The test answers are inconsistent; sometimes dix is changed to 10 and minutes to min and heurs to h. And sometimes not! IMHO if it is written as a word in the question then it should be written as a word in the answer ie ten = dix and hours = heurs.
In French, to say that a place or a person is (at) a certain distance from somewhere, you use the expression:
ATTENTION:
In French, you must always use à before the distance:
Je suis cinq minutes de Paris. -> Je suis à cinq minutes de Paris.
Note also that when locations are introduced by the definite articles le and les, de contracts into du and des :
Je suis à 5 minutes du cinéma.
I'm 5 minutes from the cinema.
L'école est à 15 minutes des magasins.
The school is 15 minutes from the shops.
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Numbers v numerals
The test answers are inconsistent; sometimes dix is changed to 10 and minutes to min and heurs to h. And sometimes not! IMHO if it is written as a word in the question then it should be written as a word in the answer ie ten = dix and hours = heurs.
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Very confused!
I wrote à dix minutes de Marseille and it was wrong; corrected to à 10 mins de ... What is the difference since writing out numbers for time is OK elsewhere.

Hi Liz,
Could you try to report this with the Report it button in your correction board, failing this, we need more detail on the specific quiz as 'minutes' should have been accepted, I think...
Very confused!
I wrote à dix minutes de Marseille and it was wrong; corrected to à 10 mins de ... What is the difference since writing out numbers for time is OK elsewhere.
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Hello, Thank you for this lesson. Would we use 'de la' if the lieu is féminin? I only saw a mention of du/des. Thank you.
Hello, Thank you for this lesson. Would we use 'de la' if the lieu is féminin? I only saw a mention of du/des. Thank you.
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I’m vs kilometres

Bonjour Marnie !
I've had a look at your Correction Board, and Chris's intuition was right: you forgot the accent on "kilometres", hence the Nearly Correct mark :)
When reporting about specific scoring issues, please use the "Report it" button in your Correction Board, which sends us a link straight to the question you're referring to :)
Bonne journée !
I’m vs kilometres
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In the quiz it marked wrong when I spelled out dix minutes. in the answer it had 10 mins


In the quiz it marked wrong when I spelled out dix minutes. in the answer it had 10 mins
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This doesn't quite seem like a reasonable thing to count as a miss:





Bonjour Bonnie !
I've had a look at your Correction Board, and the reason you were marked down is that you wrote "à dix minuts de Marseille" which was incorrect.
"à dix minutes de Marseille" as well as other alternatives are accepted as correct by the system :)
For similar questions, in the future please use the "Report it" button in your Correction Board, as it links directly to the specific quiz take you're referring to, and makes it easier for us to answer you :)
Bonne journée !
2 hours from chartes I wrote as à deux heures de chartes and it was marked wrong giving the correct response of à 2h de chartes??????
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