Chapitre 9 : Grammaire | LFRE 201 - Second-Year French II (GT-AH4), Quizzes of French Language

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TERM 1

L'infinitif pass (Formation)

DEFINITION 1 Formed using the infinitive avoir or tre + the past participle of the main verbIf negated, both elements of negation precede tre or avoir.When the past participle follows tre, it ALWAYS agrees in number and gender with the subject of the sentence.When the past participle follows avoir, it changes in number and gender only to agree w/ a DIRECT OBJECT that precedes avoir. TERM 2

Le faire causatif (Formation)

DEFINITION 2

Conjugated form of faire + infinitive = ________

TERM 3

L'infinitif pass (Usage)

DEFINITION 3 The ___ indicates a past action that was completed before the action of the conjugated verb. The ___ follows the preposition aprs to indicate 2 successive actions performed by the same subject. The reflexive pronoun of the past infinitive agrees with the subject of the sentence. EX: Aprs m'tre repose la campagne pendant une semaine, je suis rentre en ville. TERM 4

Le participe prsent et le

grondif

DEFINITION 4

These are verb forms ending in -ing in English and -ant in

French.They are used to modify a noun or to indicate actions

that are simultaneous with, or are the cause of, the action of

the conjugated verb.

TERM 5

Present participle (Formation)

DEFINITION 5

It is formed by adding the ending -ant to the first person

plural stem (nous) of the present indicative.

TERM 6

Present participle (Irregulars - Formation)

DEFINITION 6

avoir -> ayant tre -> tantsavoir -> sachant

TERM 7

Gerund (Formation)

DEFINITION 7

This consists of the present participle preceded by en. The

reflexive pronoun will change to agree with the subject of the

__.

TERM 8

Le plus-que-parfait (Usage)

DEFINITION 8 Used when there is a need to situate a past action further back in time than another past action. Expresses had done or had been in English. The rules for using the ____ are similar in English and French. to express an action in the main clause that was completed before another past action described on the sentence when narrating the past - actions that were completed before the main event(s) When used after si seulement, it expresses a wish or regret about a past situation TERM 9

Le plus-que-parfait (Formation)

DEFINITION 9

It is made up of the imparfait of the auxiliary avoir or tre

followed by the past participle of the main verb.The rules for

agreement of thepast participle and the placement of

adverbs are the same as for the passe compose.