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title: English words that came from French — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · French
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 36 «English words that came from French» 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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# English words that came from French

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The 16 questions of lesson 36 «English words that came from French» of the French course of Mova's primary school with their options, 93 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/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/t1/) — Your mate goes, "French and English have nothing in common, bruv." What do you say? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/t2/) — Liam from Dublin goes, "Sure the cow stayed English and the dinner went French?" Is he right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/t3/) — Ava from Ohio texts "walla!" after finishing her art. What should she write? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/t4/) — ★ Charlie from Leeds says, "Mayday is about May Day, the spring holiday, like." What's true? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/t5/) — Mia from Melbourne sees RSVP on a party invite and goes, "What even is that, heaps confusing." What should she do? — right ✓ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/t6/) — ★ Ben from Boston shouts "Encore!" at a concert in Paris. What would French people more often shout? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/t7/) — Isla from Edinburgh writes "J'ai de bons souvenirs de Paris." Her pal thinks it means she bought fridge magnets. What does it mean? — right ✓ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/t8/) — ★★★ A French bus driver, a taxi driver and a posh limousine driver - which of them can be called chauffeur in French? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/t9/) — Kai from Auckland says, "Chur, so all ballet words are French? Plié, pirouette..." Why? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/t10/) — Harry from Kent says "GARR-idge" and his US cousin says "guh-RAHZH". Who's right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/t11/) — What would happen if you said "déjà vu" in English with a hard English j, "day-ja voo"? — right ✓ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/t12/) — ★★★ Beef, pork and mutton come from bœuf, porc and mouton. Veal comes from French veau. Which English animal word did the farmers keep for it? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/e1/) — Identify the historical event which occasioned the entry of a great number of French words into English. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/e2/) — Ascertain the French expression from which the distress call "Mayday" is derived. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/e3/) — State in full the French expression abbreviated as RSVP. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/e4/) — Determine the meaning of "chauffeur" in contemporary French. — wrong ✗ · exam

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