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400 questions 10 topics · Phase 2, ch. 1-9 60 jumbled sentences Full explanation on every question 🌐 1200 bilingual sentences
Ten topics, forty questions each. Modal verbs with the infinitive, possessives and demonstratives, comparison and the superlative, the time axis, the passé composé with avoir and with être, the imparfait, choosing between the two past tenses, and the object pronouns — then a mixed section that crosses them. Every question carries a full explanation, the tempting wrong answer explained, two extra examples and a one-line takeaway.
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Mini-chapter — the rules this quiz tests

Ten topics covering Phase 2 from the modal verbs to the object pronouns: the rule, a table, the trap that catches people, and two examples each. Read it, take the quiz, then come back to whichever topic went badly.

Verdict right wrong
P1 · Modals P2 · Possessives P3 · Comparison P4 · Time axis P5 · PC with avoir P6 · PC with être P7 · Imparfait P8 · PC or imparfait P9 · Object pronouns P10 · Mixed review

P1 Modal verbs and the infinitive

Rule: when two verbs meet, only the first one conjugates. The second stays in the infinitive — and some verbs demand a little word before that infinitive.

What comes before the second verb
Nothing+ à+ de
pouvoir, vouloir, devoir, savoir, aller, aimer, préférer, il fautcommencer à, apprendre à, réussir à, aider à, hésiter àessayer de, décider de, oublier de, arrêter de, refuser de
Trap
savoir is a skill you learned; pouvoir is being able to right now. Je sais nager means you know how; Je peux nager aujourd’hui means nothing is stopping you.
Trap
The negative wraps the modal only, never the infinitive: Je ne peux pas venir. Je peux ne pas venir.
Trap
il faut never changes its subject. je faut does not exist — say je dois.
Il faut apporter une pièce d’identité, sinon ils refusent de vous recevoir.
You have to bring ID, otherwise they refuse to see you.
Elle a décidé de déménager, mais elle ne sait pas encore conduire.
She decided to move, but she doesn’t know how to drive yet.

P2 Possessives and demonstratives

Rule: the possessive agrees with the thing owned, not with the owner. This is the opposite of English, and it is the mistake that lasts longest.

Whose it is, and which one
masculinefeminineplural
jemonmames
il / ellesonsases
nousnotrenotrenos
ils / ellesleurleurleurs
pointingce · cetcetteces
Trap
sa voiture is his car or her car — the word follows voiture, which is feminine. The owner is invisible here.
Trap
Before a feminine noun starting with a vowel you use the masculine form for sound: mon amie, son école. ma amie
Trap
leur takes -s only when the noun is plural: leur maison but leurs enfants.
Mon frère a vendu sa voiture pour payer ses études.
My brother sold his car to pay for his studies.
Cet appartement est plus cher, mais cette rue est plus calme.
This flat is more expensive, but this street is quieter.

P3 Comparison and the superlative

Rule: put plus, moins or aussi in front of the describing word and que after it. For the superlative, add the article.

The irregular pair everyone mixes up
BaseComparativeDescribes
bonmeilleura noun — it is an adjective
bienmieuxa verb — it is an adverb
mauvaispire / plus mauvaisa noun
Trap
plus bon and plus bien do not exist. Ce café est meilleur (it describes the coffee) but Elle parle mieux (it describes how she speaks).
Trap
After a superlative, "in" is de, not dans: le meilleur restaurant de la ville.
Trap
Comparing amounts needs de: plus de travail, moins de temps, autant d’expérience.
Ce quartier est plus calme que le centre, et les loyers y sont moins élevés.
This area is quieter than the centre, and the rents are lower.
Elle écrit mieux que moi, mais mon accent est meilleur que le sien.
She writes better than me, but my accent is better than hers.

P4 The time axis

Rule: French can reach forward and backward from now without a new tense — aller + infinitive goes forward, venir de + infinitive goes back a moment.

Pointing at a time
WordMeansExample
il y aago — looking backil y a trois ans
dansin — looking forwarddans trois ans
pendantfor — a whole stretchpendant deux heures
enin — the time it takesen deux heures
depuissince / for — still truedepuis trois ans
Trap
depuis takes the present in French where English uses a past: J’habite ici depuis trois ans = I have lived here for three years. J’ai habité ici depuis trois ans.
Trap
pendant is how long it lasted; en is how long it took to finish. J’ai travaillé pendant deux heures against J’ai fini en deux heures.
Je viens de recevoir le courriel, je vais répondre avant midi.
I have just got the email, I’ll answer before noon.
Nous attendons une réponse depuis six semaines.
We have been waiting for an answer for six weeks.

P5 The passé composé with avoir

Rule: take avoir in the present, add the past participle. The participle never changes for the subject.

Participles worth knowing cold
-ER → é-IR → iIrregular
parlé, mangé, travailléfini, choisi, dormieu, été, fait, mis, pris, vu, dit, écrit, lu, bu, ouvert, offert, voulu, pu, dû, su, connu, reçu, vécu
Trap
manger and mangé sound the same. After another verb you need the infinitive — je vais manger — but after the helper you need the participle — j’ai mangé.
Trap
The negative wraps the helper only: Je n’ai pas vu. Je n’ai vu pas.
Trap
déjà, bien, encore, jamais, toujours sit between the helper and the participle: J’ai déjà envoyé le dossier.
J’ai déjà reçu la facture, mais je n’ai pas encore payé.
I have already got the invoice, but I haven’t paid yet.
Ils ont dû attendre longtemps avant d’obtenir un rendez-vous.
They had to wait a long time before getting an appointment.

P6 The passé composé with être

Rule: a short list of verbs, and every reflexive verb, use être instead of avoir — and then the participle agrees with the subject.

The house of être
Going and comingStaying and changingAlways être
aller, venir, arriver, partir, entrer, sortir, monter, descendre, rentrer, retournerrester, tomber, naître, mourir, devenir, revenirevery reflexive verb — se lever, se coucher, s’inscrire
Trap
The participle takes -e for a feminine subject, -s for plural: elle est allée, ils sont partis, elles sont restées.
Trap
Four verbs switch helper when they take a direct object: Elle est sortie (she went out) but Elle a sorti les poubelles (she took the bins out). Same for monter, descendre, passer.
Trap
The negative goes around the whole block: Je ne me suis pas levé tôt. Je me suis ne pas levé.
Elle est arrivée en retard parce qu’elle s’est trompée d’autobus.
She arrived late because she took the wrong bus.
Nous sommes descendus au sous-sol, puis nous avons descendu les boîtes.
We went down to the basement, then we took the boxes down.

P7 The imparfait

Rule: take the nous form of the present, cut -ons, and add the endings. One verb only breaks the pattern.

Endings, and the one irregular stem
PersonEndingparler → nous parlons
je / tu-aisje parlais, tu parlais
il / elle / on-aitil parlait
nous / vous-ions / -ieznous parlions, vous parliez
ils / elles-aientelles parlaient
êtreét-j’étais, nous étions
Trap
The -ger verbs keep the e only before a: je mangeais but nous mangions. nous mangeions
Trap
-ais, -ait and -aient all sound identical. Only the subject tells you which to write.
Quand j’étais petite, nous allions à la mer tous les étés.
When I was little, we went to the sea every summer.
Il faisait froid et personne ne voulait sortir.
It was cold and nobody wanted to go out.

P8 Passé composé or imparfait?

Rule: nothing new to build — one decision. Does this verb move the story forward, or does it set the scene?

Two jobs, one past
Passé composé — the eventImparfait — the background
one thing, it happened, it finishedscene, weather, age, mood, a state
the story is one step further onalready under way, no start or end
soudain, tout à coup, un jour, hier, en 2019autrefois, tous les jours, souvent, d’habitude
Trap
The interruption: the thing already running is imparfait, the thing that cuts across it is passé composé. Je regardais un film quand mon frère a téléphoné.
Trap
Some verbs change meaning, not just timing: je savais = I knew, j’ai su = I found out. je connaissais = I knew someone, j’ai connu = I met them. Same for vouloir, pouvoir, devoir, avoir peur.
Il pleuvait très fort, alors nous avons décidé de rester à la maison.
It was raining hard, so we decided to stay home.
Je ne savais pas où était le bureau, et j’ai su l’adresse seulement le matin même.
I didn’t know where the office was, and I only found out the address that same morning.

P9 Object pronouns

Rule: the little word replacing the noun goes in front of the verb it belongs to — which is never where English puts it.

Which set, and where it sits
SetFormsUsed when the verb…
Directle · la · l’ · lesconnaître, voir, attendre, écouter, regarder, chercher, aider, appeler
After àlui · leurtéléphoner, parler, répondre, écrire, demander, dire, offrir, envoyer
Eitherme · te · nous · voussame word for both jobs
Trap
English gives no clue. "I phone her" and "I know her" look identical, but French has je lui téléphone and je la connais. Learn each verb with its à attached or not.
Trap
With two verbs it goes before the infinitive: je vais le faire. In the passé composé it goes before the helper: je l’ai vu. j’ai le vu
Trap
In the negative it stays glued to the verb, inside the wrapper: je ne le connais pas.
Ces documents sont urgents — je dois les envoyer avant midi.
These documents are urgent — I have to send them before noon.
Je ne lui ai pas encore répondu, mais je vais l’appeler ce soir.
I haven’t answered him yet, but I’m going to call him tonight.

P10 Mixed review

Rule: no new grammar. These sentences make you hold two decisions at once, and the tempting wrong answer usually comes from a different topic than the one being tested.

Where two rules collide
The sentence asks for……while also testing
a past tensewhich one — event or background
an object pronounthe right set and the right position
a modal + infinitivenot conjugating the second verb
an être-verb in the pastagreement, inside a negative
depuisstaying in the present
Trap
When two rules meet, learners fix one and forget the other. Elle ne s’est pas levée tôt needs the right helper, the agreement and the negative in the right place — all three at once.
Je ne l’ai pas vue depuis deux mois, mais je vais lui écrire cette semaine.
I haven’t seen her for two months, but I’m going to write to her this week.
Nous voulions partir plus tôt, mais nous avons dû attendre les résultats.
We wanted to leave earlier, but we had to wait for the results.
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