JAMB UTME - French - 2025

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The question asks in which word the letter c produces the /k/ sound. In French, the pronunciation of c follows a clear rule:

• c is pronounced /k/ before a, o, u, and before consonants.
• c is pronounced /s/ before e, i, and y.

Applying this rule to each option:

• coup - c is followed by o, so it is pronounced /k/: /ku/. This is the correct answer.
• chef - the combination ch is pronounced /ʃ/ (like English "sh"), not /k/.
• ceux - c is followed by e, so it is pronounced /s/: /sø/.
• ciel - c is followed by i, so it is pronounced /s/: /sjɛl/.

The word coup (a blow or strike) is the only option where c produces the /k/ sound.

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The question asks for the opposite (le contraire) of grand (big, tall, great). In French, the standard antonym of grand is petit (small, short, little). This is one of the most fundamental adjective pairs in French vocabulary.

The other options are not antonyms of grand:

• mauvais means "bad" - the opposite of bon (good).
• joli means "pretty" - the opposite would be laid (ugly).
• long means "long" - the opposite is court (short in length).

Note the distinction between petit (opposite of grand in size or height) and court (opposite of long in length or duration). These are not interchangeable.

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The correct word to complete "En poésie, nous parlons de ___" is vers. The complete sentence means "In poetry, we speak of verses."

In French literary terminology, un vers (plural: des vers) refers to a line of poetry, or a verse. Poetry is composed of vers arranged in strophes (stanzas). The study of vers includes elements such as metre, rhyme, rhythm, and syllable count (e.g., an alexandrin has twelve syllables per verse).

The other options are unrelated to poetry:

• Vérin is a mechanical jack or actuator, a technical/engineering term.
• Verts means "green" (the plural masculine form of the adjective vert).
• Vent means "wind," a meteorological term.

Note that vers is a homophone of vert (green, singular) and verre (glass), so context is essential for distinguishing them. In the context of poésie, the word is always vers.

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The sentence Maman m'a donne ___ oeufs means "Mum gave me ___ eggs." The blank requires a determiner that agrees with oeufs, which is a masculine plural noun.

The correct determiner is des, the indefinite plural article in French. It is used before plural nouns to express an unspecified quantity, equivalent to "some" in English.

The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:

• de is a preposition or a reduced partitive (used after negation or before an adjective preceding a noun, e.g., de bons oeufs), but not appropriate here in a positive statement without a preceding adjective
• une is a feminine singular indefinite article and cannot precede the masculine plural oeufs
• du is the masculine singular partitive article (contraction of de + le), used with uncountable singular nouns (e.g., du pain), not with countable plurals

The complete sentence is: Maman m'a donne des oeufs - Mum gave me some eggs.

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The question asks for the opposite (le contraire) of finir, which means "to finish" or "to end." The opposite of finishing something is beginning or starting it, which in French is commencer.

This is a standard antonym pair in French: finir (to finish) <-> commencer (to begin/start).

The other options are not antonyms of finir:

• arrêter means "to stop." While related to the idea of ending, stopping is not the opposite of finishing - it means to halt an action in progress, not to begin one.
• manger means "to eat," which is semantically unrelated.
• démolir means "to demolish" or "to tear down," which is also unrelated to the concept of finishing.

Common antonym pairs to know for French examinations: commencer/finir, ouvrir/fermer, monter/descendre, arriver/partir, entrer/sortir.

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The sentence "Je souhaite que vous __ beaucoup d'argent" requires the subjunctive mood because the verb souhaiter (to wish) expresses a desire, and in French, souhaiter que is always followed by the subjunctive.

The meaning of the sentence is "I wish that you have a lot of money." The verb needed is avoir (to have) conjugated in the subjunctive for vous. The subjunctive forms of avoir are:

• que j'aie
• que tu aies
• qu'il/elle ait
• que nous ayons
• que vous ayez
• qu'ils/elles aient

The correct answer is therefore ayez.

The other options fail for clear reasons: soyez is the subjunctive of etre (to be), which does not make sense with "beaucoup d'argent." Ai is the indicative first-person singular of avoir - wrong person and wrong mood. Avons is the indicative first-person plural - also wrong person and wrong mood.

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The sentence Je regrette _ mon action needs an adverb to modify the verb regretter (to regret), expressing how intensely the speaker regrets the action.

The correct word is vivement, an adverb meaning "deeply" or "keenly." The expression je regrette vivement is a standard French collocation meaning "I deeply regret." It fits naturally between the verb and its object.

The other options do not work here:

• brûlante (burning) is a feminine adjective, not an adverb. It cannot modify the verb regretter.
• curieusement (curiously) is an adverb, but saying "I curiously regret my action" is semantically nonsensical.
• dure (hard/harsh) is an adjective in its feminine form. While dur can occasionally function as an adverb in informal French (travailler dur), dure (feminine) cannot, and regretter dur is not a valid expression.

When expressing intensity with regretter, the standard adverbs are vivement, profondément, or sincèrement.

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The verb regarder means "to look at" or "to watch." It implies a deliberate, sustained act of directing one's eyes at something, as opposed to voir (to see), which refers to passive perception.

Among the options, observer longuement (to observe at length) best captures this meaning. Regarder involves intentionality and attention - when you regardez something, you are actively focusing on it, much like observing it carefully.

The other options do not match:

• ignorer means "to ignore" - the opposite of paying attention to something.
• demander means "to ask" - an entirely unrelated action.
• voir brievement means "to see briefly" - this is closer to apercevoir (to catch a glimpse of), which is the opposite of sustained, deliberate looking.

The key distinction to remember: regarder = active, intentional looking; voir = passive, incidental seeing.

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To count syllables in French, each distinct vowel sound forms one syllable. The word animal breaks down as follows:

• a - first syllable
• ni - second syllable
• mal - third syllable

This gives 3 syllables: a-ni-mal.

Note that in French syllabification, each vowel sound anchors a syllable, and consonants attach to the vowel that follows them when possible. The word does not have 4 syllables because the final -al forms a single syllable (the a is the vowel and l is a closing consonant). It does not have 2 syllables because the initial a- stands alone as its own syllable, separate from ni.

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Lagos, Oyo, Ondo, and Ogun are all states located in the south-western part of Nigeria. The correct answer is l'ouest (the west).

Nigeria is broadly divided into six geopolitical zones: North-West, North-East, North-Central, South-West, South-East, and South-South. Lagos, Oyo, Ondo, and Ogun all belong to the South-West zone. Since the options do not include "le sud-ouest" specifically, "l'ouest" (the west) is the closest and correct answer.

The other directions are incorrect:

• Le nord (the north) would include states like Kano, Kaduna, and Sokoto.
• Le sud (the south) is too vague and would more accurately describe the South-South zone (e.g., Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta).
• L'est (the east) would refer to states like Enugu, Ebonyi, and Abia in the South-East zone.

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The question asks which word contains the /o/ sound (the closed o vowel, as in the French word beau).

The correct answer is eau. The French spelling eau is always pronounced /o/. This is one of the standard graphemes for the /o/ sound in French, alongside au, ô, and word-final o.

The other options produce different vowel sounds:

• eut (past historic of avoir) is pronounced /y/ - the same vowel as in tu or lune.
• eux (them) is pronounced /ø/ - the closed eu sound, a rounded front vowel distinct from /o/.
• eu (past participle of avoir) is pronounced /y/, the same vowel as eut.

The key distinction: eau = /o/ (a back rounded vowel), while eu = /y/ (a front rounded vowel). These are entirely different sounds despite their similar spellings.

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The French preposition "pour" means "for" someone or something.

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The question asks which word contains the sound /é/, the closed e sound (pronounced like the vowel in the English word "day" but without the glide).

In French, the infinitive ending -er is always pronounced /e/ (the /é/ sound). The word marcher (to walk) ends in -er, so it contains the /é/ sound: /maʁʃe/.

The other options contain different vowel sounds:

• frère (brother) contains /ɛ/ (the open e sound, written with a grave accent è), not /e/.
• mère (mother) also contains /ɛ/ for the same reason.
• peu (little) contains /ø/ (the closed eu sound), which is a rounded front vowel entirely distinct from /e/.

A useful rule: in French, é (accent aigu) and the endings -er, -ez always produce the closed /e/ sound, whereas è (accent grave) and ê (accent circonflexe) produce the open /ɛ/ sound.

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Ouagadougou is the capital city of Burkina Faso. This is a standard geographical knowledge question about francophone West Africa.

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, and Ouagadougou (sometimes informally called "Ouaga") has been its capital since independence in 1960 (when the country was still known as Upper Volta, renamed Burkina Faso in 1984).

The other options are cities in West Africa but not the capital of Burkina Faso:

• Kolkoro - not a national capital (Kolokoro/Koulikoro is a town in Mali).
• Abidjan - the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire (its political capital is Yamoussoukro).
• Bouake - the second-largest city in Cote d'Ivoire, not a national capital.

For JAMB French, it is important to know the capitals of major francophone African countries, particularly those in West Africa.

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The correct preposition to complete the sentence "Nous voudrions aller en France l'annee prochaine" is en. The sentence means "We would like to go to France next year."

In French, the preposition used before a country name depends on the country's gender and number:

• en is used before feminine singular countries and countries beginning with a vowel (e.g., en France, en Italie, en Angleterre, en Iran).
• au is used before masculine singular countries (e.g., au Nigeria, au Japon, au Canada).
• aux is used before plural countries (e.g., aux Etats-Unis).

France is a feminine country (la France), so the preposition en is required. The prepositions par ("by" or "through"), dans ("in" or "inside"), and avec ("with") are not used to express travel to a country in French.

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The question asks what the word lundi is. Lundi means Monday, and Monday is a jour de la semaine (day of the week).

The seven days of the week in French are: lundi (Monday), mardi (Tuesday), mercredi (Wednesday), jeudi (Thursday), vendredi (Friday), samedi (Saturday), and dimanche (Sunday).

The other options represent different categories of time or geography:

• pays means country (e.g., la France, le Nigeria)
• mois means month (e.g., janvier, fevrier)
• saison means season (e.g., l'ete, l'hiver)

Note that in French, days of the week are not capitalised unless they begin a sentence.

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The correct sentence is Il n'aime pas la salade, meaning "He does not like salad." This sentence follows the standard French word order and negation pattern correctly.

In French, a basic negative sentence follows the structure: Subject + ne + verb + pas + complement. Breaking down the correct sentence:

• Il (subject: he)
• n' (ne, elided before the vowel of aime)
• aime (verb: likes/loves)
• pas (second part of negation)
• la salade (complement: the salad)

The other options contain errors:

• Elle s'est lave les mains has an agreement error. With reflexive verbs in the passé composé followed by a direct object, the past participle should not agree with the subject. The correct form would be "Elle s'est lavé les mains" (with an accent on the "e" of lavé).
• Elle salade n'aime pas has completely jumbled word order. The subject, object, verb, and negation are not in any valid French order.
• Il la salade n'aime pas also has incorrect word order. The object "la salade" cannot appear between the subject and the negated verb.

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The sentence Là, c'est _ oncle, un professeur au lycée ("There, that's _ uncle, a teacher at the high school") requires a possessive adjective before the masculine noun oncle.

The correct answer is mon (my, masculine). The sentence reads: Là, c'est mon oncle, un professeur au lycée ("There, that's my uncle, a teacher at the high school"). The speaker is introducing their own uncle.

The other options are incorrect:

• ma is the feminine form of "my" - it cannot be used before the masculine noun oncle. (Note: even before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel, French uses mon instead of ma for phonetic ease, e.g., mon amie.)
• moi is a stressed pronoun ("me"), not a possessive adjective. It cannot modify a noun directly.
• son means "his" or "her" and is grammatically valid, but in the context of introducing someone at a specific location (Là, c'est...), the first-person possessive mon is the natural and expected choice.

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"Tola et Tolu" is plural, so we correctly use "leurs".

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The question asks for the correct syllable grouping (groupement) of the word professeur. In French syllabification, each syllable contains exactly one vowel sound, and a single consonant between two vowels belongs to the following syllable.

The word professeur divides into three syllables: Pro/fes/seur.

• Pro - the consonant cluster pr stays together (as an onset), followed by the vowel o.
• fes - the consonant f begins the syllable, with the vowel e; the first s of the double ss closes this syllable.
• seur - the second s begins the final syllable, with the diphthong eu as its vowel and r as the closing consonant.

The other options are incorrect: Prof/esseur incorrectly splits the f from esseur, placing two vowel sounds in the second group; Pro/fesseu drops the final r; and prof/ssseu contains a misspelling and also drops the final r.

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The sentence D'après lui, l'habit ne fait pas le... ("According to him, the clothes do not make the...") is an incomplete French proverb. The full proverb is:

L'habit ne fait pas le moine.

This literally translates to "The habit (clothing) does not make the monk." It means that one should not judge a person's character or abilities by their outward appearance. It is the French equivalent of the English proverb "Don't judge a book by its cover."

The word moine (monk) completes the proverb. A monk's habit (robe) is distinctive, but wearing one does not actually make a person a monk - hence the proverb's lesson about appearances being deceptive.

The other options do not complete any known French proverb: style (style), prêtre (priest), and riche (rich person) are not part of this expression. While prêtre is semantically related to religious life, the established proverb specifically uses moine.

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In Africa, the climate is generally divided into deux (two) main seasons: the dry season (la saison sèche) and the rainy season (la saison des pluies). This is the standard geographical and climatic classification for tropical and sub-Saharan Africa, which is the context typically tested in JAMB French.

This contrasts with Europe, which has four seasons (le printemps, l'été, l'automne, l'hiver). The option quatre (four) therefore applies to the European climate, not the African one. The options dix (ten) and cinq (five) do not correspond to any standard seasonal classification.

This is a common cultural knowledge question in French for West African examinations: Africa has two seasons, Europe has four.

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The question asks for the meaning of the French verb chanter. Chanter means to sing, which is accurately defined as produire un son melodieux (to produce a melodious sound).

Singing involves using the voice to create musical or melodic sounds, which is precisely what produire un son melodieux describes.

The other options are different verbs with distinct meanings:

• danser means to dance - moving the body rhythmically to music
• lire means to read - interpreting written text
• marcher means to walk - moving on foot

Chanter is a regular first-group verb (ending in -er). Related vocabulary includes: une chanson (a song), un chanteur/une chanteuse (a singer), and le chant (singing/the song).

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The sentence Elle prend __ café tous les jours ("She has __ coffee every day") requires a partitive article before café. In French, the partitive article is used to express an unspecified quantity of an uncountable noun ("some").

Since café is masculine singular, the correct partitive article is du (contraction of de + le). The complete sentence is: Elle prend du café tous les jours ("She has [some] coffee every day").

The partitive articles in French are:

• du - before masculine singular nouns (du pain, du café)
• de la - before feminine singular nouns (de la confiture)
• de l' - before singular nouns starting with a vowel (de l'eau)
• des - before plural nouns (des fruits)

The other options are incorrect: de alone is used in negative sentences (elle ne prend pas de café) or after expressions of quantity; d'un means "of a" and is not a partitive form; d'en is not a valid article combination in this context.

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The question asks why Fatou and her mother leave early for the market (Pourquoi Fatou et sa mère partent-elles tôt au marché ?). The answer is found directly in the second sentence of the passage:

Elles partent tôt pour éviter la foule. ("They leave early to avoid the crowd.")

The correct answer is therefore Pour éviter la foule (To avoid the crowd). This is a straightforward reading comprehension question where the answer is stated explicitly in the text.

The other options are not supported by the passage: the text does not mention going to school (pour aller à l'école); while clothes are among the items sold at the market, the passage does not say this is the reason they leave early (pour acheter des vêtements); and meeting friends (pour rencontrer des amis) is never mentioned.

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The sentence Il dort depuis ___ heures means "He has been sleeping for ___ hours." The blank requires a word that can precede the plural noun heures (hours) and make grammatical and semantic sense with depuis (since/for).

The correct answer is deux (two). Deux is a cardinal number that specifies a definite duration: "He has been sleeping for two hours." It agrees with the plural noun heures.

The other options present problems:

• des (some/several) could form the expression depuis des heures (for hours), but deux is the more precise and standard completion being tested here as a numerical determiner
• le is a masculine singular definite article and cannot precede the feminine plural heures
• une is a feminine singular indefinite article. It would require the singular heure (not heures), so it does not agree with the plural form given

The complete sentence is: Il dort depuis deux heures - He has been sleeping for two hours.

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The passage states: "Apres les achats, elles rentrent a la maison en taxi." This sentence directly answers the question "Comment retournent-elles a la maison ?" (How do they return home?).

The key phrase is en taxi, which means "by taxi." The preposition en is used in French before modes of transport to indicate the means of travel (en voiture, en bus, en taxi, etc.).

The other options are not supported by the text. There is no mention of a motorcycle (moto), walking (a pied), or a private car (voiture privee). In reading comprehension, always locate the exact sentence in the passage that answers the question rather than relying on assumptions.

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The sentence Il est ___ avocat de profession means "He is ___ lawyer by profession." The blank requires an article before avocat (lawyer), a masculine noun beginning with a vowel.

The correct answer is un, the masculine singular indefinite article. The sentence Il est un avocat de profession means "He is a lawyer by profession." The phrase de profession qualifies the noun, making the use of an article appropriate in this construction.

The other options are incorrect:

• des is the plural indefinite article. Avocat is singular here, so des does not agree
• l' (the elided definite article) would mean "the lawyer," implying a specific, known individual. In a general statement about someone's profession, the indefinite article is more natural
• au is the contraction of a + le (at the/to the) and is a preposition, not an article that can fill this position

The complete sentence is: Il est un avocat de profession - He is a lawyer by profession.

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The question asks which word is associated with froid (cold). The correct answer is la glace (ice), because ice is formed by freezing water and is inherently cold. Cold and ice are directly linked by their physical nature.

The other options are associated with heat, not cold:

• le feu (fire) produces heat and warmth
• la chaleur (heat/warmth) is the direct opposite of froid
• le soleil (the sun) is a source of heat and light

This is a vocabulary association question. In French, knowing semantic fields (groups of related words) is important. The semantic field of froid includes: la glace (ice), la neige (snow), l'hiver (winter), geler (to freeze), and le froid (the cold).

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The question asks for the opposite (le contraire) of facile (easy). The standard antonym of facile in French is difficile (difficult). Since difficile is not among the options, the closest synonym is dur.

The adjective dur has two main meanings in French: "hard" in the physical sense (a hard surface) and "hard/difficult" in the abstract sense (a hard task). In its second meaning, dur functions as a synonym of difficile and therefore serves as an antonym of facile. For example: "Cet exercice est dur" = "This exercise is hard/difficult."

The other options are not antonyms of facile:

• petit means "small" - the opposite of grand.
• lourd means "heavy" - the opposite of leger (light).
• mechant means "mean/nasty" - the opposite of gentil (kind).

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The sentence Elle mange ___ pomme chaque matin means "She eats ___ apple every morning." The blank requires a determiner before pomme, which is a feminine singular noun.

The correct answer is une (a/one), the feminine singular indefinite article. The sentence describes a habitual action: she eats one apple each morning. Une matches the gender (feminine) and number (singular) of pomme.

The other options are incorrect:

• la (the) is the feminine singular definite article. While la pomme is grammatically valid, Elle mange la pomme chaque matin would mean she eats a specific, identified apple every morning, which is semantically odd for a daily habit
• du is the masculine singular partitive article (used with uncountable nouns like du pain). Pomme is feminine and countable, so du does not agree
• des is the plural indefinite article. Pomme is singular here (no -s), so des does not agree in number

The complete sentence is: Elle mange une pomme chaque matin - She eats an apple every morning.

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The sentence "Nous irons _ la plage demain" requires the preposition a (with accent: a) to express movement toward a destination. The verb aller (to go) uses the preposition a before specific places: aller a la plage (to go to the beach), aller a l'ecole (to go to school), aller au marche (to go to the market).

The complete sentence reads: "Nous irons a la plage demain" - "We will go to the beach tomorrow."

The other prepositions do not work here:

• par means "through" or "by" and indicates a route or means, not a destination.
• en is used before countries (en France), modes of transport (en voiture), or certain fixed expressions, but not before la plage.
• dans means "in/inside" and implies being physically within something, not moving toward it.

The rule is straightforward: aller + a + definite article + place for expressing "going to" a specific location.

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The sentence Mon pere travaille dans une ___ means "My father works in a ___." This question tests vocabulary related to workplaces.

An usine (factory) is the standard workplace associated with the verb travailler (to work) in this sentence structure. A factory is primarily and exclusively a place of work, making it the most natural completion.

While a ferme (farm) is also a valid workplace, the other options are less suited:

• mosquee (mosque) is primarily a place of worship, not a workplace
• gare (train station) is primarily a transport hub; while people do work there, it is not the standard association with travailler dans une

The complete sentence is: Mon pere travaille dans une usine - My father works in a factory.

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In French, dates are always preceded by the masculine singular definite article le. The standard pattern is:

le + day (number) + month + year

For example: le 25 aout 1940, le 14 juillet 1789, le 1er janvier 2000.

This rule applies regardless of the month or context. The article does not change to la, les, or l' before a date because the implicit noun being modified is jour (day), which is masculine singular. The numeral "25" begins with a consonant sound, so there is no elision - it remains le, not l'.

The complete sentence reads: "Madame Nana est nee le 25 aout 1940."

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The sentence "Nous avons __ voiture rouge" requires an article that agrees with the noun voiture (car). In French, voiture is feminine singular, so the correct indefinite article is une: "Nous avons une voiture rouge" - "We have a red car."

The other options do not fit:

• des is the plural indefinite article ("some"). It would require a plural noun: "des voitures rouges" (some red cars). The noun here is singular.
• un is the masculine singular indefinite article. It is used with masculine nouns (un livre, un stylo), but voiture is feminine.
• le is the masculine singular definite article. It fails on two counts: wrong gender (masculine instead of feminine) and wrong type (definite instead of indefinite, changing the meaning to "the" rather than "a").

To choose the correct article, always identify both the gender (masculine or feminine) and the number (singular or plural) of the noun it accompanies.

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The sentence ___ est le president actuel du Cameroun ? means "___ is the current president of Cameroon?" This question tests knowledge of French interrogative words (mots interrogatifs).

The correct answer is Qui (Who). The question asks about a person - specifically, the identity of the current president. Qui is the interrogative pronoun used to ask about people.

The other interrogative words ask about different things:

• Ou' (a rendering of Ou, where) asks about place or location: Ou est la gare ? (Where is the station?)
• Quand (when) asks about time: Quand est-ce qu'il arrive ? (When does he arrive?)
• Que (what) asks about things or actions: Que fais-tu ? (What are you doing?)

The complete sentence is: Qui est le president actuel du Cameroun ? - Who is the current president of Cameroon?

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To determine the number of syllables in ordinateur (computer), divide the word at each distinct vowel sound:

• or - first syllable
• di - second syllable
• na - third syllable
• teur - fourth syllable

The word ordinateur therefore has 4 syllables: or-di-na-teur.

Each syllable contains exactly one vowel sound: /o/ in or, /i/ in di, /a/ in na, and /œ/ in teur. The eu in the final syllable represents a single vowel sound /œ/, not two separate sounds, so teur is one syllable.

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The sentence "Il parle _ affaire impossible" requires the correct preposition + article combination after the verb parler. In French, parler de means "to talk about," so the construction is parler de + article + noun.

The noun affaire is feminine singular. Since affaire begins with a vowel, the preposition de combined with the indefinite article une contracts to d'une through elision.

The sentence therefore reads: "Il parle d'une affaire impossible" - "He is talking about an impossible matter."

The indefinite article une is correct here because the sentence refers to a non-specific, unidentified matter. If a specific, previously identified matter were intended, the definite form de l'affaire would be used instead. D'un is masculine and does not agree with the feminine noun affaire. De la would not appear before a vowel-initial noun (it would become de l'). D'en is not a valid article construction in this context.

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The sentence Le lion est fort mais ___ est encore plus fort means "The lion is strong but ___ is even stronger." The blank requires a pronom tonique (stressed/disjunctive pronoun) that functions as the subject of the second clause for emphasis and contrast.

The correct answer is lui. In French, lui is the masculine singular stressed pronoun used for emphasis, contrast, or after prepositions. Here, it creates a contrastive structure: the lion is strong, but he (another entity) is even stronger.

The other pronouns are incorrect for grammatical reasons:

• elle is the feminine stressed pronoun. Since the adjective fort (not forte) is masculine, the pronoun must also be masculine
• nous would require the plural verb form sommes, not the third-person singular est
• moi would require the first-person verb form suis (as in moi, je suis), not est

Only lui is a third-person singular masculine pronoun that agrees with the verb est and the masculine adjective fort.

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The question presents the phrase "__ aimez-vous ce film ?" and asks which interrogative word correctly completes it. The answer is Pourquoi (Why).

"Pourquoi aimez-vous ce film ?" means "Why do you like this film?" This is the most natural and meaningful question that can be formed with the verb aimer (to like/love) and a film as the object. Asking why someone likes a film invites them to give reasons for their preference.

The other interrogative words do not produce meaningful questions with aimer in this context:

• Ou (Where) - "Where do you like this film?" is not a natural construction. You can ask where someone watched a film, but not where someone likes it.
• Comment (How) - "How do you like this film?" is an English pattern that does not translate directly into French with aimer. In French, you would instead say "Comment trouvez-vous ce film ?"
• Quand (When) - "When do you like this film?" does not form a coherent question.