Homophones grammaticaux – Free Exercise

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Exercises

Choose the correct option.

  1. La Provence une très belle région de France.3rd person singular of the verb être → est
    Check: in this context, we could use était instead of est
    Provence is a very beautiful region of France.
  2. Florence demande pourquoi le train a du retard.the verb se demander is reflexive; se is the 3rd person singular reflexive pronounFlorence is wondering why the train is late.
  3. Mes cousins envie d’aller à la plage.3rd person plural of the verb avoir → ont
    Check: in this context, we could use avaient instead of ont
    My cousins want to go to the beach.
  4. Tu vas Paris ce week-end ?preposition to → à
    Check: à cannot be replaced by avait
    Are you going to Paris this weekend?
  5. Georges qui a eu l’idée d’organiser cette exposition.ce + 3rd person singular of être = c’estIt was Georges' idea to organise this exhibition.
  6. Les chats aiment se promener les toits.preposition on (au dessus de) → sur
    Check: even though it would have the opposite meaning, grammatically we could replace sur with sous
    The cats like walking on the rooftops.
  7. Monique ne fait pas confiance à sens de l’orientation.possessive determiner → son
    Check: we could use mon or ton here instead of son
    Monique doesn’t trust her sense of direction.
  8. Préférez-vous un thé un café ?offering a choice between two options: ou
    Check: we could use ou bien here instead
    Do you prefer tea or coffee?
  9. Je ai donné rendez-vous à 16h devant la piscine.indirect object pronoun (them) without an -s → leur
    Check: the sentence would still make sense if we used lui instead of leur
    I told them to meet me at four o’clock in front of the pool.
  10. Faites attention, montagnes sont très belles mais elles peuvent être dangereuses.plural demonstrative determiner → ces (= these)Be careful, these mountains are beautiful but they can be dangerous.
  11. J’étudierai l’archéologie, en disent mes parents.fixed expression
    Check: we could replace quoi'que with peu importe ce que (peu importe ce que disent mes parents)
    I’m going to study archeology, whatever my parents say.