Quiz
French translation practice: choose the word that keeps the meaning
Translate eight short messages into French. Check hope, expectation, learning, teaching and reporting, with explanations for every answer.
- B1
- 8 questions
- Every answer explained
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In short
Choose the French verb for the action you mean, then check who does it and what follows it. “I hope” gives j’espère; “I expect” can give je m’attends à. A natural sentence keeps the original attitude as well as the main event.
Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learnRed watch out
| English idea | French pattern | Example |
|---|---|---|
| learn to do something | apprendre à + infinitif | J’apprends à expliquer mes idées. |
| teach someone to do something | apprendre à quelqu’un à + infinitif | Elle m’apprend à argumenter. |
| ask whether | demander si | Il demande si nous sommes prêts. |
| tell someone to do something | dire à quelqu’un de + infinitif | Elle me dit de commencer. |
In the questions below, choose the sentence that says the same thing as the English cue. A distractor may be correct French but describe a different action. Read the object and any pronoun before you decide: je lui explique means I explain to that person, while il m’explique makes that person the speaker.