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How do I sit an oral exam?

I am very sympathetic because oral exams are my least favourite part of my subject, even at degree level, and honestly the best thing to do is practise! Try talking to yourself in your head in French, try to...
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Answered by Sally T. • French tutor
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When should I use the imperfect tense, and when the perfect tense?

The imperfect is used for: - description in the past (eg the door was red - la porte était rouge) - things that you used to do many times in the past (eg I used to go swimming - je nageais ) - interrupted ac...
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Answered by Sally W. • French tutor
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How can I make the difference between the 'passé simple' and the 'imparfait'

The 'passé simple' is a tense for a past, finished action whereas, the 'imparfait' is used to describe an action in the past, longer and maybe unfinished. Passé simple is a precise moment whereas Imparfait i...
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Answered by Florence B. • French tutor
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What is the difference between direct and indirect object pronouns?

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun, often to avoid repetition. If we are replacing the object of a sentence with a pronoun, we will be using either the direct object pronoun (DOP) or indirec...
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Answered by Nic B. • French tutor
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How do you construct the past tense in French?

Unlike in the English past tense, the French have two auxiliary 'helping' verbs - avoir and être, these become before the past participle, e.g. descendu. For example, j'ai mangé, and je suis allé. So as you ...
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Answered by Joseph D. • French tutor
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