Subjunctive Quiz

WHAT is the subjunctive?

• A mood in French that can happen in any tense

• A tense in French

• A torture device in French

• An advanced yoga move

What does DUDE stand for?

• Double Up Double Entendre

• Doubt Urgency Desire Emotion

• I have no clue

• Doubting You'll Understand Ever

What are the "three magic words" that hint you will need to use the subjunctive?

• O.M.G.

• je dois aller

• s'il te plait

• il faut que

Which of the choices here require the subjunctive?

• il faut que....

• all of these require the subjunctive

• je doubte que...

• il est evident que.....

How do you form the subjunctive? You begin with the __________ form and remove the ___________.

• nous/ons

• stem/ending

• ils/ent

• tu/es

• You guess and hope for the best.

What are the correct endings for the present subjunctive?

• e/es/e/ons/ez/ent

• e/es/e/ions/iez/ent

• s/s/ / ons/ez/ent

• heaven help me......

• ai/as/a/ons/ez/ent

Choose the correct form of the verb.

Il faut que tu _____________ tes devoirs.

• faire

• fais

• fasses

• faisais

Chose the correct form of the verb.

Pour que tu m'____________ encore. (Sing it if it helps)

• aimes

• aimons

• aimez

• aimer

Chose the correct form of the subjunctive: Il est essentiel que vous ______________________ le subjunctif.

• appreniez

• apprenez

• apprendre

• apprenez

Which is true about the subjunctive in French?

• Is can be tricky, but is sort of fun to form and makes you sound really sort of sophisticated.

• It has past, present, future and conditional forms.

• There are a whole bunch of irregular forms.

• ALL of these are true statements.

• You can avoid it most of the time by using "je dois" instead of il faut que.

  But that would be lame.