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Quiz about French Verbs Designed to Confuse You
Quiz about French Verbs Designed to Confuse You

French Verbs Designed to Confuse You Quiz


This quiz has a collection of French verbs which might not mean what you think they do. Can you match them to their correct English definition?
This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author Lupus

A matching quiz by rossian. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
rossian
Time
3 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
6,831
Updated
Mar 14 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
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716
Awards
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QuestionsChoices
1. Attendre  
  To work
2. Blesser  
  To watch
3. Réaliser  
  To summarise
4. Travailler  
  To wait for
5. Supplier  
  To insult
6. Résumer  
  To shoot
7. Tirer  
  To fulfil
8. Injurier  
  To wound or injure
9. Regarder  
  To warn
10. Avertir  
  To plead





Select each answer

1. Attendre
2. Blesser
3. Réaliser
4. Travailler
5. Supplier
6. Résumer
7. Tirer
8. Injurier
9. Regarder
10. Avertir

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Attendre

Answer: To wait for

"Attendre" means to wait for someone or something to occur - "J'attends mes enfants" means "I am waiting for my children", for example.

To attend, in the sense of going somewhere, would be "aller à", meaning go to.
2. Blesser

Answer: To wound or injure

In French, "blesser" has nothing to do with being blessed, by a priest or anyone else. The French meaning is to hurt somebody, with the word coming from an early German word meaning to bruise. "Blesser" can also be used figuratively, as in hurting someone's feelings.

If you want to be blessed, you need the word "bénir". In English, we use the word benison to mean a blessing, from the same root.
3. Réaliser

Answer: To fulfil

"Réaliser" means to reach your goal or achieve your aims. The English word realise means to fully understand or grasp the meaning of something.

In French, "comprender" is similar to the English realisation as it means to understand.
4. Travailler

Answer: To work

"Travailler" in French refers to working, although it is derived from the same root as the English "travail" which is more related to torment. Maybe for some of us working is equivalent to torture, but normally it's not quite that bad.

It certainly shouldn't be confused with the English word relating to travel, despite looking similar. In French, you need to say "voyager", which is related to the English voyage.
5. Supplier

Answer: To plead

If you saw the word "supplier" in English, you'd immediately think of someone who provides you with goods. In French, "supplier" means to plead or beg for, deriving from the Latin word "supplico", meaning to kneel or request.

English also has similar words, with supplicant, meaning someone who begs, coming from the same root.
6. Résumer

Answer: To summarise

"Résumer" does not mean to start again, which is what it looks like to an English speaker. In French, it means to summarise or sum up. Some of us might recognise it in the sense of a curriculum vitae, or resumé, giving details of achievements when applying for a new job.

"Pour reprendre" is the expression you need for resuming in French.
7. Tirer

Answer: To shoot

"Tirer" can be translated as "shoot" in the sense of firing a gun. It can also be used to refer to hauling or dragging something along.

It has nothing to do with the English word "tired" or being exhausted. in French that would be "fatiguer", which is more recognisable to English speakers as meaning the same as being fatigued.
8. Injurier

Answer: To insult

Although it looks similar to the English word injure, in French "injurier" means to abuse or insult somebody, not to cause them physical damage. You may well hurt their feelings, though.

Of course, as already covered earlier in the quiz, the French word meaning to injure is itself misleading as it is "blesser".
9. Regarder

Answer: To watch

"Regarder" can also be translated as to see, perceive and notice. In English, we use the word regard more specifically to refer to thoughts or thoughtfulness.

We can also hold someone in high regard, meaning to esteem. In French, this sense would translate as "estimer", so is much more readily understood.
10. Avertir

Answer: To warn

The word is derived from Latin and means to turn away. English uses avert, but in a different way. It still means to turn away, but is used to mean looking away or prevent, while the French use it to issue a warning to take care.

In French "éviter" is the verb to use if you want to avert something.
Source: Author rossian

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