French language Q&A Forum

In the full passage answer text, 'je vais prendre un coca' is given. In the test, it suggests one uses Le Futur Proche, as here,  but then marked it as not the best answer and provided the best answer in the Future Tense ie 'Je prendrais'. Much confusion!

Why isn't feter a correct answer?

I thought plural countries were aux so should it be 'aux Pays De Galles' instead of 'au Pays De Galles' or does Pays De Galles count as singular since it means Wales.

Remember Head Shoulders Knees and Toes?

Jewels, shoulders,

Knees and toys (repeat)

Ca-a-bba-age 

Lice and owls

Jewels shoulders

Knees and toys!!

You’ll never be able to unhear this! (You’re welcome.)

The use of 'many' is unidiomatic and characteristic of language lessons, rather than of spoken English. As this is a French lesson, not an English one, you may not regard this as critical. However, 'I have read many books' and 'He sent me many flowers' sound uncomfortably like translations from French or sentences spoken in fiction by a stereotypical francophone character. I would suggest that a native speaker would be more likely to say e.g. 'I have read a lot of books' or 'He sent me lots of flowers'. Yes, these are less direct translations of the French wording, but too much language tuition across all media has been and continues to be based on unidiomatic explanations and translations, not to mention the deployment of idiomatic expressions which no one has used for half a century.