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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Exercise skipping forward

I know that this is not a question related to grammar or vocabulary, but I don't see where else to address the problem since there is no link to report an issue.

While doing this exercise it skipped forward before I could give myself a grade. Because of this, my score was five points lower. Not a big deal, but a little discouraging, since I would have given myself a close to perfect score. Just wondering why this happens sometimes?

Asked 3 years ago

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Carolize J.C1Kwiziq community member

Comment on vocabulary in this text

"Contre-la-montre" - what a great word!

Asked 2 years ago

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Mark P.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

No indication of new lessons on Kwiz again box

An observation

When I leave the dashboard to do a Kwiz, I then get the option to do another Kwiz.. (Test recommended again) and continuing without going back to the dashboard and often find that there are new questions coming up on subjects that I have not studied.. then when I go back to the dashboard, I discover that there are a whole load of new lessons.

Any chance of indicating next to the Kwiz again box that there are new lessons on the dashboard?

Asked 4 years ago

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Jim L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

My usual bugbear: Imparfait v. Passé composé!

Scratching my head as usual on this subject. This time concerning "et j'ai joué de moins en moins". Since I was doing this (playing) less and less, surely that means I was continuing to do it in the past, if I'd only done it once as a completed action, I ipso facto couldn't have been doing it "less and less"! - hence, I thought, "Je jouais de moins en moins". Why is it Passé composé? (Will I EVER get my head round this particular issue: it's always the thing that trips me up!)

Asked 3 years ago

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J. R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is the past perfect used, rather than the passé composé? Bonjour! These writing exercises are absolutely fantastic resources that I'm enjoying very much. A little question, however: I'm also going to raise (or re-raise) Meryl's question about why the French past perfect is used, rather than the passé composé, to translate what looks like the past simple in English. I've never knowingly come across this usage before, but I've seen it now in a couple of these writing exercises and wonder if I have overlooked something. Perhaps it's a matter of perspective -- perhaps this is an extract from a longer passage where the writer has just been writing about the past, and then for these first few lines, goes back further into the past? (Though strictly speaking, you'd mirror that with "had rented" and "had travelled" in English.) The last line of the text does actually use the passé composé. Many thanks!

A few years back, when I still lived in Brittany, my cousin Sarah and I rented a camper [US: RV] and for two weeks, we travelled up and down the west coast of France. ... During that trip, we also learned how to change a tire...
Il y a quelques années, quand je vivais encore en Bretagne, ma cousine Sarah et moi avions loué un camping-car et pendant deux semaines, nous avions voyagé partout sur la côte atlantique française. .... Pendant ce voyage, nous avons aussi appris à changer une roue...

Asked 2 years ago

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Richard D.C1Kwiziq community member

aura ete AND auraient ete English translations

In the lesson above, the translation is given as "will have been" and "would have been" respectively. How do I distinguish between them in choosing the right translation? Thank you

Asked 1 year ago

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bb C.C1Kwiziq community member

Why we have the tu and vous in the same sentence?The 5th example in this lesson, "Tu nous appelleras quand vous aurez pris vos billets."

Why we mix the "tu" and "vous" in one sentence?

Asked 2 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Position of adjectived

Bonjour,

Would it be correct to say

Une belle robe

A pretty dress

Un bel Enfant

A beautiful child

Merci

Nicole

Asked 3 years ago

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nancy ackermann C.A0Kwiziq community member

I want to understand when to use y and when to use en. the explanations are not clear to me.

Asked 3 years ago

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Luis S.A2Kwiziq community member

What is the best way to write this: "the 1st of May" ?

For the above question, I am marked wrong for putting "le 1 mai", with the correct answer being "le 1er mai".

The lesson text implies to me that either are correct. It states that French dates require cardinal not ordinal numbers and includes "un (1)" in the list of examples of cardinal numbers. The "le premier (1er)" is then listed as an exception that "we do use". It is not clear from this whether "1er" must or may be used.

Could this please be clarified?

Asked 2 years ago

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