6.10 Sentence Structure

• In affirmative sentences, adverbs in French are usually placed after the verb.
• In affirmative sentences, adjectives in French are usually placed after the noun.
• Match the verb tense with its example in French:

  Present ↔️ Je parle français.

  Passé Composé ↔️ J'ai parlé avec lui.
• In French, verb conjugations are essential for forming grammatically correct sentences
• Which two verbs in French are considered irregular and follow different conjugation rules?

  être and avoir
• Match the gender and number of the noun with the correct adjective ending in French:

  Masculine Singular ↔️ -

  Feminine Singular ↔️ -e

  Masculine Plural ↔️ -s

  Feminine Plural ↔️ -es
• Arrange the elements of the affirmative French sentence "Le chat mange la souris lentement" in the correct order:

  1️⃣ Le chat

  2️⃣ mange

  3️⃣ la souris

  4️⃣ lentement
• In French negative sentences, the word order is adjusted to accommodate the negative form ne...pas
• Arrange the following elements in the correct order for the French sentence "Je ne mange pas la pomme lentement":

  1️⃣ Je

  2️⃣ ne mange pas

  3️⃣ la pomme

  4️⃣ lentement
• Match the French subject pronouns with their English meanings:

  Tu ↔️ You (informal)

  Nous ↔️ We

  Ils ↔️ They (masculine)

  Elles ↔️ They (feminine)
• In the present tense, the conjugation of "parler" for "Je" is parle
• Adjectives in French must agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify.


  True
• The conjugation of "être" for "Il/Elle" in the present tense is est
• Masculine singular nouns take adjectives with no ending
• Adjectives ending in -f often change to -ve in the feminine singular, such as sportif -> sportive
• What are the four forms of the irregular adjective "beau" (beautiful)?

  beau, belle, beaux, belles
• Match the French prepositions with their English equivalents:

  à ↔️ to, at, in

  de ↔️ of, from, with

  dans ↔️ in, into

  sur ↔️ on, upon

  sous ↔️ under, beneath

  par ↔️ by, through

  pour ↔️ for, in order to

  avec ↔️ with

  sans ↔️ without
• In French, adjectives are usually placed before the noun.

  False
• In negative sentences, the negative form "ne...pas" sandwiches the verb.
• Match the French subject pronoun with its English meaning:

  Je ↔️ I

  Tu ↔️ You (informal)

  Il ↔️ He

  Nous ↔️ We
• In French, verb conjugations are essential for forming grammatically correct sentences.
• In the passé composé, the verb "parler" for "je" is conjugated as ai parlé.
• Match the French verb tense with its example sentence for parler (to speak):


  Present ↔️ Je parle français.

  Passé Composé ↔️ J'ai parlé avec lui.

  Futur Simple ↔️ Je parlerai demain.
• In French, adjectives must agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify
• In French, adjectives usually come after the noun
• What is the English translation of "Le chat mange la souris lentement"?

  The cat eats the mouse slowly
• In French negative sentences, the verb is sandwiched by ne...pas
• The French subject pronoun for "I" is Je
• What does it mean to conjugate a verb in French?

  Change its form
• The present tense conjugation of "être" for "Je" is suis
• What is the conjugation of "être" for "Je" in the present tense?

  suis
• In French, adjectives must agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify.

  True
• Adjectives ending in -e in the masculine singular do not change for the feminine singular.

  True
• In the sentence "Le chat mange la souris lentement", the adverb "lentement" is placed after the verb "mange".


  True
• The placement of prepositions in French sentences often differs from English
• In French, the basic word order in affirmative sentences follows the SVO structure.
• In negative sentences, the word "ne" is placed after the verb.

  False
• Subject pronouns in French are used to indicate who is performing an action.


  True
• In negative sentences, the negative "ne...pas" is placed around the verb.

  True
• In the present tense, the verb "parler" for "je" is conjugated as "parle".


  True