Une Fois pour Toutes Chapter 1

Question 1

-age

Answer 1

masculine

Question 2

-isme, -asme, -osme

Answer 2

masculine

Question 3

-tre

Answer 3

masculine

Question 4

-ème

Answer 4

masculine

Question 5

-cle

Answer 5

masculine

Question 6

-ège

Answer 6

masculine

Question 7

-cre

Answer 7

masculine

Question 8

-tion

Answer 8

feminine

Question 9

-ison

Answer 9

feminine

Question 10

-té, -ié

Answer 10

feminine

Question 11

-eur

Answer 11

feminine (except le bonheur and le malheur)

Question 12

les métaux (metals)

Answer 12

masculine

Question 13

les saisons, les mois, et les jours de la semaine

Answer 13

masculine

Question 14

les arbres

Answer 14

masculine

Question 15

objects from a specific region

Answer 15

masculine

Question 16

metric measurements

Answer 16

masculine

Question 17

les noms composés

Answer 17

masculine

Question 18

les autos

Answer 18

feminine

Question 19

geographic names that end with an -e

Answer 19

feminine (except le Rhône, le Mexique, le Danube, le Cambodge)

Question 20

words made up of two words

Answer 20

take the gender of the first word

Question 21

words originating from english

Answer 21

masculine

Question 22

indefinite articles

Answer 22

used when there is an imprecise fashion about the noun: un, une, des

Question 23

partitive articles

Answer 23

used when discussing a part of something else: du, de la, d’, des (some)

Question 24

when to use partitive article “de” always

Answer 24

after: beaucoup, assez, trop, tant, moins, un peu, plus, and specific quantities (a box of, a bottle of, a liter of, etc.) (when you add words of precision such as, that I know, etc., then you can use des, du, de la, etc.)

Question 25

what to use before a plural noun that precedes an adjective

Answer 25

de

Question 26

what to use before a direct object that comes after a negation

Answer 26

de

Question 27

what to use before plural nouns after certain expressions such as the avoir expressions

Answer 27

de

Question 28

use “de” after these adjectives and past participles

Answer 28

pleine de, couverte de, garnie de, ornés de, décoré de, muni dé

Question 29

what to use after quelque chose, rien, quelqu’un, or personne

Answer 29

de

Question 30

avec and sans

Answer 30

don’t use any article unless you have a concrete thing described by “avec” or “sans”

Question 31

ne…ni…ni

Answer 31

definite article: keep (aimer usually with definites)
indefinite article: don’t keep
partitive article: don’t keep

Question 32

-ir verb conjugations

Answer 32

• is -issons
• is -issez
• it -issent

Question 33

-re verbs

Answer 33

• s -ons
• s -ez
  - ent

Question 34

manger

Answer 34

je mange nous mangeons
tu manges vous mangez
il mange ils mangent (put an e in front of a, o, u)

Question 35

commencer, avancer, etc.

Answer 35

je commence nous commençons
tu commences vous commencez
il commence ils commencent (put ç in front of a, o, u)

Question 36

se lever, mener, acheter

Answer 36

je me lève nous nous levons
tu te lèves vous vous levez
il se lève ils se lèvent

Question 37

répéter, espérer

Answer 37

je répète nous répétons
tu répètes vous répétez
il répète ils répètent

Question 38

jeter, appeler

Answer 38

je jette nous jetons
tu jettes vous jetez
il jette ils jettent

Question 39

nettoyer, ennuyer

Answer 39

je nettoie nous nettoyons
tu nettoies vous nettoyez
il nettoie ils nettoient

Question 40

être en train de

Answer 40

(be doing) use the present

Question 41

avoir l’habitude de

Answer 41

use the present

Question 42

depuis

Answer 42

use when an action that began in the past is continuing in the present, use with a present verb, except you usually use the past tense when using depuis with a negative

Question 43

pendant que

Answer 43

indicates simultaneousness of two actions or states, use same tense throughout

Question 44

tandis que

Answer 44

while, indicates a contrast between two actions or states simultaneously, usually use same tense throughout

Question 45

tu form of imperative

Answer 45

take away the “s” for -er verbs and aller

Question 46

object pronouns in imperative

Answer 46

they are placed after the verb in the affirmative and placed before the verb in the negative

Question 47

irregular imperative forms

Answer 47

être: sois, soyons, soyez

savoir: sache, sachons, sachez
avoir: aie, ayons, ayez
vouloir: veuillez