Unit 3 · 6 lessons
Pronouns, Negation and Agreement
The precision tools of Grade 12 French: double pronouns in every verb frame, lequel, auquel and duquel, dont and où at full strength, demonstrative and possessive pronouns, the complete set of negatives, and agreement with collective nouns, several adjectives and superlatives.
- 60 practice questions
- 51 flashcards
- 3 interactive lessons
Lessons
- 1Double Pronouns in Every PositionYou learned the double-pronoun order chart in Grade 10. This lesson takes the pair of pronouns through every verb frame you meet at Grade 12: compound tenses with agreement, negatives, modal verb + infinitive, pronominal verbs, faire + infinitive, inverted questions and both kinds of commands, plus the pairing French refuses (me + lui and its relatives).Interactive10 questions
- 2Lequel, auquel, duquelLequel at full strength: all twelve forms with à and de glued on, the long list of French verbs that take à even when English uses no to (participer à, assister à, s'abonner à, faire face à), qui or lequel for people, preposition + quoi when there is no noun (ce à quoi), and lequel as the question word which one.Interactive10 questions
- 3Dont, Duquel and OùDont at full strength: with verbs, adjectives and nouns built on de, as whose with the right word order, and as including in lists and news. Then the two places where dont stops working, compound prepositions like près de and au sujet de (duquel, de laquelle, de qui) and nouns that follow a preposition, and the où family: où for place and time, d'où for origin, par où for a route.Interactive10 questions
- 4Demonstrative and Possessive PronounsPronouns for comparing and pointing without repeating a noun: celui, celle, ceux, celles with -ci and -là (including the former and the latter), with de, and with qui, que, dont, où or lequel; the neutral ce, ceci, cela and ça; and possessive pronouns from le mien to les leurs, with their contractions (au mien, des nôtres), the circumflex that only the pronoun carries, and a few fixed expressions.10 questions
- 5Advanced NegationThe full set of French negatives (rien, personne, jamais, plus, aucun, nulle part, que, ni… ni, and guère for recognition), the two different positions they take in compound tenses, negative words as subjects (Personne n'est venu), negative infinitives (un film à ne pas manquer), what happens to un, du and des after a negation, and how ne disappears in casual speech.10 questions
- 6Tricky Agreement: Collective Nouns, Several Adjectives, ComparisonsThe agreement decisions that separate careful writing from almost-right: when a collective subject like la plupart des, une foule de or la majorité de takes a plural verb, how to place and agree several adjectives around one noun (une immense maison blanche), colour adjectives that never change, and full control of comparatives and superlatives, from la maison la moins chère du quartier to le plus souvent, meilleur, mieux and pire.10 questions