GRADE 8 french – Active Listening Quiz
1. Which French sentence correctly says "It is 3:15"?
Use plural "heures" with numbers above one and "et quart" (a quarter past). "Il est trois heure" is missing the plural s; "et demi" is wrong gender for hours; "trois heures quinze" is understandable but less idiomatic for '3:15' compared with 'et quart'.
2. Which is the correct way to say "I have been studying French for two years" (present with since/for)?
Use present tense with 'depuis' to express an action that began in the past and continues now: 'J'étudie... depuis deux ans.' The other choices use wrong tenses or incorrect phrases for 'for/since'.
3. How do you say "in one hour" (meaning one hour from now) in French?
'Dans' + time expresses a point in the future (one hour from now). 'En une heure' means 'within an hour' (duration), 'à une heure' indicates a clock time, and 'pour une heure' is incorrect here.
4. Which is the correct French for "last night"?
'Hier soir' is the standard expression for 'last night'. The other forms are not grammatical or are awkward in French.
5. Choose the correct sentence meaning "I slept for eight hours".
'Pendant' expresses a completed duration (for eight hours). 'Depuis' indicates a starting point, 'pour' is not used that way in French, and present tense 'Je dors' is wrong for a past completed action.
6. Which sentence correctly says "I am going to leave at 6 pm" (future proche)?
Future proche uses 'aller' + infinitive: 'Je vais partir'. Use 'à' for clock time and 'six heures du soir' to specify 6 pm. Other choices have incorrect structure or grammar.
7. How do you say "It's quarter to seven" in French?
French expresses quarter to a hour as 'X heures moins le quart'. 'Il est six heures cinquante' is 6:50 (ten to seven), and 'sept heures et quart' means 7:15 (quarter past seven).
8. Which sentence correctly means "She has been living here since 2018"?
Use the present tense with 'depuis' to indicate an action started in the past and continues: 'Elle habite ici depuis 2018.' The past tenses are incorrect for an action that still continues.
9. Which question correctly asks "At what time do you arrive?" in French (formal inversion)?
With inversion, place the verb after the question phrase: 'À quelle heure arrives-tu ?' 'Quel heure' is wrong (should be 'quelle'), and the other forms are either colloquial word order or awkward.
10. Which is the correct French for "three days ago"?
'Il y a' + time expresses 'ago' (three days ago). 'Depuis' is 'since/for' continuing to now, 'dans' is future, and 'pour' is not used for 'ago'.
11. Which is the best translation for "We will meet tomorrow morning"?
'Nous nous verrons' is a natural future for 'we will see each other / meet'. While 'Nous nous rencontrerons' is grammatically possible, it's less commonly used for arranged meetings among known people; the chosen answer is the most natural. (Either could be accepted in context, but 'nous nous verrons' is preferred.)
12. Which choice correctly means "every day" in French?
'Tous les jours' is the correct expression: 'tous' (masculine plural) + 'les' + plural noun. 'Toutes les jours' is wrong gender; 'chaque jours' is incorrect because 'chaque' takes singular noun.
13. Which sentence correctly says "I finished my homework an hour ago"?
'Il y a' expresses 'ago' for a finished action. 'Depuis' would mean 'for' (continuing), 'en une heure' means it took one hour to finish, not 'an hour ago'.
14. Which is the correct preposition to say "in July"?
Use 'en' for months: 'en juillet'. 'À' is used for clock times or places, 'dans' would indicate 'inside' or starting in the month (less common), and 'au' is not used with months.
15. How do you say "I have been waiting since noon" in correct French?
Present tense with 'depuis' expresses an action that began at a point in the past and continues: 'J'attends depuis midi.' Other options use wrong tense or incorrect forms.
16. Which sentence correctly states "The class lasts 45 minutes"?
Use 'durer' with duration directly: 'Le cours dure quarante-cinq minutes.' 'Duré' is past participle and wrong here; 'pour' and 'pendant' are not needed with 'durer'.
17. How do you correctly say "We arrived at midnight"?
With the verb 'arriver', use the auxiliary 'être' in past tense: 'Nous sommes arrivés'. Include 'à minuit' for midnight. The other forms misuse the auxiliary, article, or tense.
18. Which question correctly asks "What are you doing now?" in French (common spoken form)?
The common spoken question form is 'Qu'est-ce que tu fais maintenant ?' The other forms are ungrammatical or omit the subject.
19. Which sentence correctly uses 'bientôt' to mean "soon": "I will finish soon"?
'Bientôt' is placed after the verb in future tense: 'Je finirai bientôt.' 'Je finis bientôt' is present and could mean near future but less precise; 'Je finirai tôt' means 'I will finish early' not 'soon'.
20. Which is the correct French for "every Saturday"?
'Chaque' is followed by a singular noun: 'Chaque samedi.' The plurals with 'chaque' are incorrect; 'Tous les samedis' would also be correct, but among these options 'Chaque samedi' is the correct form.
21. Which is the correct way to say "It is noon"?
Use 'Il est midi' for noon. Do not add 'heures' after 'midi', nor use 'au' or 'zéro'.
22. Which sentence correctly uses 'depuis que' with a clause: "I have been happier since I moved to Nairobi"?
'Depuis que' introduces a clause (subject + verb) meaning 'since' with an action: 'depuis que j'ai déménagé...'. The other options omit words or use incorrect structures.
23. Which is the grammatically correct way to say "After eating, he left" using an infinitive clause?
Use 'Après avoir' + past participle to express 'After having [done something]': 'Après avoir mangé, il est parti.' The other forms are ungrammatical or use wrong tense.
24. How do you correctly ask "For how long did you study?" in French?
'Pendant combien de temps' is the correct question phrase to ask about duration. The other options scramble the order or use incorrect prepositions.
25. Which sentence correctly uses 'en' to mean the duration needed: "I will learn French in three months" (meaning it will take three months)?
'En' expresses the time needed to complete an action (in three months). 'Dans trois mois' means 'starting in three months' (future starting point), not duration.