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French Articles with Negation Worksheets

Students write complete negative responses in French, deciding when an article changes to de and when it stays the same. Model answers support discussion.
Grades
Grades 7–10, Middle School, High School
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Oct 07, 2021

Subject
Foreign Languages, French
Topic
French grammar, Language proficiency
Resource types
Activities
Answer key
Included

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From the author

Practice French articles in negative sentences with twenty questions in two exercises. Students write complete responses beginning with Non, changing indefinite and partitive articles where appropriate while retaining definite articles.

The three-page PDF contains two student pages and a complete model-answer page. Use the examples for class discussion, independent practice or review.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Construct a complete negative-form response in French to a given question

  • Apply the article shift from du/de la/des/un/une to 'de' when forming a negative sentence

  • Practice negation across a range of question types (est-ce que, inversion, and direct questions)

Teaching tips

  • Model a negative response that changes an article and one that retains a definite article.
  • Check the whole response, including pronouns, verb form, negation, and article.
  • Assign the two ten-question exercises in separate sessions if needed.

Skills covered

  • Negative sentence construction — students write a complete negative response to each of 20 French questions.

  • Article transformation — students change du, de la, des, un, and une to 'de' when forming negative-form answers.

  • Question comprehension — students first parse a French question (est-ce que, inversion, or direct forms) before responding.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Does every article become de in the negative answers?

No. The exercises include definite articles that remain in the negative sentence, alongside indefinite and partitive examples that change to de. The model answers show both patterns.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • French negation (ne...pas)

  • Partitive and indefinite article shift

  • Question-and-answer construction

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