--- title: Silent letters: why French doesn't say everything it writes — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · French description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 1 «Silent letters: why French doesn't say everything it writes» of the French course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / Silent letters: why French doesn't say… # Silent letters: why French doesn't say everything it writes The 16 questions of lesson 1 «Silent letters: why French doesn't say everything it writes» of the French course of Mova's primary school with their options, 98 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t1/) — Jade whispers, "it's French, they don't say the s, you plonker." ("Plonker" means a silly person.) Is Jade right about Paris? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t2/) — Oliver goes, "why's she spelling careful with capitals, our kid?" ("Our kid" means my brother.) What is CaReFuL for? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t3/) — Your mate reckons, "Every last letter in French is silent, so neuf is 'neu' and bonjour is 'bonjou'." What is wrong? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t4/) — Grace in Texas goes, "y'all, where's the t at in et?" What's the answer? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t5/) — Noah's sister laughs, "Mum, he's doing a dragon voice!" when he says "HO-tel". What would a French person say? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t6/) — A cartoon says the French word homme (man) like "hom" with a big breath. How should it really sound? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t7/) — Jake goes, "bruv, that's not even a language" when Mohammed reads "vows par-lez ang-lays". ("Bruv" means mate.) What did Mohammed get wrong? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t8/) — Emily is cross: "Where's the z in les amis? There isn't one!" What would happen if the teacher kept the s silent? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t9/) — Jayden says, "why's ils parlent not got the -ent bit, that's proper sus." ("Sus" means odd.) Which rule explains it? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t10/) — Isla's gran orders "a wee croy-SANT, ken." ("Ken" means you know.) What should she say? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t11/) — Ava in Auckland thinks deux sounds like "dukes" with no k, "sweet as". Which mistake is she still making? — wrong ✗ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t12/) — ★★★ Using the end-letter rules, which list has a sound at the end of EVERY word? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the treatment of final consonants in French? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/e2/) — Identify the pronunciation of the conjunction et, rendered in English as "and". — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the initial letter h in the word hôtel. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/e4/) — It is given that the article les precedes the noun amis. Determine the pronunciation of the phrase thus formed. — right ✓ · exam - next →: [2. Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/) - ↑ back to [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/)