French Grammar in Context

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f J’ai un frère et une sœur. n Avez-vous vu quelqu’un?
g Avez-vous vu quelque chose?

3 Rewrite the following sentences, adding the French equivalent of the English words given in
brackets at the end.
a J’ai lu ce livre. (never)
b Nous nous sommes amusés. (not at all)
c Il y a des étudiants dans la salle. (no longer any)
d Il me reste vingt euros. (only)
e Elle prend du café. (hardly any)
f Je l’ai trouvé. (nowhere)
g Il y a un arbre dans le jardin. (not a single one)
h Nous avons étudié des pièces de théâtre et des romans. (neither... nor)


4 Translate the following sentences into French.


a You will never find another one like him.
b He doesn’t live at home any more.
c My car is not reliable – neither is yours!
d Not one of you understood what it was about.
e I have nothing to say.
f I have looked everywhere for that key and I can’t find it anywhere.
g It is hardly the moment to bring this up.
h No-one is blameless in this affair.
i I’ll never be scared of spiders again.
j There is only one banana left.

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