Questions in French
Quoi, comment, quand, où - what, how, when, where.

Conjunctions and Connectives

What do ‘puisque’, ‘alors’ and ‘évidemment’ mean? How would you say, ‘on the one hand’, ‘therefore’ or ‘thus’?

Studying Year 10 or 11 French? This rapid revision quiz was created for you.

Scroll down to play the quiz

FIND OUT ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS

Conjunctions are the words we us to connect clauses or sentences. They are a vital piece of any language, and French is no exception. In this quiz we look at forty of the more common French conjunctions. It’s a fantastic way to quickly learn or revise some of the French words you will need to be familiar with if you are 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.
On the one hand
D’un côté
De l’autre côté
À gauche
À droite
De l’autre côté = on the other hand
À gauche = to the left
À droite = to the right
2.
Where
Quand
Qui
Quoi
Quand = when
Qui = who
Quoi = what
3.
Since
Puis
Puisque
Pourtant
Plutôt
Puis = then
Pourtant = however
Plutôt = rather
4.
Or
Si
Ou
Car
Mais
Si = if
Car = because
Mais = but
5.
That is to say / i.e.
C’est-à-dire
Même si
Les deux
Qu'il s'agisse
Même si = even if
Les deux = both
Qu'il s'agisse = whether
6.
So / therefore
Comme
Y compris
Donc
Un autre
Comme = as / like
Y compris = including
Un autre = another
7.
Obviously
Par contre
À condition que
Jusqu'à
Évidemment
Par contre = however / on the other hand
À condition que = provided that
Jusqu'à = until
8.
While
Par exemple
Pendant que
Sans doute
Peu importe
Par exemple = for example
Sans doute = undoubtedly
Peu importe = no matter
9.
Because of
À part
Aussi
Alors
À cause de
À part = apart from
Aussi = also
Alors = so
10.
Thus / therefore
Cependant
Ensuite
Ainsi
Une fois que
Cependant = however
Ensuite = next / then
Une fois que = once
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - French

Author:  Graeme Haw

© Copyright 2016-2023 - Education Quizzes
TJS - Web Design Lincolnshire

Valid HTML5

We use cookies to make your experience of our website better.

To comply with the new e-Privacy directive, we need to ask for your consent - I agree - No thanks - Find out more