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Prepositions and Pronouns

What do ‘autour de’, ‘malgré’ and ‘vers’ mean? How would you say, ‘towards’, ‘instead of’, or ‘nobody’?

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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 .
Despite / in spite of
Depuis
Derrière
Devant
Malgré
Depuis = since / for
Derrière = behind
Devant = in front of
2 .
Without
Sous
Sans
Sur
Selon
Sous = under
Sur = on
Selon = according to
3 .
Above / over
Au-dessus de
Au-dessous de
Au fond de
Au bout de
Au-dessous de = beneath / below
Au fond de = at the back of / at the bottom of
Au bout de = at the end of (i.e. length, not time)
4 .
Who?
Quel / quelle ?
Que ?
Quoi ?
Qui ?
Quel / quelle ? = which?
Que ? = what?
Quoi ? = what?
5 .
Towards
Vers
Contre
De
Par
Contre = against
De = of / from
Par = by
6 .
At the house of
Chez
En
Parmi
Pour
En = in / within (time)
Parmi = amongst
Pour = for / in order to
7 .
Instead of
Au milieu de
Au bord de
Au lieu de
Près de
Au milieu de = in the middle of
Au bord de = at the side / edge of
Près de = near
8 .
Nobody / no-one
Ne … rien
Non plus
Ne ... personne
N'importe qui
Ne … rien = nothing
Non plus = either / neither
N'importe qui = anybody
9 .
Outside of
En face de
Entre
Jusqu’à
En dehors de
En face de = opposite
Entre = between
Jusqu’à = up to / until
10 .
Around
À
Autour de
À côté de
À travers
À = to / at
À côté de = next to
À travers = across / through
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Author:  Graeme Haw

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