Exercise 1 - Radiolingua

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Exercise 1 (lessons 41-45)
Translate the following phrases using the present tense. Some help has been provided for certain
questions. Use the constructions in the help provided to answer the remaining questions.
1
What are you doing?
2
What are you eating?
3
Where are you going?
4
Where are you working?
5
We watch television in the evening.
6
We work in the evening.
7
We are not washing the car.
8
We are not leaving the house.
9
The children wake up.
10
The children are showering.
11
I don’t shower in the evening.
12
I don’t put makeup on.
13
Dad gets up at 7.
14
Dad wakes up at 6.
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Qu’est-ce que tu ________?
Où __________-vous?
Nous __________ la télévision le soir.
Nous ne __________ pas la voiture.
Les enfants se __________.
Je ne me __________ pas le soir.
Papa se _________ à sept heures.
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Exercise 2 (lessons 41-45)
Match up the following questions and answers:
Que fais-tu le soir?
Je vais au Japon
On se voit à quelle
heure?
À dix-neuf heures
devant le cinéma.
À quelle heure tu te
lèves?
Jʼaime les fruits.
Où vas-tu en
novembre?
Je me lève à sept
heures.
Quʼest-ce que tu aimes
manger?
Je regarde la télé.
Quel sport aimes-tu?
Non, nous restons à la
maison.
Allez-vous en ville?
Jʼadore le foot.
Exercise 3 (lessons 46-50)
Translate the following sentences into French using the correct form of the irregular verbs avoir, être and
aller.
1
Where are you?
2
I am at home.
3
She is in the garden.
4
They are in town.
5
Do you have children?
6
They have a son and a daughter.
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I have a brother and two sisters.
8
He’s an only child.
9
She is a doctor.
10
He is 15 years old.
11
They are hungry.
12
Are you thirsty?
13
Where are you going?
14
We are going into town.
15
He is going to Spain.
Exercise 4 (lessons 46-50)
Using the noun given, translate the English. Consider carefully the position and agreement of the
adjective.
1
a small red car (une voiture)
2
a new house (une maison)
3
a beautiful castle (un château)
4
the big houses (les maisons)
5
they have 2 handsome boys (ils ont deux
garçons)
6
lots of beautiful girls (beaucoup de filles)
7
the old harbour (le port)
8
an old church (une église)
9
a tired old man (un homme)
10
a good Italian meal (un repas)
11
it’s a beautiful flat/apartment (c’est un
appartement)
12
they are very old (ils sont ... )
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Exercise 5 (lessons 51-55)
Change the present tense in the phrases below to the immediate future following the example given.
Translate the resulting phrase into English.
eg
je prépare le dîner (I’m making the dinner)
1
je lave la voiture
2
vous aimez ce gâteau
3
ils vont en Espagne
4
nous achetons une nouvelle maison
5
elle ne va pas en France
6
ils mangent des fruits
7
elle ne chante pas
8
elle travaille en Angleterre
9
il écoute la radio
10
il ne regarde pas ce film
11
il apprend l’espagnol
12
j’étudie le français
13
il finit son travail
14
il vend son appartement
15
nous mangeons des escargots
16
il se lève
17
je m’habille
18
ils ne se couchent pas
19
vous vous trompez
20
elle ne danse pas avec son copain
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je vais préparer le dîner (I’m going to
make the dinner)
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Exercise 6 (lessons 51-55)
Match up these verbs with their correct translation.
il a mangé
he isnʼt eating
il mange
he hasnʼt eaten
il va manger
he ate / he has eaten
il ne mange pas
heʼs not going to eat
il nʼa pas mangé
he eats / he is eating
il ne va pas manger
he is going to eat
Exercise 7 (lessons 56-60)
Fill in the missing part of être or avoir to complete the perfect tenses.
1
he saw
il __________ vu
2
he went
il __________ allé
3
we arrived
nous __________ arrivés
4
we sold
nous __________ vendu
5
they came
ils __________ venus
6
they saw
ils __________ vu
7
they got dressed
ils se __________ habillés
8
they listened
ils __________ écouté
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you did
vous __________ fait
10
you went out
vous __________ sorti
11
she died
elle __________ morte
12
she waited
elle __________ attendu
13
I did not get up
je ne me __________ pas levé
14
she did not wash
elle ne s’ __________ pas lavée
Exercise 8 (lessons 56-60)
Translate the following sentences into French.
1
he bought that car
2
I went to bed this afternoon
3
He did not shave this morning.
4
That man did not pay.
5
Do you see that girl?
Exercise 9 (lessons 61-65)
Fill in the blanks with these words. Some words are used several times.
habitait, travaillait, était, avait, étaient.
Mes parents
Mon père __________ comme acteur quand il __________ jeune. Il __________ grand et
beau et il __________ les cheveux noirs et les yeux gris-bleu. Il __________ à Londres
où il a rencontré ma mère. Elle __________ chanteuse. Elle __________ dix-huit ans.
Elle __________ blonde et petite et ils se sont mariés après trois mois. Ils __________
très heureux.
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Exercise 10 (lessons 61-65)
Complete these sentences by adding qui or que, and translate the sentence into English.
1
Je veux une chambre __________ donne sur la
mer.
2
J’ai un chien __________ s’appelle Bob.
3
J’ai un fils de 4 ans __________ s’appelle Marc.
4
Nathalie a deux frères __________ s’appellent
Luc et Thierry.
5
Tu as vu les photos __________ j’ai prises en
France?
6
Les lunettes __________ j’ai perdues étaient
dans la voiture.
7
C’est ma fille __________ aime la musique
classique.
8
C’est le fromage __________ pue!
9
Voici Marie __________ arrive.
10
Voici la lettre __________ j’ai reçue ce matin.
Exercise 11 (lessons 66-70)
Translate the following phrases into French.
1
Before eating
2
After eating
3
Before going into town
4
Before I left, I ...
5
After I left, I ...
6
After I bought the house, I ...
7
After he watched the film, he...
8
Before she started work, she ...
9
After finishing his book, he ...
10
He’s just gone out
11
I’ve just finished my book
12
They’ve just gone to town.
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Exercise 12 (lessons 66-70)
Match up the two halves of the sentence.
lʼaéroport est
à lʼappareil?
la voiture est
de numéro
je voudrais louer
une voiture pour une
semaine
quel est votre
tombée en panne
je me suis trompé
à quarante minutes dʼici
qui est
numéro de téléphone?
Exercise 13 (lessons 71-75)
Translate the following sentences into French, all of which involve the word “never”.
1
I never go out.
2
I never speak French.
3
I never know how to say ...
4
He’s never been to France. (Use aller)
5
They never got married. (Use se marier - to
get married).
Exercise 14 (lessons 71-75)
Test your knowledge of the conditional tense by translating the following sentences into English.
1
Ça serait parfait.
2
Ça vous dirait de manger avec nous?
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3
Je voudrais jouer au golf.
4
Vous pourriez passer la journée à Nice.
5
Je serais content d’aller à Monaco.
Exercise 15 (lessons 76-80)
You now know six tenses: present, imperfect, perfect, pluperfect, future and conditional. Match up these
verbs with the appropriate translations.
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il a regardé
he had watched
il regarde
he watches
il avait regardé
he would watch
il regardera
he watched
il regarderait
he was watching
il regardait
he will watch
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Exercise 16 (lessons 76-80)
This exercise is the same format as exercise 15, using the verb aller. Match up the verbs with their
correct translation.
elle va
she would go
elle ira
she was going
elle irait
she went
elle allait
she is going
elle est allée
she had gone
elle était allée
she will go
Exercise 17 (lessons 76-80)
As you know, there is often more than one way to translate a particular tense, eg. je chante could be
translated as “I sing” or “I am singing”. Put the English translations into the correct column below
based on which tense they translate.
I eat • I do eat • I will eat • I have eaten • I would eat • I used to eat • I am eating • I used to eat
I would eat (if I was hungry) • I would eat (fish on a Friday when I was young) • I will be eating
I would be eating • I ate • I have been eating • I shall be eating • I shall eat • I had been eating
Present
Imperfect
Perfect
Pluperfect
Future
Conditional
je mange
je mangeais
j’ai mangé
j’avais mangé
je mangerai
je mangerais
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