Grade 10 french – Reading for Comprehension Quiz
1. In the sentence « Quand j'étais jeune, je jouais au football. », what is the tense of « jouais » ?
« Jouais » is the imparfait (used for habitual or ongoing actions in the past). It describes repeated activity when the speaker was young.
2. Why does the past participle take an extra -e in « Elle est allée au marché. » ?
When the auxiliary is être, the past participle agrees with the subject: « elle » is feminine singular, so 'allé' becomes 'allée'.
3. In « Je vais au Kenya. J'y vais demain. », what does the pronoun « y » replace?
« Y » replaces a place introduced by à (au, à la, aux) and means 'there' — here it stands for 'au Kenya'.
4. In « Il a trois pommes. Il en donne une. », what does the pronoun « en » refer to?
« En » replaces a noun introduced by a quantity or de; here it refers to 'trois pommes' (some of them).
5. Which French sentence correctly means « I never eat meat » ?
The standard negation for 'never' is ne...jamais and after verbs of quantity or negation the partitive becomes de: 'de viande'.
6. Which sentence expresses a near future action (futur proche) in French?
The construction aller + infinitive (je vais étudier) is the futur proche expressing an action that will happen soon.
7. Which conjunction introduces a purpose clause and requires the subjunctive: « Elle travaille ... ses frères puissent étudier. »
« Pour que » introduces purpose and is followed by the subjunctive (« puissent »). « Parce que » gives a reason and uses the indicative.
8. Choose the correct relative pronoun for: « La fille ____ parle est ma sœur. »
« Qui » is the subject relative pronoun (the subject of 'parle'). 'La fille qui parle' = the girl who speaks.
9. Replace the object in « Je donne le livre à Marie. » with pronouns; which is correct?
Direct object 'le livre' becomes 'le' and indirect object 'à Marie' becomes 'lui': order is le (direct) before lui (indirect): 'Je le lui donne.'
10. Why is the adjective plural form used in « Les voitures sont rouges » ?
Adjectives agree with the noun they modify; 'voitures' is feminine plural, so 'rouge' becomes 'rouges' (plural).
11. Complete using the subjunctive after « Il faut que tu ... (aller) au bureau. » Which is correct?
After 'Il faut que' you use the subjunctive: the correct form for 'tu' of aller is 'ailles'.
12. Which is the correct passé composé for 'manger' with subject 'nous'?
Passé composé of 'manger' uses auxiliary avoir: 'nous avons' + past participle 'mangé'.
13. What does « depuis » express in « J'habite à Nairobi depuis 2010. » ?
« Depuis » indicates duration from a point in the past up to now: living in Nairobi since 2010 and still living there.
14. In « Je voudrais du riz. », what does the partitive article « du » indicate?
The partitive 'du' expresses an unspecified portion/amount of an uncountable noun: 'some rice'.
15. Which statement about adjective placement is correct for French (e.g., « un grand garçon »)?
Many common short adjectives (BAGS: Beauty, Age, Goodness, Size) commonly precede the noun, e.g., 'un grand garçon'.
16. Why is the past participle written 'écrites' in « Les lettres que j'ai écrites » ?
With avoir, the past participle agrees with a preceding direct object; 'les lettres' (feminine plural) makes 'écrit' → 'écrites'.
17. What does the negation « ne...que » mean in « Je n'ai que deux livres. » ?
« Ne...que » restricts or limits and means 'only': 'I only have two books.'
18. Which sentence correctly uses 'c'est' to identify someone: choose the best French sentence.
Use 'C'est' + article + noun to identify someone: 'C'est un professeur intelligent.' ('Il est' is used without an article for professions: 'Il est professeur').
19. Which expression means 'something' in French: « J'ai ... à te dire. »
« Quelque chose » means 'something'. 'Quelque' modifies a noun and 'quelques' is plural 'some'. 'Rien' means 'nothing'.
20. In the conditional sentence « Si j'avais de l'argent, j'achèterais une moto. », what is the mood of 'achèterais' ?
'Achèterais' is the conditional present, used in 'si' clauses with imparfait in the if-clause to express a hypothetical result.
21. In spoken French, what does the pronoun « on » commonly mean in « On va au cinéma ce soir. » ?
In everyday spoken French, 'on' often replaces 'nous' and means 'we'. It can also mean 'one' or 'people' more generally.
22. What is the grammatical function of « sans » in « Il est parti sans dire au revoir. » ?
« Sans » + infinitive means 'without doing' something. Here it means he left without saying goodbye.
23. Which is the correct feminine plural form of 'quel' to use in « ____ voitures sont rapides ? »
For feminine plural nouns use 'quelles'. 'Quelles voitures' = 'Which/what cars' (feminine plural agreement).
24. What does the expression « Je suis en train de lire. » indicate?
« Être en train de » + infinitive expresses an action that is happening right now (ongoing).
25. What does « Il vient de partir. » mean in English?
The construction 'venir de' + infinitive expresses a very recent past: 'He has just left.'