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Bonjour,

J’espère que vous allez bien !

I am desperate to find out a fact!

Please help!

According to your site, penser may require the subjunctive, depending on whether it is used affirmatively, negatively, or interrogatively.

So, I use the subjunctive for an interrogative sentence.

However, when I did a petit quiz on the subjonctive, my answer was wrong.

“Tu penses qu’il soit capable de réussir ?”

The correct answer is “est”!

But why? Because this question is informal, not “Penses-tu qu’il…”?

I appreciate your information.

Merci d’avance.

I cannot understand at all what the difference is between the phrases below using plaire. It seems to me both are possible but only one is correct according to Kwiziq:

Ce restaurant nous plait  vs  Ce restaurant plait a nous

Please forgive the lack of accents

In the third sentence, we are given the hint to use "on", but then marked wrong when we used it instead of "nous."

The old house where my parents lived.  Is it an ancient house that my parents once lived in or is it a modern house that they formerly lived in?

Why is it incorrect to say the second phrase?

Tu en tenais deux

T'en tenais deux

Why soit d’argent soit un cadeau?  Why not soit de l’argent or soit d’un cadeau?

An example above :

Cette soirée s'est très bien passée.That evening went very well.
Isn't "that evening" a precise moment (a particular evening) ? 

where should I put the adverbs  When the sentence have an direct object
are these sentences true and is there any other way to form a Sentence

Le garçon a nettoyé la pièce plus lentement que moi
le garçon nettoie la pièce plus lentement que moi

please help. Thanks

In the sentence "qui vient d'accueillir son premier animal familier" - Why are we using "son"? I've read the lesson still don't understand. Is it because of it being used generally? 

And in that same sentence, why is it that "De" is used to express "TO learn"? why not "à"? 

Also in the sentence "ce soit bon pour un animal de rester enfermé" is the "De" required because of "être"?

And lastly -  "la plus grande preuve d'amour que vous puissiez lui donner" why did this sentence get knocked into the subjunctive? 

Apologies for all these questions but this exercise really got me confused!