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This translation caught my attention as number doesn't agree:

Le duc et la duchesse accueilleront la Reine comme il se doit.The Duke and Duchess will greet the Queen as one should.

Why would this not be "comme on se doit" ? for "as one should"

In the writing exercise "Recalling a Snowy Evening" you gave the sentence.  

"The next day, we ended up building the biggest snowman in the village" and gave a tip to use the plus-que-parfait.

I used the verb "se retrouver" for "end up" which I had learned in another writing exercise: 

Le lendemain, nous nous étions retrouvés à construire le plus grand bonhomme de neige du village.

The correct response was: Le lendemain, on avait fini par construire le plus grand bonhomme de neige du village. 

I thought "on avait fini par" meant "we had finished by" and "On s'était retrouvé" meant "We had ended up by"

Can you please clarify why the use of se retrouver was wrong?

Or if it was right, could you add it to the exercise as an alternative response?

Je vous remercie d'avance de votre réponse!

Est-ce qu'il est faux d'ajouter un autre gâteau dans la phrase? Je sais que ce n'est pas necessaire. 

Ce gâteau est le meilleur gâteau que j'aie jamais mangé. 

I was marked wrong for this one and I'm wondering if it's really wrong or just not the most direct way to say the sentence? 

Not a great lesson. This lesson is to Conjugate acquérir and other irregular -QUÉRIR verbs but it does not tell us how to pronounce acquérir or any of the other -QUÉRIR verbs (in their infinitive) form, which of course would be widely used.

As usual with so many lessons, much screen space is wasted with the bold ‘Learn how to conjugate blah blah…@ when blah blah is spelt out 5 CMs above. That’s pointless. As are the coloured lines, which should be used to show which elements of text relate to which other elements of text , i.e. which explanation pertains to which example but instead they are as good as random.

This lesson does at least give us the English translation of the verb in question which some do not.

So…. May I please suggest that you have the following as standards for setting out these ‘Quick lessons’.

  1Don’t ever waste screen space (and us leaner’s time) with the bold ‘learn how to… Portion. When it has already been said above.

2.       2Always give the English translation of the word in question.... and any other examples

3.       3When teaching the specifics of any word please give us the pronunciation of that word.

4.       4When listing other verbs as examples of those, which conjugate the same etc., please give those pronunciations.

I hope you take this criticism in the positive way it is meant. I like KWIZIQ and would recommend it but your quick lessons do sometimes fail to hit the mark.

I had exactly the same problems with the  pronunciations mentioned. Even at the very beginning I could swear she said, 'je rendais visite à' (I was visiting) However it was all good fun imagining what she was trying to say and I cetainly got the gist of it all.

Given the English sentence to translate, can I say:

...il m'a révélé ce qui lui était arrivé en France

What's the difference between Il s'habille and ils s'habillent when it comes to pronunciation? They sound identical

 In the lesson, the example is " Il viendra de peur que tu ne sois vexée." and the translation is "He's coming for fear that you'd be offended." It is says: YOU'D or you WOULD be offended

So the quiz is I didn't want to listen for fear that you'd lying.  so why isn't it "Je ne voulais pas écouter de peur que tu ne SOIS menti" just like "tu ne SOIS vexée"?

But you say the correct answer is "Je ne voulais pas écouter de peur que tu ne mentes."  

thank you.

Hello,

I need to make my TEF french test in 8 months and I am looking to reach B2 in reading, writing, speaking and listening. I am currently at A0 (I am much better than A0 but I would like to start there). How should I go about studying from A0 to B2 to reach my goal? What should I start with (grammar? listening?), how should i go about studying every day that mixes everything in? Is the vocabulary on the website good enough for a high B2 for my exam?

In the first example, the tu form of the verb changes in the imperative, ie, the 's' is dropped. Why?