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D’autant plus que: 10 questions on “especially since”

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Practise d’autant plus…que and d’autant plus que through ten questions on added reasons, adjective placement, elision, tense and d’autant moins.

In short

D’autant plus…que means “all the more…because”: Cette réponse est d’autant plus utile qu’elle est précise. The final clause gives a reason for the stronger judgement. With no adjective in the middle, d’autant plus que means “especially since”.

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PatternFrenchEnglish
Strengthen an adjectiveCette réponse est d’autant plus utile qu’elle est précise.This answer is all the more useful because it is precise.
Add a reason for an actionRelisons le message, d’autant plus qu’il contient une nouvelle date.Let’s reread the message, especially since it contains a new date.
Support a lower degreeCette solution est d’autant moins adaptée que nous manquons de temps.This solution is all the less suitable because we are short of time.

Use que before a consonant and qu’ before a vowel: que nous, qu’elle. The supporting reason normally uses the indicative. It can refer to an earlier event or a future one. Match its tense to the timeline of that reason.

  1. Question 1No account needed
    Complete the adjective pattern.Cette explication est ___ plusieurs personnes ont posé la même question.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    d’autant plus utile que. Put the adjective after d’autant plus and introduce the reason with que.

  2. Question 2No account needed
    Choose the connector before il.Vérifions le message, ___il contient une nouvelle date.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    d’autant plus qu’. Que elides before il: d’autant plus qu’il.

  3. Question 3No account needed
    What does the final clause give?Je suis d’autant plus contente que tout le monde peut venir.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    A reason for being more pleased.. The fact that everybody can come reinforces the speaker’s pleasure.

  4. Question 4No account needed
    Keep the added reason in the indicative.Je suis d’autant plus contente qu’elle ___ disponible.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    est. The reason is presented as a fact, so use indicative est. This connector is not a subjunctive trigger.

  5. Question 5No account needed
    Complete the compact additional-reason frame.Je préfère attendre, ___ nous avons encore le temps.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    d’autant plus que. Here d’autant plus que adds a reason directly, with no adjective between plus and que.

  6. Question 6No account needed
    Choose the direction that makes this option less suitable.Cette solution très longue est d’autant ___ adaptée que nous manquons de temps.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    moins. Lack of time makes the lengthy solution less suitable: d’autant moins adaptée.

  7. Question 7No account needed
    Nora made an earlier promise. Choose the past form.Cette proposition est d’autant plus surprenante que Nora ___ de simplifier les démarches.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    avait promis. Avait promis places the promise before the present judgement of surprise.

  8. Question 8No account needed
    Which sentence means that increasing practice goes with increasing confidence?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Plus je pratique, plus je prends confiance.. Paired plus…plus links two changing degrees. The other sentences give reasons supporting confidence.

  9. Question 9No account needed
    Complete the future reason.La relecture est d’autant plus importante que le message ___ envoyé demain.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    sera. The reason concerns a future event, so indicative future sera fits the stated timeline.

  10. Question 10No account needed
    Choose the faithful translation.Cet avis est d’autant plus utile qu’il est détaillé.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    The opinion is all the more useful because it is detailed.. D’autant plus utile que strengthens the judgement of usefulness by giving the detail as a reason.

How do you use d’autant plus que in a sentence?

In Cet avis est d’autant plus utile qu’il est détaillé, the judgement is utile and the reason is il est détaillé. In Relisons le message, d’autant plus qu’il contient une nouvelle date, the reason supports the proposed action. Both structures help the reader see why you give extra weight to your point.

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