Easy French games for the classroom: check the negative frame and article

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Keep the verb; explain the frame, elision, and article.</p></header><pre id="result" class="result" role="status" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true">Teacher keys: <span lang="fr">Mina ne boit pas de jus.</span> / <span lang="fr">Mina n’a pas de papier.</span></pre><div class="buttons"><button type="button" id="juice">F1 · Juice</button><button type="button" id="paper">F2 · Paper</button></div><div id="source" lang="fr" class="sample">F1 · Mina boit du jus.</div><label for="response">Your complete written negative</label><textarea id="response" lang="fr" rows="3" ></textarea><div class="buttons"><button type="button" id="check">Check sentence</button></div><label for="explain">Explain frame, elision, and article</label><textarea id="explain" rows="3" ></textarea><section class="panel"><h2>Worked decisions</h2><p>F1: <span lang="fr">ne / boit / pas / de jus.</span></p><p>F2: <span lang="fr">n’a / pas / de papier.</span> Join <span lang="fr">n’</span> to <span lang="fr">a</span>; change <span lang="fr">du</span> to <span lang="fr">de</span> in this exercise’s zero-quantity meaning.</p></section><footer><p>This checks two declared standard-written zero-quantity patterns only. Spoken variants and other negative contexts need their own teaching discussion.</p><p>Use a prepared HTML explanation in <a href="https://nos-workspace.com/">NOS</a> when reviewing these sentence pairs. Eligible static instructions can be revised in visual editing mode; dynamic outputs follow their controls.</p></footer></main><script>
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