145 - Introduction à la concordance des temps

Question 1

I can conjugate the indicative tenses and use subordination.

Answer 1

Je peux conjuguer les temps de l’indicatif et utiliser la subordination.

Question 2

I can make sentences while respecting the concordance of tenses.

Answer 2

Je peux faire des phrases en respectant la concordance des temps.

Question 3

What verb tenses do you know in French? Give an example sentence for each.

Answer 3

Quels sont les temps verbaux que vous connaissez en français ? Donnez un exemple de phrase pour chacun.

Question 4

to prevent

Answer 4

empêcher

Question 5

your roots

Answer 5

vos racines

Question 6

I’m eating the candy I bought this morning.

Answer 6

Je mange les bonbons que j’ai achetés ce matin.

Question 7

I tasted the dish you told me about.

Answer 7

J’ai goûté le plat dont tu m‘avais parlé.

Question 8

I was reading the newspaper when the telephone rang.

Answer 8

J‘étais en train de lire le journal quand le téléphone a sonné.

Question 9

This is the writer who wrote my favorite book.

Answer 9

C’est l’écrivaine qui a écrit mon livre favori.

Question 10

I’m eating because I’m hungry.

Answer 10

Je mange parce que j’ai faim.

Question 11

Return the books you borrowed.

Answer 11

Rends les livres que tu as empruntés.

Question 12

I can’t go out because I have too much work.

Answer 12

Je ne peux pas sortir parce que j’ai trop de travail.

Question 13

The man you saw yesterday is my cousin.

Answer 13

L’homme que tu as vu hier est mon cousin.

Question 14

They will leave as soon as the sun rises.

Answer 14

Ils partiront dès que le soleil se lèvera.

Question 15

The person who took my jacket left.

Answer 15

La personne qui a pris ma veste est partie.

Question 16

I’ll go to the beach if the weather is nice.

Answer 16

J’irai à la plage s’il fait beau.

Question 17

The book I read yesterday was exciting.

Answer 17

Le livre que j’ai lu hier était passionnant.

Question 18

The kid you were talking about is my neighbor.

Answer 18

L’enfant dont tu parlais est mon voisin.

Question 19

I’ll take an umbrella in case it rains.

Answer 19

Je vais prendre un parapluie au cas où il pleuvrait.

Question 20

I think he’ll be on time.
I doubt he’ll be on time.

Answer 20

Je pense qu’il sera à l’heure.
Je doute qu’il soit à l’heure.

Question 21

If the main clause is in the present tense, all the tenses are compatible: it’s like an independent clause

Answer 21

Si la proposition principale est au présent, tous les temps sont compatibles : elle est comme une proposition indépendante

Question 22

I think he came.
I think he’s coming.
I think he will come.

Answer 22

Je pense qu’il est venu.
Je pense qu’il vient.
Je pense qu’il viendra.

Question 23

Will you think about what I told you?

Answer 23

Tu penseras à ce que je t’ai dit ?

Question 24

I’ll call you when I will have finished.

Answer 24

Je t’appellerai quand j’aurai terminé.

Question 25

You will speak when I give you the floor.

Answer 25

Tu parleras quand je te donnerai la parole.

Question 26

You tell me what you think about it.

Answer 26

Tu me diras ce que tu en penses.

Question 27

He only leaves the house when he has had a coffee.

Answer 27

Il sort de la maison seulement quand il a bu un café.

Question 28

We'll leave when we're ready.

Answer 28

Nous partirons quand nous serons prêts.

Question 29

She reads a book while I study.

Answer 29

Elle lit un livre pendant que j'étudie.

Question 30

I think she will come out with us.

Answer 30

Je pense qu’elle sortira avec nous.

Question 31

I will reserve my ticket in case there isn't anymore room.

Answer 31

Je réserverai mon billet au cas où il n’y aurait plus de place.

Question 32

You will remember (lit. 'think') to bring back what I asked you, thank you.

Answer 32

Tu penseras à ramener ce que je t’ai demandé, merci.

Question 33

death

Answer 33

la mort

Question 34

failure

Answer 34

l'échec

Question 35

to get married to

Answer 35

se marier avec

Question 36

to give birth to

Answer 36

accoucher de

Question 37

to marry (formal/administrative)

Answer 37

épouser