Verb drill
A French writing revision log you can use again
Turn one corrected French sentence into a useful log entry: meaning, checked version, reason and a fresh prompt. Try six short retrieval drills.
- A2
- 6 answers
- Checked all at once
- Accents count
- Learn this in the A2 notebook →
In short
Save four things: what you meant, the checked French, why it changed and a fresh prompt. That last prompt gives you something to write when you return to the entry.
Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learn
| Field | Your note |
|---|---|
| Meaning | Say my age: twenty. |
| Draft — error | Je suis vingt ans. |
| Checked revision | J’ai vingt ans. |
| Reason | French uses avoir for age. |
| Try later | Say that your brother is thirty. |
Keep the draft clearly labelled as an error. When you revisit the entry, cover both the draft and the checked version. Read the meaning cue, write the French, then compare. A different age or subject makes you choose the form again.
How do you keep a French writing revision log?
| Meaning | Checked French | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Say my age | J’ai vingt ans. | Age uses avoir. |
| Say what I enjoy | J’aime lire. | After aimer, the next verb is an infinitive. |
| Say I am unavailable | Je ne suis pas libre. | In this simple tense, ne… pas surrounds suis. |
A good reason is short enough to use. “Infinitive after aimer” helps you choose between lire and lis. “My sentence was bad” gives you no action. Keep the intention beside the correction so that you remember whether you were declining, asking or describing.
1 · Use the logged pattern with a new subject or verb
- Mon frère trente ans. (avoir · present)
- Nous vingt-cinq ans. (avoir · present)
- Ma sœur aime . (écrire · infinitive)
- J’aime . (dessiner · infinitive)
- Tu n’ pas libre ce soir. (être · present)
- Nous ne pas disponibles demain. (être · present)
Label a change accurately
| Kind of change | What to record |
|---|---|
| Grammar error | The meaning cue, corrected form and a rule you can apply. |
| Missing detail | The information the reader needed, such as which day you mean. |
| Style choice | Why you preferred one valid wording in this message. |
For example, changing Salut ! to Bonjour Madame Martin, changes the greeting to suit a recipient. Label it “greeting for this email”. Keep context with a style choice; another conversation may need a different greeting.