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Le Passé Simple — French grammar quiz in 20 seconds

🎬 Watch: 3 quick questions on « Le Passé Simple »

🎧 Narrated by a native French speaker · every line read aloud

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🎬 About this short

A 20-second french grammar quiz on « Le Passé Simple » (the literary past): 3 real examples, three seconds to guess, then the answer. Every question comes straight from our Le Passé Simple grammar guide — open it for the rules, audio on each example, and a practice quiz.

🔊 The examples

Elle ouvrit la porte et souritShe opened the door and smiled
Ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d’enfantsThey lived happily ever after…
Victor Hugo naquit en 1802Victor Hugo was born in 1802
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