1. M. Maupin promenait son caniche quand soudain l'autruche est apparue sur l'horizon. Mr. Maupin was walking with his pocketknife when suddenly the ostrich appeared on the horizon. Mr. Maupin was walking his ostrich in Sudan when suddenly Austria was invaded horizontally. Mr. Maupin was walking his poodle when suddenly the ostrich appeared on the horizon. Mr. Maupin was taking his poodle to the prom when suddenly Austria was on the horizon.

2. Le perroquet de ma voisine sait chanter la Marseillaise. My neighbor's wig sings the Marseillaise. My parrot's neighbor can sing the Marseillaise. Your neighbor's parrot wears a wig from Marseille. My neighbor's parrot can sing the Marseillaise.

3. Jean a rempli la cafetière d'eau. Jean entered the flooded cafeteria. Jean filled the coffee pot up with water. Jean, fill that coffee pot up with water. Jean washed the coffee pot with water.

4. Jeanne a rempli son reservoir d'essence avec de l'huile. Jeanne filled her salad bowl with oil. Jeanne filled up her coffee pot with gas. Jeanne filled up her gas tank with oil. Jeanne went to the reservoir to get some oil.

5. Les vieilles dames tricotaient sur le banc devant la boulangerie. The old ladies were hitchhiking in front of the bowling alley. The old ladies were knitting on the bench in front of the bank. The old ladies were knitting on the bench in front of the bakery. The old ladies were tending geese in the barnyard.

6. Mme Henri a fait une tarte aux pommes pour son mari. Mme Henri's husband is making her an apple pie. Mme Henri will make an apple pie for her husband. Madame Henri made an apple pie for her husband. Mme Henri would have made an apple pie for her husband.

7. Vous n'auriez pas un balai à me preter? You wouldn't happen to have a broom you could loan me? Do you have a ticket to the ballet you could sell me? You don't have a whale I could borrow? Have you seen a whale with a broom go by?

8. Excusez moi, mais votre chat vient de manger mon caleçon. Excuse me, but your cat is eating my boxer shorts. Excuse me, but your cat's eating my fishhook. Excuse me, your cat has eaten my hamster. Excuse me, but your cat's just eaten my boxer shorts.

9. Avez-vous lu 'la Guerre et la Paix'? Are you reading 'War and Peace'? Have you seen my 'War and Peace'? Have you read 'War and Peace'? Have you seen the 'Brothers Karamosov'?

10. Prete-moi ton stylo, j'en ai besoin. Loan me your pen, I need it. Can you style my hair? I need it! The priest needs your pen, and so do I. The priest has a great hairstyle, I wish I did.

11. La propreté de sa voiture laisse un peu à desirer. The ownership of his car is greatly desired. The cleanliness of your car fills me with desire. He has no desire to own a car. The cleanliness of his car leaves something to be desired.

12. Chaque fois qu'il y a un courant d'air, j'attrape un rhume! Every time there's an air current, I catch a shock. Every time there's a draft, I catch a cold. Every time he has a cold, I have a draft beer. Every time he is there in the stream, I trap a fish.

13. Quand la nuit tombe, les oiseaux se couchent. When night falls, birds hide. When nighttime fell, the birds went to bed. When night falls, the birds go to bed. When the damage is assessed, the birds will fall.

14. Veuillez ne pas piétiner les plantations. Please do not rollerskate on the plantations. Please don't feed the plants. Please don't plant the pedestrians. Please do not trample the flower beds.

15. Savez-vous planter les clous? Do you know how to paint nutmeg? Do you know how to plant cabbage? Do you know how to hammer in nails? Do you know how to solve clues?