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Hunting through the comments, it appears there was a change mentioned 11 months ago, but Joseph's answer was not actually included and I wonder if the general grammar rule may have been deleted when the exception about Indicatif was added?

Celine's answer to John 3 years ago has some explanation of present tense vs. passé composé, but there is nothing like this in the actual lesson itself.

I stopped reading halfway through the many comments as it appears many other users have also previously felt the lesson did not have an adequate explanation...

What is the difference between m’appelle and s’appelle? When is it appropriate to use each version?

To me, this should be translated as “My exams took place last week,” while the test results show “My exams took place in the last week,” which sounds strange in English. I'm really confused! 

I chose “voir” and came up with an error.  I’m also doing Duolingo and that says voir is the correct word when visiting someone, hasn’t even mentioned the word “rendre”. Confused here….

"Navré, grommela-t-il au vieil homme minuscule qu'il avait manqué de faire tomber." 

Online translator says: "Sorry," he mumbled to the tiny old man whom he had nearly knocked over."

How is "manqué de" being used here?

usage of se passer seems pure examples of pronominal usage and not reflexivity. seems important given the strict pronominal vs. reflexive discussions found elsewhere in course. non ?

Bonjour, Ma saison préférée est l'hiver. Je viens d'Inde où il fait toujours chaud. L'hiver canadien est très beau avec son fond blanc. Je ne dérange pas le froid et je l'appricie même. Et la neige , c'est le meilleur moment. Je viens d'apprendre à patiner et j'ai passé mon hiver dernier dans la patinoire. 

Merci beaucoup pour cet exercise. Bonne journée et bonne soirée ( où que vous soyez!).

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9 Les petits enfants ________ fatigués par le voyage.

The little children were tired by the journey.(HINT: Conjugate ''être'' in the compound past (Passé Composé))

Hi I have to choose between 'en' and 'y' to complete the following - on _____ revient tourjours contents.     Is it 'en' because or 'revenir de' or 'y' because there is no 'de' here?