French language Q&A Forum

Why is this in the past tense? I thought it was ongoing and background information, and so used imparfait (which was incorrect).  Thanks in advance.

Why is so much of this in the subjunctive? I understand why 'il faut que' in the first sentence is followed by the subjunctive. But why is it used in the sentence starting 'nous recherchons'?

Why was qui est-ce qui not correct? Qui was the correct answer. I thought the two were interchangeable and both correct?

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Would you be so kind as to explain what "fait une tete de plus que Marie" and "a gagne haut la main" mean.  I tried to look them up but to no avail.  I think I understand them in context, but would like a bit better understanding.  Thank you!!  I did try to click on the phrases in question but nothing appeared; it would be helpful if, once the test were completed, that mechanism worked on the dictees as well.  Is that possible to fix???

Cuisinions vs cuisions ? Thought cuisions was subjunctive 

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I just saw in an exercice- Il a pris la voiture de son ami.

The answer with the pronoms- il lui a pris la voiture. 

Here the preposition is 'de', not 'à'.

How to understand this?

Could "rosâtre" be used to translate "pinkish" in the phrase "une douce teinte rosée"?

"marcher a l'ecole" translates to "walks/is walking to school" so why was this marked wrong?