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Test your knowledge of French causative structures with this crossword! Causative constructions — such as faire faire, se faire, laisser faire and faire appel à — allow you to express that someone causes or lets an action happen. At C1 level, mastering these nuanced forms is essential for sophisticated, natural-sounding French.
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Clues
Across
- 1. To call
- 4. Soon
- 7. Word completing a verb's meaning
- 9. Fixed phrase with specific meaning
- 10. Person receiving the action caused
- 11. Relating to meaning in language
Down
- 2. Verb used with reflexive pronoun
- 3. Study of word forms and structure
- 5. Relating to sentence structure rules
- 6. To be able
- 7. Twilight, dusk at day's end
- 8. Always
Answers
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Across
- 1. To call → appeler
- 4. Soon → bientot
- 7. Word completing a verb's meaning → complement
- 9. Fixed phrase with specific meaning → locution
- 10. Person receiving the action caused → recepteur
- 11. Relating to meaning in language → semantique
Down
- 2. Verb used with reflexive pronoun → pronominal
- 3. Study of word forms and structure → morphologie
- 5. Relating to sentence structure rules → syntaxique
- 6. To be able → pouvoir
- 7. Twilight, dusk at day's end → crepuscule
- 8. Always → toujours
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