Faire de l'excercice

Hillary H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Faire de l'excercice

The answer to the following question was question was fasses.

Il faut que ________ l'exercice.You must do the exercise.HINT: ¨tu¨ form
I answered "tu fasses de," and it was incorrect.Why is "faire de l'excecice" incorrect?

This question relates to:French lesson "Il faut que + the subjunctive mood (Le Subjonctif) in French"

Asked 4 years ago

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Hillary,

It depends what they were asking of you, I suspect it was the exercise as normally it would be,

faire de l'exercice physique

Il faut que tu fasses l'exercice = You have to do the exercise

hope this helps!

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Faire de l'exercise -- To do (some unspecified) exercise / to exercise (in a general way).
Faire l'exercise -- to do the (a specific) exercise.

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Hillary H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Merci, Chris!

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