This set mixes the skills from present-time expression: regular verbs, irregular verbs, negatives and questions. The questions go from easy to harder. Write your answers in French before you open the worked answer.
Check each ending, each negative word and each question form. The lessons are linked at the end for any area that needs another look.
Questions
1. Complete: Nous ___ (habiter) à Penang.
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Nous with an -er verb takes -ons: Nous habitons à Penang.
2. Complete: Elle ___ (finir) ses devoirs à six heures.
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Finir is an -ir verb, and elle takes -it: Elle finit ses devoirs à six heures.
3. Complete: Mes parents ___ (vendre) leur voiture.
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Mes parents is ils. For an -re verb the ils ending is -ent: Mes parents vendent leur voiture.
4. Complete: Tu ___ (être) fatigué ?
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Être with tu: Tu es fatigué ?
5. Complete: Vous ___ (aller) au cinéma ce soir ?
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Aller with vous: Vous allez au cinéma ce soir ?
6. Complete: Ils ___ (faire) du vélo le dimanche.
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Faire with ils: Ils font du vélo le dimanche. The form faisent does not exist.
7. Make negative: Je mange de la viande.
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Wrap mange with ne … pas, and de la becomes de: Je ne mange pas de viande.
8. Correct the error: Elle ne a pas de frère.
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Ne becomes n’ before the vowel sound of a: Elle n’a pas de frère.
9. Ask the question “Do you live in Ipoh?” in two ways, using est-ce que and then inversion.
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With est-ce que: Est-ce que tu habites à Ipoh ?
With inversion: Habites-tu à Ipoh ?
Use only one form in a single question.
10. In a shop, ask how much the blue bag costs, then say you do not have enough money.
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Price needs combien: Combien coûte le sac bleu, s’il vous plaît ?
Then use ne … pas with avoir and elision: Je n’ai pas assez d’argent.
Assez is followed by d’ (assez d’argent), not by du.
If you got these wrong
- Questions 1 to 3, wrong endings or wrong subject match: revisit using a regular verb.
- Questions 4 to 6, wrong forms of être, aller or faire: revisit common irregular present forms.
- Questions 7, 8 and the second part of 10, negative errors: revisit building a negative statement.
- Questions 9 and the first part of 10, question form errors: revisit asking a clear question.
How to read your results
Count the errors by type, not by total. Two mistakes in the same area point to one gap, which you can fix with one lesson. A spread of different mistakes usually means you are rushing, so slow down and read each sentence back once.
When the topic feels secure, move on to past and future meaning. If you want a teacher to listen to you say these sentences and correct them live, see online one-to-one French tuition.