Could someone who specializes in French help me to see if these are correctly written in the past tense. Thankyou!!! (:

Question

1. J’ai passé mes vacances en Californie. I spent my vacation in California.

2 Nous sommes allé à la plage beaucoup. We went to the beach a lot.

3 J’ai fait du camping avec ma famille. I went camping with my family.

4 Nous avons roulé de la Californie du Sud à San Francisco. We drove from Southern C-SF

5 Nous avons conduit pour dix heures de route. We drove for ten hours.

6 Nous avons roulé sur la route de la côte du Pacifique. We drove on Pacific Coast Highway.

7 La vue sur la mer était belle au-delà des moto. The sea view was beautiful beyond words.

8 Ma famille est arrivée en San Francisco tard dans la nuit. My family arrived in S.F late at night.

9 Nous avons mangé de la bonne nourriture le long du chemin. We ate good food along the way.

10. Nous avons exploré autour du Golden Gate Bridge. We explored around G.G.B.

11. Lombard Street est une rue populaire de San Francisco, en California. Lombard St is a very popular street in SF, C.

12. Lombard Street est mondialement connue pour un bloc spécifique sur Russian Hill entre Hyde Street et Leavenworth Street.

13. La chaussée est constituée de huit virages très serrés.

14. C'était une expérience amusante.

15. Une semaine plus tard, nous sommes retournés à la Californie du Sud. One week later, we returned to Southern California.

16. Nous sommes allés au Hollywood Walk of Fame. We went to the H.W.o.F

17. J'ai vu le grand panneau Hollywood . I saw the big Hollywood Sign.

18. Nous avions également pris des photos au LACMA . We had also taken pictures at LACMA.

19. J'ai passé du temps avec ma famille beaucoup. I spent time with my family a lot.

20. J'adore la Californie. I love California.

21. Mes vacances d'été a été un succès. My summer vacation was a success.

Answer 1

I'll send this to Sra.

Answer 2

Anna, before you do any more Passé Composé and/or l'Imperfait, please learn the "rules and regulations" involved in using the Past Tense in French. If you need a complete review of anything, please let me know, but understanding the tool is necessary before trying to use it. Some of these things I already listed for you in the other assignment I corrected for you.

2. Again, you must keep in mind that the Past Participle conjugated with être agrees with the subject. Yesterday in #1., since you are feminine, the Past Participle would be allée. (with the extra "e") Now in this one, if "we" is masculine plural, or partially feminine, the Past Participle would be "allés." If, however "we" happens to be all feminine plural, the Past Participle would be "allées."

As for the adverb, it might also be immediately after the Past Tense = Nous sommes allés beaucoup à la plage.

4. "to drive" could be "conduire" better than "rouler."

7. "words" = mots

8. Again, the adverb might be after the verb = est arrivée (well done here!) tard...

11. California = Californie

12. entre les rues X et Y

17. "sign" = une enseigne" ' Here's one secret to using a dictionary: 1. look up the English word for "sign." 2. write down all the possibilities (signe, enseigne, etc.) and then 3. Look up each French word for the PRIMARY meaning in English. That will usually give you the "best" word to use. Honestly, it could also be considered a "billboard." I never thought of it!

19. Somehow the adverb seems better "J'ai passé beaucoup de"

21. Note that "vacances" is plural so the verb must be also = Mes vacances d'´été ont été (OR, for description, l'imperfait "étaient"

Sra (aka Mme)