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Grammar
Objective: Apply the auquel, auxquels, and auxquelles forms after verbs that take à, and distinguish them from dont and à qui in complex sentences.
| Antecedent | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| masculine singular | auquel | Le livre auquel je pense. |
| feminine singular | à laquelle | La personne à laquelle je pense. |
| masculine plural | auxquels | Les livres auxquels je pense. |
| feminine plural | auxquelles | Les personnes auxquelles je pense. |
| masculine singular, passive | auquel | Le règlement auquel il est soumis. |
| feminine plural, passive | auxquelles | Les règles auxquelles nous obéissons. |
The preposition à contracts with lequel to produce auquel, so the bare sequence à lequel never appears in French.
The antecedent personne is feminine singular, so the relative pronoun takes the form à laquelle. The masculine auquel does not agree with the noun.
The antecedent projet is masculine singular, so the contraction produces auquel.
The feminine singular antecedent takes à laquelle with no contraction.
The masculine plural antecedent takes auxquels, the contracted form of à and lesquels.
The feminine plural antecedent takes auxquelles. The adjective complexes agrees with the same antecedent.
S'intéresser à takes the preposition à, and the reflexive pronoun stays attached to the verb.
7 exercises · about 11 minutes
Penser à takes the preposition à, not de. The pronoun dont replaces a de-complement, so it does not fit this verb.
À and lesquels contract to auxquels. The bare sequence à lesquels never appears in French.
Réfléchir à takes the preposition à. The feminine singular antecedent produces à laquelle with no contraction.
The formal register uses the contracted form auxquelles in a passive construction with être soumis à.
S'habituer à takes the preposition à, and the masculine singular antecedent produces auquel.