Presque huit heures - almost eight o'clock.
Adverbs Relating to Time 02
What do ‘presque’, ‘de nouveau’ and ‘lentement’ mean? How would you say, ‘not yet’, ‘almost’ or ‘meanwhile’?
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If you want to relate events to time, whether it is the past, the present or the future, you are going to need to use some adverbs. These are words we use to position other words in time or place. In this quiz we look at some French adverbs to do with time. Words like always, sometimes, usually and so on. They are all words which you need to know if you want to do well in your GCSE exams.
In each question you will be given a word or words in English. All you have to do is choose the French equivalent from the four choices offered.
1.
About / approximately
Enfin
Environ
Maintenant
Plus tard
2.
From time to time
Tout de suite
Tous les jours
Il y a
De temps en temps
Tout de suite = immediately
Tous les jours = every day
Il y a = ago
Tous les jours = every day
Il y a = ago
3.
Almost / nearly
Presque
Parfois
Pendant
Déjà
Parfois = sometimes
Pendant = during
Déjà = already
Pendant = during
Déjà = already
4.
Not yet
Ne ... jamais
Ne ... plus
Vite
Pas encore
Ne ... jamais = never
Ne ... plus = no more / no longer
Vite = quickly
Ne ... plus = no more / no longer
Vite = quickly
5.
At the same time
En général
Normalement
Récemment
En même temps
En général = in general
Normalement = normally
Récemment = recently
Normalement = normally
Récemment = recently
6.
Only
Tard
Tôt
Seulement
Soudain
Tard = late
Tôt = early
Soudain = suddenly
Tôt = early
Soudain = suddenly
7.
Again
De nouveau
Longtemps
En retard
Certainement
Longtemps = for a long time
En retard = late
Certainement = certainly
En retard = late
Certainement = certainly
8.
Slowly
Lentement
Quand
Rarement
Tout à coup
Lentement
Quand = when
Rarement = rarely
Tout à coup = suddenly / all of a sudden
Rarement = rarely
Tout à coup = suddenly / all of a sudden
9.
Whilst waiting (for) / meanwhile
En avance
En ce moment
En attendant
Encore une fois
En avance = in advance
En ce moment = at the moment
Encore une fois = once more / again
En ce moment = at the moment
Encore une fois = once more / again
10.
Always / still
Souvent
Toujours
Quelquefois
Peut-être
Souvent = often
Quelquefois = sometimes
Peut-être = perhaps
Quelquefois = sometimes
Peut-être = perhaps
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