French 2023 Q6: Choose from the options lettered A – E, the most appropriate form of the verb (using the recent past) to complete the…
Source: JAMB · 2023
Choose from the options lettered A – E, the most appropriate form of the verb (using the recent past) to complete the following sentences. Au-tu parlé aux-enfants? Qui, je.
Explanation
The question asks: “Have you spoken to the children?” The reply must use the recent past: venir + de + infinitive.
“Je viens de leur parler” means “I have just spoken to them.” (The word is printed “vierns”, a misprint of “viens”.) “Leur” means “to them” and replaces “aux enfants”.
“Leur parle” is present, and “vais leur parler” is the near future. Neither is the recent past.
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