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title: Être: to be — how Mova does on the tests · French
description: Lesson 28 of the french course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Être: to be

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**Tests:** 2 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 4 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 28 of the french course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/28-etre-to-be/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/).

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### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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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?

- **1.** nous sont, vous êtes, ils sommes — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** nous sommes, vous êtes, ils sont — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** nous êtes, vous sommes, ils sont — no support
- **4.** nous sommes, vous es, ils sont — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 28, line 11: «Ils sont means "they are"; the s of ils is silent before a consonant, so ils sont sounds like "eel SON".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «ils sont» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t1/)

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### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Your cousin writes "Tu est mon ami." She goes, "It sounds the same, so who cares, innit?" What's the fix?

- **1.** Nothing, est is fine with tu — no support
- **2.** Tu ai, like j'ai — no support
- **3.** Tu es, with no t — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Tu et, with no s — **← Mova's choice** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 28, line 3: «Watch the sneaky pair tu es and il est: they sound exactly the same, "ay", but tu takes es and il or elle takes est with a t.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «tu» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t2/)

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### Test 3 · right ✓ {#t3}

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Gran in Bristol goes, "That wee hat's everywhere, my lover - why's it on êtes?" What's a true answer?

- **1.** It remembers an old s that was dropped — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It shows the word is said very loudly — no support
- **3.** It's just there to look pretty — no support
- **4.** It means the word is a question — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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A cartoon girl from Cardiff says "Je suis Galloise." Her teacher marks one thing. What?

- **1.** The e: it should be gallois — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nothing, it's all correct — no support
- **3.** The capital G: it's galloise — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The word suis: it should be ai — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t4/)

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### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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What would happen if you told a French waiter "Je suis faim"?

- **1.** He'd understand, but French says j'ai faim — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** He'd think you were very full — no support
- **3.** He'd bring you the bill straight away — no support
- **4.** He'd think you said your name was Faim — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 19, line 6: «To call a waiter politely say Excusez-moi, monsieur ! or S'il vous plaît ! with a small raised hand; shouting garçon (boy) is old-fashioned and rude today.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Leo from Brisbane asks, "So is it je suis neuf ans, mate?" What do you tell him?

- **1.** It's je suis neuf, no ans — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It's je es neuf ans — no support
- **3.** Age uses avoir: j'ai neuf ans — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yes, je suis neuf ans is right — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t6/)

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### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7}

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Your mate writes "Sest super" about a film. Fix it.

- **1.** C'est super — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Cest super — no support
- **3.** Ces super — no support
- **4.** S'est super — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t7/)

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### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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★★★ Lucy's two sisters are both happy. Which sentence about them is right?

- **1.** Elles sont contents — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Elles sont contentes — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Ils sont contents — no support
- **4.** Elles est contentes — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Your US penpal goes, "Ugh, on est? Like, 'on' the table? That's so mid." (mid = not great) What does on mean?

- **1.** On top of something — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Only one person — no support
- **3.** You, in a polite way — no support
- **4.** We, in everyday talk — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t9/)

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### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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★★★ How many of these are right? je suis, tu est, il est, nous sommes, vous êtes, ils sont

- **1.** Three — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Five — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Six — no support
- **4.** Four — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t10/)

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### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Max from Newcastle says, "Howay, c'est is a mash-up!" Of what?

- **1.** c (see) and est (east) — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** ces (these) and t — no support
- **3.** ce (it) and est (is) — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** se (self) and est (is) — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the form of the verb être which corresponds to the pronoun "nous".

- **1.** êtes — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** sommes — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** suis — no support
- **4.** sont — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Select the sentence which correctly expresses, in respect of a female Scottish speaker, her nationality.

- **1.** Je suis écossaise — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** J'ai écossaise — no support
- **3.** Je suis Écossaise — score 8
- **4.** Je suis écossais — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 28, line 8: «Nationalities after être take a small letter and add e for a girl: je suis écossais, je suis écossaise; anglais, anglaise; gallois, galloise.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sui» (+3); the same thing acted on «écossaise» (+3); the same doer «je» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Determine the verb employed in French for the expression of hunger.

- **1.** être, as in je suis faim — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** aller, as in je vais faim — no support
- **3.** avoir, as in j'ai faim — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** faire, as in je fais faim — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Ascertain the meaning of the statement "Je suis neuf".

- **1.** I am new — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** I am nine years of age — no support
- **3.** I possess nine items — no support
- **4.** I am hungry — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/e4/)

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