Les Prépositions (sur/dans/avant/derrière)Bonjour Madame Cécile !
The lesson states that when talking about “time”- ‘avant’ and ‘après’ are used.
Now, if a sentence is ->
1.Mon chien court ______ le petit chat.
I think here, the answer should be “après” (after) because in English too, we say- The cops ran after the thief. But, why is the answer “derrière” ?
2. Regarde le bel oiseau perché ________ cet arbre !
Why is “sur” correct ? I had opted for “dans”. How can we judge the difference between “dans/sur l’arbre” ?
3. On admire les grands palmiers ________ l’île.
Again, here the answer is “sur” ? The other options- “dans/à” are not acceptable. What is the grammatical concept behind this?
Je vous remercierais du fond de mon cœur.
Bonne journée!
The first answer is “C'est mon époque”, but why use mon (instead of ma) when époque is female? Compare this with one of the other answers “C’est ma période...”.
Bonjour Madame Cécile !
The lesson states that when talking about “time”- ‘avant’ and ‘après’ are used.
Now, if a sentence is ->
1.Mon chien court ______ le petit chat.
I think here, the answer should be “après” (after) because in English too, we say- The cops ran after the thief. But, why is the answer “derrière” ?
2. Regarde le bel oiseau perché ________ cet arbre !
Why is “sur” correct ? I had opted for “dans”. How can we judge the difference between “dans/sur l’arbre” ?
3. On admire les grands palmiers ________ l’île.
Again, here the answer is “sur” ? The other options- “dans/à” are not acceptable. What is the grammatical concept behind this?
Je vous remercierais du fond de mon cœur.
Bonne journée!
I notice that all of the examples here have cues in them to indicate repetitive action. What if the sentence does not contain such cues? Should it be interpreted as continuous action or repetitive action?
e.g. Je faisais du sport.
Without any cues would that mean “I was playing sports” or “I used to play sports” or is it equally ambiguous?
Goodmorning, in the writing exercise "A favour between colleagues" the solution can be:
- "Qu'est-ce que je peux faire pour toi ?" or
- "Que puis-je faire pour toi ?"
Would it be incorrect to say "Qu'est-ce que puis-je faire pour toi ?". Thanks in advance.
The correct answer for the question: Il ________ repassé chez toi hier soir.
He passed by yours again yesterday evening.Is being given as "est". However there is no preposition before "chez toi". Is the "par" to be assumed ?
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