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John B.C1KwizIQ community member

Test scoresI've been trying to reach a "confidence" level of 90% at C1 level. I got to 89.9%, took 2 further C1 tests and got 100% on each, but my level slipped back to 89.6%. How's that?

Asked 10 years ago

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William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Adverbs to start a sentence

Can you start à sentence in French with an adverb?

Anxieusement, j'ai demandé: “Je ne comprends pas, qu'est-ce que vous avez fait? Est-ce légal ?

Sérieusement, il y a dix-huit temps de verbe différents en français !

Asked 8 years ago

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John W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

.....in case it's sunnyThe answer given is '....au cas où il fesait beau'. Couldn't you say as an alternative '....au cas où il y aurait du soleil'?

Asked 8 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why are we using sur la place instead of dans la place.... actually I get very confused sometimes regarding the usage of sur, dans and en .pls explai

Asked 6 years ago

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Park J.A0KwizIQ community member

Difference between 'se promène" and "marche" ?

-"Une fille se promène avec des filles"

-"Une fille marche avec des filles"

Is there a difference?

Asked 6 years ago

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Josian S.C1KwizIQ community member

female doctor

Est-ce que la docteure acceptable comme la forme feminine pour le docteur

Asked 2 years ago

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Scott N.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

celui-ci, celui-là, etc.

Hi,

I have seen celui-ci, celui-là, celle-ci, etc. used in text and I believe I have even seen them covered in a French class. I've looked, but can't seem to find any lesson that covers them on this site. Would you be able to explain when and how they are used as compared to simply celui, celle, etc as covered in this lesson?

thanks, Scott

Asked 7 years ago

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John L.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Il ________ descendu le drapeauI ran into this prompt on the quiz "Il ________ descendu le drapeau, car la reine avait quitté le palais." The correct answer is "il a descendu." Why is it "a" and not "avait"? I feel this is more of an English question than a french question. We have "la reine avait quitté." So shouldn't it be "il AVAIT descendu"? When should we use avait and avait for both clauses?

Asked 9 years ago

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Estefanía C.C1KwizIQ community member

"je lui ai montré"? porquoi pas "je lui ai montrée"?

Asked 7 years ago

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