Verb drill

Vérifier or corriger? Practise checking and correcting in French

Choose vérifier or corriger and complete present-tense sentences. Compare checking a detail, fixing an error and a teacher marking exercises.

In short

Vérifier means to check: vérifier une adresse. Corriger means to correct: corriger une faute. You can check something and leave it as it is. A teacher can also corriger des copies: mark students’ papers.

Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learn

Two friends review a card at a table with a pencil.
They vérifient the invitation before making a correction. Illustration: Atelier
Study first: action and spelling
VerbPatternPresent forms to notice
vérifiervérifier une information / vérifier que…je vérifie · nous vérifions · ils vérifient
corrigercorriger une faute / corriger un texteje corrige · nous corrigeons · ils corrigent

Keep -eons in nous corrigeons: the extra e preserves the soft sound of g. Vérifier has -ions with nous: nous vérifions. The drill asks for present-tense forms. Choose the verb from the action, then match its ending to the subject.

Une invitation à relire
  1. Zoé

    Tu peux vérifier l’adresse et la date ?

    Can you check the address and the date?

  2. Amir

    L’adresse est bonne, mais il y a une erreur dans la date.

    The address is correct, but there is an error in the date.

  3. Zoé

    D’accord. Je corrige la date et je garde l’adresse.

    All right. I’ll correct the date and keep the address.

What is the difference between vérifier and corriger?

1 · Check the detail or fix the error

  1. Avant de partager l’article, je sa source. (vérifier: check the source)
  2. Tu la faute dans mon nom. (corriger: fix the error)
  3. Nous que les deux adresses sont identiques. (vérifier: check that they match)
  4. Nous les erreurs dans le titre. (corriger: fix the errors)
  5. Vous le total avant de payer. (vérifier: check the total)
  6. La professeure les exercices de la classe. (corriger: mark the exercises)
  7. Les journalistes la date avant de publier. (vérifier: check the date)
  8. Les élèves leurs réponses après avoir lu les remarques. (corriger: correct their answers)

Three nouns you will see beside the verbs

une vérificationa check

Focus: the act of checking

La vérification de l’adresse prend une minute.
Checking the address takes a minute.

une correctiona correction

Focus: a change that fixes a problem, or the marking process

J’ai fait une correction dans le titre.
I made a correction to the title.

un corrigéan answer key or model solution

Focus: the answers used to review an exercise

Le corrigé est à la fin du livre.
The answer key is at the end of the book.

Relire means to reread. You can reread a text to check its spelling, then correct a mistake you find. Vérifier que introduces what you want to confirm: that the dates match, the address is right or the figures add up. Corriger names the correction or marking work.

Question 1No account needed
You check an address and it is already right. Which sentence describes your action?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

J’ai vérifié l’adresse.. Vérifier describes the check, including a check that leads to no change.

Question 2No account needed
Which noun names an answer key?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

un corrigé. Un corrigé gives answers or a model solution for reviewing an exercise.