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French oral examination question: Pourquoi est-ce que vous avez choisi d'étudier le français?

To address this question, you should state why you have decided to study French.

Quels sont vos motivations, par exemple? La culture? La langue? Le pays? Est-ce que vous avez déjà visité la France...

Answered by Hannah C. • French tutor

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Question on tenses, continued in further depth for A level

When reading literary texts, you may also come across a tense called le passe simple. Like the perfect tense, the past historic refers to an action of any duration completed in the past (as opposed to the...

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Traduisez en français les phrases suivantes: It is the responsibility of all countries to help animals threatened with extinction. It is important that we do all we can to preserve their habitats before it is too late.

It is the responsibility of all countries to help animals threatened with extinction.

= C’est la responsabilité de tous les pays d’aider les animaux menacés d’extinction

It is important that...

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When should I use imparfait and passé composé?

Passé composé (AVOIR ou ETRE + participe passé) is used for ponctuel actions in the past which have been ended. Ce matin, j’ai mangé une tartine de pain. On the other hand, imparfait is ...

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What is the difference between the perfect tense and the imperfect tense?

Both tenses are used to describe something that happened in the past. In every day conversation, the perfect tense is almost always used e.g. j'ai joué, j'ai trouvé.... When writing, the perfect tense is ...

Answered by Antoinette C. • French tutor

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