Put your French grammar skills to the test with this crossword puzzle focused on demonstrative pronouns — words like celui, celle, ceux and celles. At A2 level, you’ll practise choosing the right form depending on gender and number, and learn how to point out or refer back to specific people and things in French.
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 3. Referring to one person or thing
- 5. to write words or text
- 7. Often
- 8. Grammatical feminine gender
- 10. Twilight, dusk at day's end
- 12. Relating to the use of pronouns
- 13. Pronoun pointing to specific thing
- 14. Points out or indicates
- 15. Always
Down
- 1. A level or grade of skill
- 2. Replacing a noun with a pronoun
- 4. Word replaced by a pronoun
- 6. Act of referring to something
- 9. Repeating a noun using a pronoun
- 11. Sometimes
Answers
Show the answers
Across
- 3. Referring to one person or thing → singulier
- 5. to write words or text → ecrire
- 7. Often → souvent
- 8. Grammatical feminine gender → feminin
- 10. Twilight, dusk at day's end → crepuscule
- 12. Relating to the use of pronouns → pronominal
- 13. Pronoun pointing to specific thing → demonstratif
- 14. Points out or indicates → designe
- 15. Always → toujours
Down
- 1. A level or grade of skill → niveau
- 2. Replacing a noun with a pronoun → substitution
- 4. Word replaced by a pronoun → antecedent
- 6. Act of referring to something → reference
- 9. Repeating a noun using a pronoun → reprise
- 11. Sometimes → parfois
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