COMPLEX SENTENCES
REVIEW

We have studied a number of types of complex sentences in French:
1. Conditional "if" clauses
2. "Quand," "Lorsque," etc. + future tenses
3. vouloir + infinitive/que; être + adjective + de + infinitive/que
4. Infinitive or "que" + verb in subjunctive or indicative
5. Relative Pronouns V
6. Direct questions and Indirect Discourse*

Simply click on the type of complex sentence you want to review before starting the exercises below, which cover them all. Or click on the English sentence in the exercise and it will take you to the appropriate discussion of the syntax of that complex sentence. Then use "Back" to return to this page.

Traduisez:
1. If we had known, we would not have come.

2. As soon as they help us, we will finish the job.

3. He wants you to know that he is happy.

4. I am happy I can come tomorrow.

5. We know what we want.

6. We said they were eating dinner at that very moment.

7. If he sent the package (le colis), we would fear finding a bomb.

8. After we have done our homework, we will turn on (allumer) the television set (le poste).

9. They will want to meet us.

10. Which is the house (that) we are approaching (s'approcher de).

11. They responded that he would not arrive until (avant) the next day.

12. If the news arrives on time, it will be miraculous. (For "it will be")

13. He detests for you to have finished before him.

14. Come join us when you wish.

15. We would buy the notebooks, if we could.

16. While you do your homework tonight, watch the child.

17. We will wait for him unless he calls.

18. Are you sad they have died?

19. We believe you are right.

20. One must (il faut) eat well.

21. The concert about which we are thinking is Saturday's.

22. What can help you now?

23. They would now be successful if they had studied in their youth (leur jeunesse).

24. We will have hardly arrived, when he will tell us to leave.

25. We will continue traveling until we find a city we like.

26. What I'm counting on is her help (le secours).

27. Tell him who you are talking about.

28. Did he ask what you wanted?

29. What are you thinking about?

30. If she slept last night, she will be in a good mood this afternoon.

31. As soon as my homework is finished, I will go to sleep.

32. They said they had had enough.

33. That's the most beautiful song I have ever heard.

34. They will go upstairs without having dinner.

35. I don't know what you need.

36. Who are you traveling with?

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