Verb drill
French self-corrections: keep the final day, number or meaning
Practise French repairs with pardon, non, plutôt and je veux dire. Keep the final detail while preserving the rest of the message in an eight-item drill.
- B1
- 8 answers
- Checked all at once
- Accents count
- Learn this in the B1 notebook →
In short
When a French speaker corrects a detail, replace that detail and keep the rest. On part mardi… pardon, mercredi, à huit heures leaves you with Wednesday at eight. Je veux dire can also make a description more precise.
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| Full turn | Detail to retain | Still valid |
|---|---|---|
| On part mardi… pardon, mercredi, à huit heures. | mercredi | Departure at eight |
| Il faut vingt… non, trente exemplaires. | trente | Copies are needed |
| Il habite à Lyon, enfin, dans la région lyonnaise. | dans la région lyonnaise | A location in the broader Lyon area |
| J’aime le café, mais pas le café froid. | le café froid | Preference for coffee in general |
A correction has a target. In trente exemplaires, keep the quantity thirty rather than adding twenty and thirty. In the Lyon example, the speaker broadens the location from the city to its region. A brief c’est bien ça ? checks the final detail before you pass it on. In J’aime le café, mais pas le café froid, mais pas limits a preference; the speaker keeps liking coffee.
Keep the object when the quantity changes
Find:
Read the whole turn, then type the final detail
1 · Keep the day, quantity or description the speaker settles on
- J’arrive lundi… pardon, mardi, à dix heures. → Jour : . (final day)
- La réunion est à neuf heures… non, dix heures, jeudi. → Heure : . (final time)
- Préparez dix… non, douze enveloppes. → Quantité : enveloppes. (final quantity)
- On imprime cinquante… pardon, quinze brochures. → Quantité : brochures. (final quantity)
- Je vous envoie les dossiers ce soir… enfin, demain matin. → Moment : . (final time phrase)
- Elle est responsable du projet, je veux dire de la communication du projet. → Domaine : du projet. (final responsibility)
- On se voit mercredi à huit heures, plutôt à huit heures et demie. → Heure : . (final time)
- C’est obligatoire… non, conseillé. → Statut : . (final adjective)