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French present-tense quiz: ten subject and verb checks

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Test French present endings, être, avoir, aller and faire, then tackle modals and reflexive verbs in ten questions with clear explanations.

Ten checks

Choose the form that matches the subject: vous parlez, elle part, ils vont. With a modal, conjugate the modal and keep the next verb in the infinitive: nous pouvons venir. These ten questions cover forms, subjects and sentence building.

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Choose one answer for each question, then check it to see the reason. The verb named in the instruction is the one to use. Read the whole subject before looking at the ending: a plural object such as deux billets leaves the subject Léa singular.

How do you choose the right present-tense form?

Léa travaille. Ses amis travaillent.Léa works. Her friends work.

Focus: who performs the action

Nous vous parlons.
We are speaking to you.

vous êtes / vous faitesyou are / you do

Focus: the verb’s own irregular form

Vous êtes prêts et vous faites attention.
You are ready and you are paying attention.

je veux apprendreI want to learn

Focus: a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive

Nous pouvons venir.
We can come.

  1. Question 1No account needed
    Complete parler with vous.Vous ___ français.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    parlez. Vous takes -ez: vous parlez. Parlons belongs with nous; parler is the infinitive.

  2. Question 2No account needed
    Complete finir with nous.Nous ___ à midi.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    finissons. Finir adds -iss- in the plural: nous finissons. Finissent belongs with ils or elles.

  3. Question 3No account needed
    Complete partir with elle.Elle ___ demain.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    part. The third-person singular is part. Pars belongs with je or tu.

  4. Question 4No account needed
    Use être. You are speaking politely to one person.Vous ___ ici pour le cours ?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    êtes. Polite singular vous takes the grammatical vous form, êtes, just like plural vous.

  5. Question 5No account needed
    Complete avoir.Léa ___ deux billets.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    a. Léa is the singular subject, so use a. The plural object deux billets leaves that ending unchanged.

  6. Question 6No account needed
    Complete aller.Mes amis ___ au travail.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    vont. Mes amis corresponds to ils, so the correct irregular form is vont.

  7. Question 7No account needed
    Complete faire with vous.Vous ___ une pause ?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    faites. Vous faites is the irregular form. Font belongs with ils or elles.

  8. Question 8No account needed
    Complete prendre with elles.Elles ___ une décision.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    prennent. Prennent has a double n and no d. Prenons is the nous form.

  9. Question 9No account needed
    Build “We can check”.Nous pouvons ___.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    vérifier. Pouvons is already conjugated. It takes the infinitive vérifier directly.

  10. Question 10No account needed
    Keep the meaning “You get ready” with vous.Je me prépare. → ___

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Vous vous préparez.. Both parts change with the subject: vous vous préparez. Vous me préparez means you prepare me.

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