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Basic French Grammar Topics

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  1. Course Content

    French Greetings
    3 Topics
  2. Subject Pronouns
    3 Topics
  3. The Verb "to be"
    4 Topics
  4. The Verb "to have"
    3 Topics
  5. Negative Sentences
    3 Topics
  6. The Definite Article
    3 Topics
  7. The Indefinite Article
    3 Topics
  8. Zero Article
    3 Topics
  9. Partitive Articles
    3 Topics
  10. Adjectives
    4 Topics
  11. The Order of Adjectives
    3 Topics
  12. -ER Verbs (present)
    3 Topics
  13. Possessive Adjectives
    3 Topics
  14. Interrogatives
    4 Topics
  15. -IR Verbs (present tense)
    3 Topics
  16. -RE Verbs (present tense)
    3 Topics
  17. Possession
    3 Topics
  18. The Verb "to make" "to do"
    3 Topics
  19. Weather Expressions
    4 Topics
  20. Numbers 1-100
    4 Topics
  21. The Date
    3 Topics
  22. Telling Time
    3 Topics
  23. The Expression "there is" "there are"
    3 Topics
  24. The Verb "to go"
    2 Topics
  25. The Near Future
    3 Topics
  26. The Expression "it is necessary"
    3 Topics
  27. Demonstrative Adjectives
    3 Topics
  28. Possessive Pronouns
    3 Topics
  29. The Verb "to put"
    3 Topics
Lesson 22, Topic 3
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Writing Exercise-French Telling Time

Stephen Sovenyhazy March 18, 2024
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Directions: Write out each statement to express the time of day in France

  1. It is 4:00 PM in the afternoon.
  2. It is midnight.
  3. It is 7:45 AM.

Directions: Choose which of the following temporal prepositions best fits each sentence.

  1. ____ hiver, je prends des photos de la neige.
  2. Le train arrive à la gare _____ 5 minutes.
  3. J’ai un rendez-vous _____ 9h et quart.

Translation and Answers:

  1. Il est seize heures (16h) de l’après-midi.
  2. Il est minuit.
  3. Il est huit heures (8h) moins le quart.
  4. En / In the winter, I take pictures of the snow.
  5. dans / The train is arriving at the train station in 5 minutes.
  6. à / I have a meeting at 8:45 AM.