Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns and Their Position - Worksheets, Questions and Revision

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1.9 Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns and Their Position

AQA 8652 · about 30 minutes

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Name: _______________________________ Date: ____ / ____ / ______

Accents and the cedilla are used throughout; reproduce them correctly. Write full sentences where asked. Time guidance: 35 minutes.

Rewrite the sentence about cinema plans, replacing the direct object 'le film' with the correct pronoun and keeping word order: Je vais regarder le film ce soir.

(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)

Rewrite the sentence about books, replacing the direct object 'les livres' with the correct pronoun: Il lit les livres tous les soir.

(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)

Complete the sentence about telephoning Paul by choosing the correct pronoun before the infinitive: Je vais ___ téléphoner ce soir. (options: le, lui, la, leur)

le
lui
la
leur

(Total for Question 3 is 1 mark)

Complete the sentence about seeing Marie and Sophie, choosing the correct pronoun before the conjugated verb: Je ___ vois demain à la gare. (options: le, la, les, lui)

(Total for Question 4 is 1 mark)

Complete the sentence about giving homework to the teacher by choosing the correct pronoun before the conjugated verb: Tu ___ rends les devoirs demain? (options: le, la, les, lui)

(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)

Complete the sentence about reading the letter by choosing the correct pronoun before the infinitive: Il va ___ lire maintenant. (options: le, la, les, lui)

(Total for Question 6 is 1 mark)

Reorder the jumbled words into a correct sentence, placing the pronoun in its right position: (j'ai / vu / le garçon / hier). Replace 'le garçon' with the correct pronoun in the perfect tense and include any agreement needed.

(Total for Question 7 is 2 marks)

Rewrite the sentence about meeting Sara, replacing the indirect object 'à Sara' with the correct pronoun: J'ai donné un cadeau à Sara.

(Total for Question 8 is 1 mark)

Rewrite the sentence about the letters, replacing the direct object 'les lettres' with the correct pronoun and include any required past participle agreement: Elle a envoyé les lettres hier.

(Total for Question 9 is 2 marks)

Reorder the jumbled words into a correct sentence, replacing 'les pommes' with the correct pronoun and showing past participle agreement: (nous / avons / mangé / les pommes / hier).

(Total for Question 10 is 2 marks)

Translate into French: 'I will give him the book tomorrow.' Use the correct indirect object pronoun and position it before the infinitive.

(Total for Question 11 is 4 marks)

Translate into French: 'I sent them an email this morning.' Use the correct indirect object pronoun for 'to them' and place it before the auxiliary; include the phrase 'this morning'.

(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

Rewrite the sentence about the cake, replacing the direct object 'la tarte' with the correct pronoun: Elle a mangé la tarte hier.

(Total for Question 13 is 2 marks)

Rewrite the sentence about the tickets, replacing the direct object 'les billets' with the correct pronoun: Nous avons vendu les billets hier soir.

(Total for Question 14 is 2 marks)

Translate into French: 'They saw us at the station yesterday.' Replace 'us' with the correct direct object pronoun and position it before the conjugated verb.

(Total for Question 15 is 5 marks)

Mark scheme · 1.9 Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns and Their Position

Question 1

B1 Je vais le regarder ce soir. or Le film moved as le before the infinitive is correct
Answer: Je vais le regarder ce soir.

Question 2

B1 Il les lit tous les soirs. with les correctly used for les livres and placed before the conjugated verb lit
Answer: Il les lit tous les soirs.

Question 3

B1 Je vais lui téléphoner ce soir. with lui correctly used for to Paul and placed before the infinitive
Answer: Je vais lui téléphoner ce soir.

Question 4

B1 Je les vois demain à la gare. with les for plural direct object and placed before the conjugated verb vois
Answer: Je les vois demain à la gare.

Question 5

B1 Tu lui rends les devoirs demain? with lui used for to the teacher (indirect object) and placed before the conjugated verb rends
Answer: Tu lui rends les devoirs demain?

Question 6

B1 Il va la lire maintenant. with la for the feminine singular letter and placed before the infinitive lire
Answer: Il va la lire maintenant.

Question 7

M1 Je l'ai vu hier. with l' replacing le garçon and placed before the auxiliary
A1 no past participle agreement required for masculine singular, so vu is correct
Answer: Je l'ai vu hier.

Question 8

B1 Je lui ai donné un cadeau. with lui correctly used for à Sara and placed before the auxiliary
Answer: Je lui ai donné un cadeau.

Question 9

M1 Elle les a envoyées hier. with les placed before the auxiliary
A1 past participle agreement: envoyées with -es to agree feminine plural if les lettres is feminine plural
Answer: Elle les a envoyées hier.

Question 10

M1 Nous les avons mangées hier. with les placed before the auxiliary
A1 past participle agreement: mangées feminine plural to agree with les pommes
Answer: Nous les avons mangées hier.

Question 11

M1 correct futur proche or future tense form for 'will give': je vais donner or je donnerai
M1 correct indirect object pronoun placement: je vais lui donner or je lui donnerai, pronoun before infinitive or before verb in simple future
M1 correct noun for 'the book': le livre
A1 correct full sentence: Je vais lui donner le livre demain. or Je lui donnerai le livre demain.
Answer: Je vais lui donner le livre demain. (oe: Je lui donnerai le livre demain.)

Question 12

M1 correct perfect tense with auxiliary avoir: j'ai envoyé
M1 indirect object pronoun leur placed before the auxiliary: Je leur ai envoyé
A1 complete sentence: Je leur ai envoyé un mail ce matin. or Je leur ai envoyé un courriel ce matin.
Answer: Je leur ai envoyé un mail ce matin.

Question 13

M1 Elle l'a mangée hier. with l' correctly replacing la tarte and placed before the auxiliary
A1 past participle agreement: mangée with extra e to agree with la tarte (feminine singular) is required
Answer: Elle l'a mangée hier.

Question 14

M1 Nous les avons vendus hier soir. with les correctly replacing les billets and placed before the auxiliary
A1 past participle agreement: vendus with -s to agree masculine plural is required
Answer: Nous les avons vendus hier soir.

Question 15

M1 correct subject and verb agreement for 'they saw': Ils nous ont vus or Ils nous ont vu (see agreement)
M1 correct direct object pronoun 'nous' placed before the auxiliary
M1 correct past participle with agreement: vus with -s if 'nous' refers to a mixed or masculine plural group, or vue/vues if feminine singular/plural
M1 correct time and place 'à la gare hier' or 'hier à la gare' included
A1 a complete natural sentence such as Ils nous ont vus à la gare hier. with consistent agreement
Answer: Ils nous ont vus à la gare hier. (oe variants: Elles nous ont vues à la gare hier. depending on the gender of 'they' and 'us')

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