French 2010 Chapitre 2 Grammar

Question 1

When do you use the preposition, “chez?”

Answer 1

1. When making comments on a group of people. Ex: chez les français (French people)
2. When talking about someone’s house? Ex: Chez elle (her home)
3. When talking about an office or place of business. Ex: chez le coiffure (the hairdresser’s)

Question 2

When is the à preposition used?

Answer 2

to express ‘in’ or ‘to’ a city

Question 3

When is the de/d’ preposition used?

Answer 3

To express ‘from’ a cities

Question 4

to express being ‘in’ or going ‘to’ a country, state, or province use which preposition?

Answer 4

‘en’ is used with feminine countries, ‘au’ is used for masculine countries, and ‘aux’ is used for countries with plural names.

Question 5

to express ‘from’ a country, continent, state, or province use which preposition?

Answer 5

‘du’ is used for masculine nouns, ‘de/d’ is used for feminine nouns and nouns beginning with a vowel, ‘des’ is used for plural nouns.

Question 6

How can you say “in the ______state” in French?

Answer 6

Dans l’État du… (masculine)
Dans l’État de… (feminine)
Dans l’État d’ (states that begin with a vowel)
Dans le… (masculine)
Dans la… (feminine)
Dans l’…(states that begin with a vowel)

Question 7

The preposition ‘en’ can also be used with….?

Answer 7

many forms of transportation. Ex: en bus, en métro, en voiture, etc

Question 8

What two forms of transportation use the preposition à?

Answer 8

à pied and à vélo

Question 9

When do you use the preposition ‘y’?

Answer 9

It is used to replace an already mentioned phrase that uses à, chez, dans, en, or sur. It usually replaces a location but not always.

Question 10

Where does the preposition ‘y’ go in a sentence in the present tense?

Answer 10

before the conjugated verb or infinitive verb if there is one.