French Grammar

“Dès que” means “as soon as” and is used to express that one future action will happen after another has been completed.
The main verb “corrigera” is in the futur simple, which tells us the letter will be corrected in the future.
But before she can correct it, the letter must be written. So the writing happens first.
To express an action that will be completed before another future action, French uses the futur antérieur (future perfect).
“Tu” + futur antérieur of “écrire” = auras écrit.
So the complete sentence is: Dès que tu auras écrit la lettre, Mme Dupont la corrigera.

The adverb “autrefois” means “in the past” or “formerly,” referring to a habitual or descriptive past action.
In French, when talking about past conditions or repeated states in the past, we use the imparfait.
“Être” in the imparfait for “cette ville” (3rd person singular) is était.
So the complete sentence is: Autrefois, cette ville était polluée mais maintenant ce n’est pas le cas.

In French, when “après” is followed by a verb in the past, we use the infinitif passé (past infinitive).
This construction is: avoir/être + past participle, depending on the verb.
The verb “venir” takes “être” in compound tenses like passé composé.
So the past infinitive of “venir” is être venu.
Thus, the full sentence is: Après être venu de la soirée, il s’est allongé sur le canapé.

The expression “Il est nécessaire que” indicates a need, obligation, or emotion — which always triggers the use of the subjonctif présent in French.
We must conjugate the verb “faire” in the present subjunctive for the subject “vous.”
The present subjunctive of “faire” for “vous” is fassiez.
So the completed sentence is: Il est nécessaire que vous fassiez le ménage.
This means: “It is necessary that you do the cleaning.”

The phrase “Aussitôt que” means “as soon as,” and it introduces a past action that happened immediately before another past action.
The second clause “je leur ai dit” is in the passé composé tense.
Therefore, the action of knowing the truth must have happened before I said it — requiring an earlier past tense.
In literary and formal French, when two consecutive past actions are mentioned, the earlier one often uses passé simple.
The passé simple of “savoir” (to know) for the first person singular “je” is sus.
So the completed sentence is: Aussitôt que je sus la vérité, je leur ai dit.

“Bâtiment” is masculine singular.
The first blank must be filled with an interrogative adjective because “bâtiment” is a noun that follows immediately.
Quel is the correct masculine singular adjective.
Quel bâtiment dessines-tu ? (Which building are you drawing?)
In the second part, “lequel” is used because the noun is not repeated — we’re referring back to “bâtiment.”
Lequel dessine Pierre ? (Which one is Pierre drawing?)
Final sentence: Quel bâtiment dessines-tu et lequel dessine Pierre ?

“Leçon” is a feminine singular noun.
In the first blank, we need an interrogative adjective because “leçon” is a noun and is directly following.
So the correct form of “quel” is quelle (feminine singular).
Quelle leçon a-t-elle comprise ? (Which lesson did she understand?)
In the second blank, we are not repeating the noun — instead, we are referring back to “leçon” in a pronominal form.
Thus, we use laquelle, which is the feminine singular form of “lequel.”
Laquelle lui paraît difficile ? (Which one seems difficult to her?)
Final sentence: Quelle leçon a-t-elle comprise et laquelle lui paraît difficile ?

In the first blank, we need an interrogative adjective because it is followed directly by a noun (“programme”).
Quel (which/what) is the appropriate form that agrees in gender and number with “programme” (masculine singular).
So: Quel programme a du contenu intéressant ? (Which program has interesting content?)
In the second blank, there is no noun following — only the verb “est.” This signals that we need a pronoun, not an adjective.
“Lequel” is an interrogative pronoun that replaces a previously mentioned noun and agrees in gender and number.
Here, it replaces “programme” again.
So: Lequel est banal ? (Which one is boring?)
Final sentence: Quel programme a du contenu intéressant et lequel est banal ?

The sentence expresses opposition to a proposal, and the correct French preposition for expressing being against something is “contre”.
In French, “être contre quelque chose” means “to be against something.”
Examples:
— Je suis contre cette décision. (I am against that decision.)
— Ils sont contre l’idée de changer le programme. (They are against the idea of changing the program.)
The opposite of “contre” is “pour” (for).
So if someone supports the proposal, they’d say: “Je suis pour la proposition.”
Therefore, in this case, the person strongly disagrees — so the correct sentence is: Vous êtes absolument contre la proposition.

The preposition “depuis” is used to indicate an action that started in the past and continues into the present.
It’s equivalent to “since” or “for” in English.
In this sentence, “1989” is a point in time — so “depuis 1989” means “since 1989.”
Let’s examine a few examples:
— Elle habite ici depuis 2010. (She has been living here since 2010.)
— Je travaille dans cette entreprise depuis deux ans. (I’ve been working at this company for two years.)
Grammatical rule:
Use “depuis” + present tense (not past tense!) to describe ongoing actions that began in the past.
This is different from “pendant” (used for completed time spans) or “il y a” (used for events that are over).
Therefore, the correct sentence is: Nicolas habite en France depuis1989.

“La lettre” is a feminine singular direct object → use “la.”
“Au proviseur” is an indirect object referring to a person → use “lui.”
The correct pronoun order is: la lui.
In passé composé, the past participle “envoyé” agrees with the direct object “la” when placed before the verb.
So we add an extra “e” to get: envoyée.
Full sentence: David la lui a envoy´ee.

“La rue” is a feminine singular direct object.
In the imperative form, object pronouns are placed after the verb with a hyphen.
So “traverse” + “la” becomes “traverse-la.”
The rest of the sentence remains unchanged.
So the final sentence is: Traverse-la prudemment ! Il y a trop de circulation !