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Verb drills

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Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
Non pas… mais: practise correcting one detail in French
Correct a number, a time, a purpose or an intention with non pas… mais. Study parallel examples, then complete eight focused French corrections.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillA2
Passé composé adverb position: déjà, bien and beaucoup
Practise common adverbs between the auxiliary and participle, then compare time phrases, calmement and negative meanings in ten sentence gaps.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
Sauf à, à moins de, sous réserve de: French restriction drill
Rewrite nine conditions with sauf à, à moins de and sous réserve de. Distinguish an exception, a necessary way out and a pending reservation.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
Quelqu’un de, quelque chose de, rien de: French adjective drill
Describe an unnamed person or thing with de plus an adjective. Practise quelqu’un de gentil, quelque chose d’utile and rien de spécial in 14 rewrites.
Grammar & usageVerb drillA2
French service-request drill: demander à quelqu’un de
Turn blunt service instructions into indirect requests with demander à quelqu’un de. Keep who is asking, who must act and what they are asked to do.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
French double-pronoun drill: me le, le lui, les y and lui en
Put two French object pronouns in order with twelve sentence gaps. Practise recipients, places and quantities, then keep both pronouns with their verb.
Grammar & usageVerb drillC1
French nominalisation drill: rapidement becomes rapide
Change adverbs into agreeing adjectives in French noun phrases. Practise rapide, progressive, massif and vive, and preserve the meaning of the original.
Grammar & usageVerb drillA1
French pronoun drill: replace repeated names with il or elle
Stop repeating names: Marie habite à Lyon. Elle travaille… Choose il, elle, ils or elles for people and things, with typed answers and checking.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
Sans que + subjunctive: say who did not take part
Practise sans que with a named subject and the subjunctive. Compare sans partir, sans que tu partes and a completed action with ait reçu.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB1
Avant que + subjunctive: eight forms to practise
Use avant que with its own subject and a subjunctive verb. Study soit, ait, vienne and puisse, then complete eight sentences and check the timeline.
Grammar & usageVerb drillB2
Causative faire pronoun drill: je la fais réparer, je le lui fais lire
Replace objects and people in faire + infinitive sentences. Practise la, les, lui and leur, pronoun order, compound tenses and invariable fait.