Q10.
le thé

coffee
milk
Correct answer: tea

Q11.
la viande

ham
Correct answer: meat
pork

Q12.
la chance

health
Correct answer: luck
money

10 Questions

Q1.
Comment dit-on en français "every week"?

chaque jour
Correct answer: chaque semaine
la semaine dernière

Q2.
Comment dit-on en français "together"?

dehors
Correct answer: ensemble
rarement

Q3.
Comment dit-on en français "soon"?

aujourd'hui
Correct answer: bientôt
hier

Q4.
Which of these adverbs/adverbial phrases answers the question; quand?

Correct answer: demain
peut-être
près

Q5.
Which of these adverbs/adverbial phrases answers the question; où?

chaque jour
ensemble
Correct answer: ici

Q6.
Which of these adverbs/adverbial phrases answers the question; comment?

demain
Correct answer: en bus
normalement

Q7.
C'est quoi en anglais "il revient ici aujourd'hui"?

Correct answer: he's coming back here today
he's coming here today
she's coming here today

Q8.
C'est quoi en anglais "je dors rarement dehors"?

I go outside rarely
I rarely sleep indoors
Correct answer: I rarely sleep outside

Q9.
C'est quoi en anglais "elle devient plus intelligent chaque jour"?

she is becoming intelligent every week
Correct answer: she is becoming more intelligent every day
she is intelligent in the daytime

Q10.
What is an adverb

a describing word
a doing/action word
Correct answer: a word which describes a verb