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Prepositions: Duration - course
Since (with the present): duration between the start of an action and now: duration since a date in the past or an event and now. The action expressed by the verb continues even today .................. 'abite here for 4 years. since January 2003, since my marriage.
During the actual duration of an action .......................... lived here for 15 years. I will be going on vacation during the month of August. I learned French during my vacation.
There is (with the past tense affirmative): indicates a precise moment in the past, for a finished action ............... He left 5 minutes ago.
Until indicates the end of the duration of an action: ................ I am here until Tuesday. He lived here until his sister left.
In: the time necessary to carry out an action .................. I go to work in half an hour. (I leave at 9 a.m. and arrive at 9:30 a.m.)
For indicates the planned duration, the planned duration .................. He will come for 3 months but if the city pleases him he will stay longer.
Since (with the present): duration between the start of an action and now: duration since a date in the past or an event and now. The action expressed by the verb continues even today .................. 'abite here for 4 years. since January 2003, since my marriage.
Hi !
Blank 1 = moins de
il y a moins de forêts en ville qu'à la campagne there are less forest in town than in the countryside
Blank 2 = plus de lavandes dans le Vaucluse (south of France) qu'à Paris
more lavender in the........than in Paris
Blank 3 = moins d' appartements à la campagne qu'en ville
less flats in the countryside than in town
Blank 4 = A la campagne, il n'y a pas autant de voitures qu'en ville
In the countryside there aren't as much cars as in the city
Blank 5 = Paris a plus d'habitants que Marseille
Paris has more inhabitants than Marseille
moins de ......que = less ....than
plus de..... que = more....than
autant que = as much...........as
plus ..............que = more.................... than
de or d' if the word following begins by a vowel
same for que or qu'
hope this helps !
Bonjour,
B. La voiture de Renée est plus chère que la voiture de Marc.
Have a good day !! :-)
