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Pronunciation, Definite Article (L1)
Pronunciation, Subject Pronouns, The Present Tense of Regular -ER Verbs (L2)
Pronunciation, The Verbs ÊTRE and AVOIR, the Plural of Nouns, Adjective Agreement (L3)
My Family, Basic Negative Structures, Cardinal Numbers 1-100 (L4)

Pronunciation, Asking Questions, Indefinite Article (L5)
Word List - Lessons 1-5
Take a Test (1)
Play Games
At the Bakery, Polite Forms of the Verb VOULOIR, the Verb ACHETER (L6)
At the Bakery - Vocabulary, The Present Tense of -RE Verbs, Indirect Object Pronouns (L7)
Irregular Verbs - DEVOIR, Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises(L8)
At the Market (Dialogue), Using the Partitive Article (L9)
At the Market - Vocabulary, Using Partitive Article - Exercises (L10)
Preposition De in Negative Structures - Exercises (L11)
Using Pronoun EN, Exercises (L12)
Word List - Lessons 6-12
Virtual French Dialogues - At the Market
Flash Cards
Using the pronoun EN, Exercises (L12)
Going on Vacation (L13)
Going on Vacation - Vocabulary (L13)
Going on Vacation - Vocabulary Exercises (L14)
The Immediate Future and the Passé Composé (L14)
Asking for Directions - Dialogue (L15)
Asking for Directions -Vocabulary and Exercises (L15)
Directions - Interactive Games
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Using Pronoun EN, Exercises

1. As we already mentioned before, the pronoun EN is used to replace the partitive article plus a noun. In this case en often means some or any. En always precedes the verb.

Tu prends du sucre? - Do you take sugar?

Non, je n' en prends pas. - No, I don't take any.

Avez-vous besoin de pain? - Do you need some bread?

Oui, j' en ai besoin. - Yes, I need some.

If en replaces nouns used with expressions of quantity or numbers, en is translated depending on the context and does not have a fixed English equivalent.

As-tu des frères? - Do you have brothers?

Oui, j' en ai deux. - Yes, I have two (brothers).

Achètes-tu des asperges? - Are you buying any asparagus?

Oui, j' en achète une botte. - Yes, I am buying a bunch.

Exercises

r 1. In this exercise you will practice using the pronoun en instead of partitive article. It is commonly used to avoid repetition of a word or phrase.

Modèle: vous/prendre du sucre ==> Est-ce que vous prenez du sucre? - Oui, j'en prends.
  1. tu/acheter des fruits
  2. elle/avoir des frères
  3. vous/manger du pain multicéréal
  4. tu/vouloir du lait
  5. vous/avoir des pommes de terre
  6. tu/prendre du sucre

  
r 1. In this exercise you will practice using the pronoun en instead of de + noun construction with verbs that require an object preceded by preposition de.

Modèle: vous/ne pas avoir besoin de sel==> Avez-vous besoin de sel? - Non, je n'en ai pas besoin..
  1. tu/avoir besoin de monnaie
  2. vous/manquer de sucre
  3. il/ne pas avoir besoin d'aide
  4. tu/manquer de lait
  5. vous/avoir besoin de fruits

Exercise Vocabulary

monnaie (N, f) - change; coins
manquer de (V, I) - to lack, to be short of
aide (N, f) - help
fruit (N, m) - fruit
  

 

 

 








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