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Grammar 40 lessons
Beginner
10 lessons
⚙️ The French Alphabet & Pronunciation
Learn the French alphabet accents and the key pronunciation rules that make French sound different from English.
⚙️ Nouns & Gender (le/la)
Understand that all French nouns are masculine or feminine and learn the rules and patterns for determining gender.
⚙️ Definite & Indefinite Articles
Master the four definite articles (le la les l') and indefinite articles (un une des) and when to use each.
⚙️ Subject Pronouns & the Verb être
Learn the French subject pronouns and fully conjugate the essential irregular verb être (to be) in the present tense.
⚙️ The Verb avoir & Basic Sentences
Conjugate avoir (to have) and use it to form basic sentences including age expressions and descriptions.
⚙️ Regular -ER Verbs (Present Tense)
Learn the most common verb group in French — regular -ER verbs — and conjugate them in the present tense.
⚙️ Adjectives – Agreement & Placement
Understand how French adjectives must agree in gender and number with their noun and where they are placed.
⚙️ Negation – ne…pas
Form negative sentences in French using ne…pas and its variations ne…jamais ne…plus and ne…rien.
⚙️ Numbers & Basic Quantities
Learn French cardinal numbers 1–100 ordinal numbers and key quantity expressions.
⚙️ Question Formation
Ask questions in French using intonation est-ce que inversion and question words (qui quoi où quand comment pourquoi).
Elementary
10 lessons
⚙️ Regular -IR and -RE Verbs
Expand beyond -ER verbs to conjugate regular -IR and -RE verbs in the present tense.
⚙️ The Passé Composé (Past Tense)
Form the most common French past tense using avoir or être as auxiliary plus the past participle.
⚙️ The Imparfait (Imperfect Past)
Use the imparfait to describe past habits ongoing states and background descriptions.
⚙️ Possessive Adjectives
Express ownership using mon/ma/mes ton/ta/tes son/sa/ses notre/nos votre/vos leur/leurs.
⚙️ Prepositions & Contractions (à de en)
Master the most essential French prepositions à de and en and their contractions au/aux and du/des.
⚙️ The Near Future – aller + infinitive
Form the near future tense using the conjugated verb aller followed by an infinitive.
⚙️ Demonstrative Adjectives – ce/cet/cette/ces
Point out specific nouns using this/that/these/those with the correct demonstrative adjective form.
⚙️ Adverbs – Formation & Placement
Form French adverbs from adjectives using -ment and learn the placement rules for different adverb types.
⚙️ Essential Irregular Verbs – aller venir faire pouvoir vouloir
Conjugate the five most important irregular verbs in French and use them in common expressions.
⚙️ Object Pronouns – Direct & Indirect
Replace nouns with direct object pronouns (me te le la nous vous les) and indirect object pronouns.
Intermediate
10 lessons
⚙️ The Subjunctive Mood (le Subjonctif)
Learn when and how to use the subjunctive mood after expressions of doubt emotion wish and necessity.
⚙️ The Conditional Tense
Form and use the present and past conditional to express hypothetical situations polite requests and reported speech.
⚙️ Relative Pronouns – qui que dont où
Use the relative pronouns qui que dont and où to link clauses and avoid repetition.
⚙️ Reflexive Verbs
Conjugate and use reflexive verbs in all tenses and understand the difference between reflexive and non-reflexive meanings.
⚙️ The Passive Voice
Form the passive voice in French and understand when to use it and how to express the agent.
⚙️ Reported Speech (le Discours Indirect)
Transform direct speech into reported speech applying the correct sequence of tenses and pronoun shifts.
⚙️ The Pluperfect (le Plus-que-parfait)
Use the pluperfect to describe an action completed before another past action in narration and reported speech.
⚙️ Indefinite Pronouns & Adjectives
Use indefinite expressions such as on tout chaque certains plusieurs quelques and n'importe.
⚙️ Cause Result & Opposition Connectors
Connect ideas using because therefore however although and a full range of logical connectors in French.
⚙️ Gerund & Present Participle (le Gérondif)
Form and use the gerund (en + present participle) to express simultaneous actions means and conditions.
Advanced
10 lessons
⚙️ Advanced Subjunctive Uses
Master all contexts requiring the subjunctive including after superlatives doubt expressions and in independent clauses.
⚙️ Complex Conditional Structures
Analyse mixed conditionals double conditionals and the full range of si clause patterns in sophisticated French.
⚙️ Nominalization & Advanced Sentence Structure
Transform verbal and adjectival constructions into noun phrases to achieve the dense formal style of written French.
⚙️ Discourse & Argumentation in French
Build cohesive arguments using advanced connectors thesis structures and rhetorical devices in written and spoken French.
⚙️ The Literary Tenses – Passé Simple & Subjonctif Imparfait
Recognize and use the passé simple and imperfect subjunctive essential for reading classical and literary French texts.
⚙️ Advanced Pronoun Usage & Order
Master pronoun stacking y and en with other pronouns emphatic pronouns and pronouns in complex clause structures.
⚙️ French Syntax – Word Order & Inversion
Control word order in formal texts including inversion after quoted speech after adverbs and in complex sentences.
⚙️ Register & Style – Written vs Spoken French
Understand the differences between formal informal and literary registers and adapt your language accordingly.
⚙️ French Rhetoric & Figures of Speech
Recognize and use key rhetorical figures including anaphora antithesis hyperbole litotes irony and euphemism.
⚙️ Advanced Text Analysis & Translation
Analyse authentic French texts identify grammatical and stylistic features and develop precision in French-English translation.