Lesson of March 25, 2025:

Question 1

What is “collaborer avec” in English?

Example: Our business will …………….. another business.

Answer 1

collaborate with

partner with

Example:
Our business will collaborate with another business.
Our business will partner with another business.

Question 2

What is “coquille” in English (for babies)?

Answer 2

Baby car seat

Infant car seat

Question 3

What is “forfait” in English?

Example: Netflix offers its subscribers many different ……………..

Answer 3

package

Example: Netflix offers its subscribers many different packages.

Question 4

What is “cassette” in English?

Answer 4

tape

Question 5

What is “frère et soeurs” in English besides “brothers and sisters”?

Example: Do you have any ……………………?

Answer 5

siblings

Example: Do you have any siblings?

Question 6

What is “demi-frère” and “demie-soeur” in English…..

1) …. if you share at least one parent?
2) …..if you don’t share any parent?

Answer 6

1) …. if you share at least one parent. = half-brother, half-sister.
2) …..if you don’t share any parent. = stepbrother, stepsister.

Question 7

What is in English: “d’un côté…., mais d’une autre côté…..”?

Translate: D’un côté, c’est très plaisant mais d’un autre côté, c’est beaucoup de travail.

Answer 7

On one hand,….. but on the other hand, ….

Example: On one hand, it’s very nice / pleasant / fun, but on the other hand, it’s a lot of work.

Question 8

What is “comparativement à” in English?

Example: Our customer service is excellent …………….. our competitors.

Answer 8

compared to

Example: Our customer service is excellent compared to our competitors.

Question 9

Which is / are right?

1) I’ve sent the email last week.
2) I sent the email last week.

Answer 9

2) I sent the email last week.

Explanation: last week = finished time, so we have to use the simple past tense.

Question 10

Which is / are right?

1) I’ve sent the email.
2) I sent the email.

Answer 10

both

Explanation: finished action. Time not mentioned.

Question 11

Which is/ are right?

1) When did you read the report?
2) When have you read the report?

Answer 11

1) When did you read the report?

Expanation: Questions with “when” are necessarily answered with a finished past (e.g. 5 minutes ago, yesterday, last week) so the verb tense used is the simple past with any questions starting with “when”.

Question 12

What is the negative of:

I saw that.

Answer 12

I didn’t see that.

Question 13

What is the negative of:
I’ve seen that.

Answer 13

I haven’t seen that.

Question 14

What are the short form positive answer and negative answer to the question:

Have you ever been to Europe?

Yes, I ……..
No, I ………

Answer 14

Have you ever been to Europe?

Yes, I have.
No, I haven’t.

Explanation: In short answers, we use the same auxiliary verb as in the question.

Question 15

What are the short form positive answer and negative answer to the question:

Did you finish the report?

Yes, I ……..
No, I ………

Answer 15

Did you finish the report?

Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t.

Explanation: In short answers, we use the same auxiliary verb as in the question.

Question 16

Create a question in the past with the following key words:

you - do - your homework?

Answer 16

Have you done your homework?
Did you do your homework?

Question 17

Create a question in the past with the following key words:

you - ever - hear - that before?

Answer 17

Have you ever heard that before?

Did you ever hear that before?

Question 18

Put the following sentence into the negative form:

I’ve seen that movie before.

Answer 18

I haven’t seen that movie before.

Question 19

Put the following sentence into the negative form:

It’s been done before.

Answer 19

It hasn’t been done before.

It’s never been done (before).

Question 20

Ask a question that matches the following answer:

Yes, It’s been corrected.

Answer 20

Has it been corrected?