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title: Être: to be — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · French
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 28 «Être: to be» 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.
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# Être: to be

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The 15 questions of lesson 28 «Être: to be» of the French course of Mova's primary school with their options, 87 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/28-etre-to-be/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t1/) — Jacob's mate in Liverpool goes, "Je suis, tu es, il est - sounds like a footy chant, la." Which line keeps the chant going right? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t2/) — Your cousin writes "Tu est mon ami." She goes, "It sounds the same, so who cares, innit?" What's the fix? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t3/) — Gran in Bristol goes, "That wee hat's everywhere, my lover - why's it on êtes?" What's a true answer? — right ✓
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t4/) — A cartoon girl from Cardiff says "Je suis Galloise." Her teacher marks one thing. What? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t5/) — What would happen if you told a French waiter "Je suis faim"? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t6/) — Leo from Brisbane asks, "So is it je suis neuf ans, mate?" What do you tell him? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t7/) — Your mate writes "Sest super" about a film. Fix it. — right ✓
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t8/) — ★★★ Lucy's two sisters are both happy. Which sentence about them is right? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t9/) — Your US penpal goes, "Ugh, on est? Like, 'on' the table? That's so mid." (mid = not great) What does on mean? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t10/) — ★★★ How many of these are right? je suis, tu est, il est, nous sommes, vous êtes, ils sont — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t11/) — Max from Newcastle says, "Howay, c'est is a mash-up!" Of what? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/e1/) — Identify the form of the verb être which corresponds to the pronoun "nous". — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/e2/) — Select the sentence which correctly expresses, in respect of a female Scottish speaker, her nationality. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/e3/) — Determine the verb employed in French for the expression of hunger. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/e4/) — Ascertain the meaning of the statement "Je suis neuf". — right ✓ · exam

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