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Découvrir d'autres pays : prepositions and emphatic pronouns nous and vous

I can discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living abroad, focusing on the use of prepositions and emphatic pronouns.

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Découvrir d'autres pays : prepositions and emphatic pronouns nous and vous

I can discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living abroad, focusing on the use of prepositions and emphatic pronouns.

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Key learning points

  1. Nasal vowel sounds occur when one or more vowels precede a nasal consonant e.g. an, am, ain, on, en.
  2. The emphatic pronouns 'nous' and 'vous' are used for 'us' and 'you' (plural/formal).
  3. sans (without), pour (for), avant (before) and chez (at the house/place of) are all followed by emphatic pronouns.

Keywords

  • Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word

  • Emphatic pronoun - used to emphasize a person, or when the pronoun stands alone, or after certain prepositions

Common misconception

'Nous' always means 'we' in French.

'Nous' means 'we' when used as a subject pronoun. 'Nous' means 'us' when used as an emphatic pronoun.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match up the French and the English correctly.
Correct Answer:je,I
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I

Correct Answer:ils,they
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they

Correct Answer:il,he
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he

Correct Answer:elle,she
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she

Correct Answer:nous,we
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we

Correct Answer:vous,you
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you

Q2.
Match the English and the French.
Correct Answer:chez,at the home of
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at the home of

Correct Answer:avant,before
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before

Correct Answer:pour,for
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for

Correct Answer:avec,with
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with

Correct Answer:de,of
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of

Q3.
Which of these words are examples of pronouns?
Correct answer: je
Correct answer: nous
cravate
Correct answer: vous
employé
Q4.
What is the correct present tense form of 'vouloir' to fill the gap in this sentence. 'Je devenir professeur.'
Correct Answer: veux
Q5.
Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.
1 - il
2 - veut
3 - vivre
4 - à
5 - l'
6 - étranger
Q6.
Translate this sentence. 'She wants to return'
Correct Answer: Elle veut rentrer, Elle veut retourner

5 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following words can translate the French word 'nous' ?
you
Correct answer: we
them
Correct answer: us
him
Q2.
What is the French emphatic pronoun for 'you' (plural/formal)?
Correct Answer: vous
Q3.
Match the subject and emphatic pronouns.
Correct Answer:je,moi
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moi

Correct Answer:tu,toi
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toi

Correct Answer:il,lui
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lui

Correct Answer:ils,eux
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eux

Correct Answer:elles,elles
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elles

Correct Answer:nous,nous
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nous

Q4.
Match the French and the English
Correct Answer:mur,wall
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wall

Correct Answer:là-bas,over there
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over there

Correct Answer:quelquefois,sometimes
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sometimes

Correct Answer:le conseil,advice
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advice

Correct Answer:vouloir dire,to mean
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to mean

Correct Answer:nombreux,many, numerous
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many, numerous

Q5.
Put these words in order to make a French sentence.
1 - parler
2 - anglais
3 - est
4 - normal
5 - pour
6 - lui

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