French language Q&A Forum

What is the reference to the "MRS P VANDERTRAMP verbs"  in the sentence below?

Just as with Passé composé, all the so-called MRS P VANDERTRAMP verbs (mostly movement verbs) conjugate withêtre in Plus-que-parfait.

What do we add before the noun of the day? For example, Je travaille le lundi/ en lundi/ à lundi?

The instructions say: When referring to the street, road, avenue, or boulevard people live on (using habiter), you can either use dans la/le, simply la/le or nothing at all.

The three examples from the explanation page were J'habite la rue Pasteur; J'habite rue Pasteur;  J'habite dans la rue Pasteur , all following the instructions.  

However, in the quiz, Mon restaurant est en La Rue du Temple is given as a correct answer.  I did not choose this sentence as En was not mentioned in the instructions nor in the examples.  Is the difference between "habite" - living on the street vs. having a business on the street?  Thank you.  

I just got marked wrong for “par le métro” in a quiz

My aim is to speak French fleuntly

Bonjour à toutes et à tous,

I would like to know if there is a difference in the usage of these verbs or are they completely interchangeable ?   For example, in the sentence "I lifted up a heavy box", which one would be more appropriate ? 

Merci

Is le passé simple used in daily newspapers and popular magazines or is it strictly reserved for use in literature? Merci!