French language Q&A Forum

I have a few questions relating to the B2 writing exercise "What Monster Would You Be" (which was great, BTW!):

without any memory of what I had done the night before.

Kwizbot's answer:

sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'aurais fait la nuit d'avant.

Your answer:

sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'avais fait la nuit d'avant

Question #1: Why is it the conditional perfect here and not the past perfect?  The English says I had.  Isn't that past perfect?  

before reverting to normal the next morning,

Kwizbot's answer:

avant de redevenir normal le matin suivant,

Your answer:

avant que je ne redevienne normal le matin suivant,

Question #2: Why is my response here incorrect?  Why do I need to use avant + infinitive instead of avant que + subjunctive? Is there a subtle difference in meaning?

I would know many magic spells

Kwizbot's answer:

Je connaitrais de nombreux sorts

Your answer:

Je connaîtrais beaucoup de sorts

Question#3: Why can't you use "beaucoup de" here?  Is there a subtle difference in meaning between beacoup and nombreux?  For example, does beaucoup mean "a lot" and nombreux "many"?

Merci d'avance de votre aide!  

PS - I LOVE the writing challenges and find them the most helpful part of your app!  I would LOVE it if the NEXT button were right under the self-rating system so I wouldn't have to scroll down over the grammar lessons links to get to it.  

Can we say 'partout dans le monde' instead of 'le monde entier' to signify all over the world?

Quand j'étais enfant, je (apprendre) à nager.   

According to me, we should use passe compose here, since the action of learning was completed in the past. 

Please confirm?

J’ai appris à nager

Can I say en plus de ça to say "on top of that"? 

Thanks

How i can improve my listening at fast pace, guide me what to do,apart from these listening exercise, if i will do the listening on radio i dont undrstand the content without the transcript .The moment i read i can understand. what is your advise for listening improvement, to increase pace, as it very slow pace to learn listening with this listening one by one exercises.

1.  ainsi que quatre paires de skis et les bâtons qui vont avec

2. Voilà la carte d'un ami à moi qui est moniteur de ski. 

La première phrase se termine par une préposition. Je m'attendais à un pronom tonique après "avec" comme "eux". Pourriez-vous m'expliquer cette construction-là ?

Peut-on toujours utiliser la forme de la phrase pour exprimer la possession plutôt que les pronoms possessifs ? Par exemple, à moi --> le mien.

Merci