French language Q&A Forum

Is it a rule that être + adjective is always followed by the preposition de? Or can it be followed by à sometimes?

If I am trying to say Amongst all the sports, I like playing ______ the least or I don't like playing _____ the most, which one(s) of the following forms are correct? Is it a superlative with verbs or with nouns?

Je n'aime pas jouer au foot le plus.

J'aime jouer au foot le moins.

J'aime le moins jouer au foot.

Je n'aime pas le plus jouer au foot.

I'm at >97% on A0 and yet basically all of the questions are A0-related. Any ideas on how to move onto A1 material?

The examples of use of the passive voice use is, will be, would be, was and used to be.  Please provide an example of "had been".  Is it for example "La souris avait été par le chat"?  

In the last sentence, "Exactement Yvan ! Prenez votre temps et restez détendus !", the adjective détendus is plural; the previous comment was directed at Yvan.  I would expect the singular détendu if the comment is directed at Yvan.  Another interpretation is that the comment is directed at both Yvan and his friend or perhaps others in the group.   It is a bit ambiguous.   Do you agree?

He's going to call his parents.  ->  He's going to call them.

In these above examples, why are both the direct and indirect object pronouns placed in between the verbs instead of in front of both of them? 

Merci.