French 1 Quiz: Irregular Verbs Etre Avoir Aller Faire
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A student needs to complete the sentence: «   -vous fatigués après le match ? » using the correct form of être in an interrogative sentence. Which answer correctly fills the blank?

Allez
Avez
Êtes
Faites
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French 1 Quiz: Irregular Verbs Etre Avoir Aller Faire

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Question 1

A student needs to complete the sentence: «   -vous fatigués après le match ? » using the correct form of être in an interrogative sentence. Which answer correctly fills the blank?

  1. Allez
  2. Avez
  3. Êtes (correct answer)
  4. Faites
Explanation: When forming a yes/no question in French using inversion, you need to flip the subject pronoun and the conjugated verb, placing the verb first. The sentence structure here is [verb]-vous + rest of sentence, so your job is to identify which verb fits the meaning and conjugates correctly for vous. The sentence translates to "Are you tired after the match?" — which uses the verb être (to be), since "fatigué" is an adjective linked to the subject through a state of being. The correct vous form of être is êtes, making C — Êtes-vous fatigués — the right answer. The sentence asks about a state (being tired), not an action, so être is the appropriate verb entirely. Now, let's look at why the other choices fail. A) Allez is the vous form of aller (to go) — it describes movement, not a state, and makes no logical sense here: "Go you tired after the match?" is meaningless. B) Avez is the vous form of avoir (to have) — a very common verb, but "Have you tired after the match?" doesn't express the intended meaning either; avoir is used for possession or as an auxiliary, not for describing states with adjectives like fatigué. D) Faites is the vous form of faire (to do/make) — again, a high-frequency verb, but completely unrelated to expressing a state of being. A handy tip: whenever you see an adjective describing the subject's condition (tired, happy, sick, etc.), think être first. French adjectives linked to subjects almost always use être, not avoir or aller.

Question 2

A student wants to say 'You all are going to the market' in French, addressing a group of friends. Which sentence is correct?

  1. Vous allez au marché. (correct answer)
  2. Vous aller au marché.
  3. Vous vont au marché.
  4. Vous vas au marché.
Explanation: When conjugating French verbs, you need to match the verb form to the subject pronoun — this is called subject-verb agreement. "Aller" (to go) is one of the most common irregular verbs in French, so its conjugation doesn't follow standard patterns and must be memorized. For the subject "vous" (you all / you formal), the correct form of "aller" is allez. So "Vous allez au marché" correctly means "You all are going to the market" — making A the correct answer. Note that "au" is the contracted form of "à + le," used before masculine nouns like "marché." Here's why the other options fail: B uses the infinitive "aller" instead of a conjugated form — in French, you can't use an infinitive directly after a subject pronoun the way English speakers sometimes try. C uses "vont," which is the third-person plural form (ils/elles vont — "they go"). Pairing it with "vous" is a mismatch, like saying "you all goes" in English. D uses "vas," which belongs to the second-person singular "tu" form (tu vas — "you go" informally to one person). Using it with "vous" confuses singular and plural conjugations. A helpful memory trick: learn the full present-tense conjugation of "aller" as a set — vais, vas, va, allons, allez, vont — paired with je, tu, il, nous, vous, ils. Irregular verbs like "aller" appear constantly on French exams, so mastering this one conjugation table will serve you across many questions.

Question 3

Which of the following sentences uses the verb 'faire' correctly in present tense?

  1. Nous faites du sport le weekend.
  2. Je fais la vaisselle ce soir. (correct answer)
  3. Tu fait ses devoirs maintenant.
  4. Ils faisont du vélo ensemble.
Explanation: When conjugating faire (to do/make) in the present tense, you need to memorize its forms carefully — faire is highly irregular, meaning it doesn't follow standard -re verb patterns. The full conjugation is: je fais, tu fais, il/elle fait, nous faisons, vous faites, ils/elles font. B) "Je fais la vaisselle ce soir" is the correct answer. The first-person singular form of faire is fais, and the sentence structure ("I am doing the dishes tonight") is grammatically sound. Looking at the distractors, A) "Nous faites du sport" confuses the nous and vous forms. The vous form is faites, but nous requires faisons — a very common mix-up since both sound somewhat similar to learners. C) "Tu fait ses devoirs" makes two errors: tu takes fais (not fait, which belongs to il/elle), and the possessive ses should be tes since the subject is tu. D) "Ils faisont du vélo" invents a completely fictional form — faisont does not exist. The correct third-person plural is font, which looks nothing like the infinitive, making it one of the trickiest forms to remember. A useful study tip: write out the full faire conjugation in a column and circle the two "outliers" — font (ils/elles) and faites (vous) — since these are the forms most likely to trip you up on an exam. Faire appears constantly in everyday French, so getting these six forms memorized cold is well worth your time.

Question 4

Marie parle à son amie au téléphone. Elle dit : « Mon frère et moi   très fatigués ce soir. Nous   beaucoup de devoirs. »

Which pair of verb forms correctly completes Marie's sentence?

  1. sommes / avons (correct answer)
  2. êtes / avez
  3. sont / ont
  4. sommes / ont
Explanation: When completing sentences in French, subject-verb agreement is everything — the verb form must match whoever is performing the action. Here, the key is identifying the subject of each blank. Marie says "Mon frère et moi," which means "my brother and I." In French, combining any person with "moi" (me) creates a "nous" (we) subject, so both verbs in the sentence must use the nous conjugation. For être (to be), the nous form is sommes. For avoir (to have), the nous form is avons. That makes option A — sommes / avons — the correct answer. Now let's break down why the other choices fail. B) êtes / avez uses the vous (you, plural/formal) conjugation — this would only work if Marie were speaking about or to a group that doesn't include herself. C) sont / ont uses the third-person plural (ils/elles) forms, which would apply to "they," not "my brother and I." D) sommes / ont is a split-subject trap — it gets the first verb right (sommes for nous) but switches to the third-person plural for avoir, which is inconsistent. Both verbs must agree with the same subject. A handy study tip: whenever you see "X et moi" in a sentence, immediately flag it as a nous subject and make sure every verb in that clause takes the nous form. French questions often test whether you'll stay consistent across multiple verbs — don't let the second blank catch you off guard.

Question 5

Which sentence contains an error in the conjugation of an irregular verb?

  1. Il fait beau aujourd'hui.
  2. Nous faisons une promenade.
  3. Vous faisez la cuisine. (correct answer)
  4. Elles font leurs devoirs.
Explanation: When you encounter a question about irregular verb conjugation in French, your first instinct should be to recall the full conjugation table for the verb in question — not just the forms you use most often. The verb faire (to do/make) is one of French's most common irregular verbs, and its present-tense conjugation doesn't follow predictable patterns. The correct forms are: je fais, tu fais, il/elle fait, nous faisons, vous faites, ils/elles font. Notice that the vous form is faites — a completely unique ending that must simply be memorized. Option C, "Vous faisez la cuisine," is the error. The form faisez doesn't exist in French. A student might invent it by applying the standard -er verb ending (-ez) to the stem fais-, but faire doesn't follow that rule. The correct sentence would be "Vous faites la cuisine." Options A, B, and D are all correctly conjugated. Option A uses fait (il/elle form) correctly. Option B uses faisons (nous form) correctly — note that it preserves the -ais- sound, which is a helpful clue for recognizing the verb. Option D uses font (elles form) correctly, which is another irregular ending unique to faire. A strong study tip: memorize faites specifically, because it's one of only three irregular vous forms in French alongside êtes (être) and dites (dire). These three stand out precisely because they break the standard -ez pattern — and that makes them prime targets for exam questions like this one.

Question 6

A French student writes: « Mes parents est médecins. » A classmate says the sentence has one error. What is the correct version of the underlined verb to fix the sentence?

  1. sont (correct answer)
  2. êtes
  3. suis
  4. sommes
Explanation: When you see a French sentence with a form of être (to be), your first instinct should be to check subject-verb agreement. The verb must match both the person (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) and the number (singular or plural) of the subject. In « Mes parents est médecins, » the subject is mes parents — third person plural (they). The verb est is third person singular (he/she/it), which creates a mismatch. You need the third person plural form of être, which is sont. The corrected sentence — « Mes parents sont médecins » — means "My parents are doctors," and the subject and verb now agree perfectly. So A) sont is correct. Here's why the other options don't work: B) êtes is second person plural ("you all are"), used when speaking directly to a group — vous êtes. That doesn't match mes parents, which is a third-party subject, not an addressee. C) suis is first person singular ("I am"), reserved for when je is the subject — completely wrong person and number here. D) sommes is first person plural ("we are"), used with nous — again, wrong person entirely. A helpful memory trick: conjugate être by picturing who you're talking about. Mes parents = "they," and "they are" = ils/elles sont. Whenever you see a plural subject like les enfants, mes amis, or mes parents, that's your signal to reach for sont every time.

Question 7

Lucie writes the following note to her teacher: « Monsieur, je   désolée. Mon chien   malade et nous   chez le vétérinaire ce matin. »

Which set of verb forms correctly completes all three blanks in order?

  1. suis / est / avons
  2. suis / a / allons
  3. est / est / allons
  4. suis / est / allons (correct answer)
Explanation: This question tests your ability to conjugate the verb être (to be) and recognize which subject pronoun matches each blank. Before filling any blank, identify who is doing the action: Lucie is writing about herself (je), her dog (mon chien), and herself with her family (nous). For the first blank, je (I) pairs with suis — the first-person singular form of être. Lucie says she is sorry: je suis désolée. For the second blank, mon chien (my dog) is third-person singular, requiring est — the form of être used with il/elle. For the third blank, nous (we) takes allons, the first-person plural form of aller (to go), not être. Lucie says they went to the vet: nous allons chez le vétérinaire. This makes D (suis / est / allons) the correct answer. Choice A fails because avons is the avoir (to have) conjugation for nous, but the sentence describes going somewhere — you need aller, not avoir. Choice B fails because a is the third-person singular of avoir; the dog is described as being sick (malade), which requires être (est), not avoir. Choice C fails because the first blank has je as the subject — Lucie refers to herself, so est (third-person) is grammatically wrong there; it would imply someone else is sorry. A useful tip: always underline the subject of each clause before conjugating. French verb agreement errors almost always come from misidentifying who is performing the action.

Question 8

In which sentence is the subject-verb agreement for an irregular verb INCORRECT?

  1. Tu as un beau vélo.
  2. Vous êtes en retard.
  3. On va au cinéma.
  4. Ils est contents. (correct answer)
Explanation: When working with French irregular verbs, the key is memorizing how each verb changes its ending to match the subject pronoun. Unlike regular verbs, irregular verbs like être (to be), avoir (to have), and aller (to go) follow their own unique conjugation patterns — and mixing up a subject with the wrong verb form is one of the most common errors in French. The error in this question is in D: "Ils est contents." The subject ils is third-person plural ("they"), but est is the third-person singular form of être — used only with il, elle, or on. The correct form for ils is sont, making the sentence "Ils sont contents." This is a clear subject-verb mismatch. The other three sentences are all grammatically correct. In A, tu as correctly pairs the second-person singular subject with the avoir form as. In B, vous êtes correctly pairs the second-person plural (or formal singular) subject with the être form êtes. In C, on va correctly pairs the pronoun on — which always takes third-person singular conjugations — with the aller form va. A helpful study strategy: create a conjugation chart for être, avoir, and aller and drill it until each subject-verb pairing feels automatic. On French exams, distractors often swap singular and plural verb forms, especially with il/ils and elle/elles — so always double-check that your verb ending reflects the number (singular vs. plural) of your subject.

Question 9

Antoine is telling a story about his family: « Ma sœur   toujours de la natation. Mon frère et moi   souvent au parc. Et mes parents   l'air très occupés. »

Which set of verb forms correctly completes Antoine's story in order?

  1. fait / allons / sont
  2. fait / allons / ont (correct answer)
  3. fais / allons / ont
  4. fait / allez / ont
Explanation: When completing sentences in French, you need to match each verb to its subject in both meaning and conjugation. The three verbs here — faire (to do/make), aller (to go), and avoir (to have) — each belong to a different subject pronoun, so you have to handle them one at a time. Start with "Ma sœur   de la natation." Sœur is third-person singular (elle), so you need fait — the elle/il form of faire. This eliminates choice C, which uses fais, the je form. Next, "Mon frère et moi   au parc." Two people together (mon frère + moi) = nous, so you need allons. This eliminates choice D, which uses allez — the vous form, used for "you all" or formal "you," not "we." Finally, "Mes parents   l'air très occupés." The expression avoir l'air means "to seem/look," and mes parents is third-person plural (ils), so the correct form is ont. This rules out choice A, which uses sont (the ils form of être). A common trap here is assuming "to look busy" uses être — but in French, avoir l'air always takes avoir, not être. That makes B — fait / allons / ont — the correct answer. Study tip: Memorize the phrase avoir l'air as a fixed chunk meaning "to seem/look." Because it contains avoir, it will always conjugate with avoir, even when être might feel more intuitive to an English speaker.