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title: Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★ — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · French
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 38 «Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★» 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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# Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★

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The 16 questions of lesson 38 «Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school with their options, 99 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/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t1/) — ★★★ Harry from Leeds goes, "Fromage is soft and creamy, so it's a girl word, like." Use the ending to put him right. — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t2/) — ★★★ Ruby from Belfast says, "Sure they all end in -age, it's le plage." Her teacher smiles. Why? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t3/) — ★★★ Josh from Sydney reads "Mon frère travaille à la poste. Ma sœur a un nouveau poste." He goes, "Yeah nah, same word twice?" What is the true meaning? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t4/) — ★★★ Amira from Leicester says, "The l' is hiding it, innit." In L'arbre est grand. L'école est grande. L'hôtel est petit., how many words are feminine? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t5/) — ★★★ Theo from Bristol says "la été" because "-té words are girls, proper job". Fix it. — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t6/) — ★★★ Isla from Inverness writes "une directeure" for a woman head teacher. Which example should she copy? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t7/) — ★★★ Leo from Wellington goes, "Chur, Mexique ends in e, so en Mexique." What's the catch? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t8/) — ★★★ Olivia from Ohio says doudou must be "la" because "it's soft and cute, no cap". Which clues prove her wrong? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t9/) — ★★★ Charlie from Kent says, "The sun's the boy, then. Easy." Why might a German speaker get it wrong? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t10/) — ★★★ Hannah from Edinburgh reads "Je suis fatigué mais content !" (no extra e's) on a note. Who wrote it, her brother or her sister? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t11/) — ★★★ Ava from Ohio reads "Mon amie Sacha est sportive" and says, "Sacha's a boy's name, so the sentence is wrong." What's true? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t12/) — ★★★ What would happen if you said "le tour Eiffel" to a Parisian? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/e1/) — Ascertain the gender of the noun "chaussette" on the basis of its terminal syllable. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/e2/) — Identify the noun ending in -té which constitutes an exception to the general feminine gender of such nouns. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/e3/) — Select the feminine form corresponding to the masculine noun "directeur". — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/e4/) — In the statement "Mon doudou ? Il est sous le lit.", determine the gender of the noun doudou. — wrong ✗ · exam

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