Words & expressionsPicture sceneA1
French flower-shop vocabulary: explore the florist’s display
Learn twelve French words for flowers, plants, containers and florist’s tools, then find what a customer requests in a small flower shop.
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French at A1
Everything written for A1 learners (first steps), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillA1
Avoir present tense drill: six forms, j’ai and je suis
Words & expressionsFlashcardsA1
French food vocabulary: 30 flashcards with examples
Grammar & usageCheat sheetA1
Ce, cet, cette or ces? Point out the right thing in French
Pronunciation & listeningVocabulary listA1
French an and en: twelve words with the nasal vowel /ɑ̃/
Learn an and en through twelve useful French words, family examples and picture cards. Check the nasal vowel in enfant, dans, grand and pendant.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableA1
Porter conjugation: wear and carry across useful tenses
Learn je porte, j’ai porté and je porterai, with seven tense and mood tables, wear/carry examples, common mistakes and form-recall practice.
Everyday FrenchDialogueA1
A table for two in French: arriving without a reservation
Walk into a restaurant, ask for a table and understand the wait. Practise a complete arrival dialogue and explore the restaurant entrance.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French story: the guide takes off the red hat
Read an A1 identification story with eight glosses. A guide removes her red hat, so use the remaining glasses, scarf and name badge to recognise her.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookA1
Ordering ice cream in French: scoops, flavours, cup or cone
Order ice cream in French: une boule, deux boules, en cornet ou en pot, the flavours, and the questions the server will ask. Real phrases with a practice filter.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA1
French A1 gap-fill: a family video call across three homes
Fill possessive adjectives and subject pronouns in a short story about a family video call: mon, ma, mes, son, sa, ses, notre, leur. Check and read the translation.
Pronunciation & listeningArticleA1
How to pronounce French u: keep the tongue forward and round
Shape French u /y/ from /i/, compare it with ou /u/, and practise tu, vu and lu in short phrases with picture prompts and a quick check.
DELF, DALF & examsReadingA1
A1 French notice: read it again after the camera rule changes
Read two short photography-workshop notices. Practise si, sinon, event times and registration deadlines with picture cards and four reading questions.
Reading & writingExam practiceA1
Describe your family in French: an A1 paragraph to write and check
Write a short French family paragraph with names, ages and shared activities. Use the model, family picture cards and simple checks for pronouns and agreement.
DELF, DALF & examsQuizA1
DELF A1 reading practice: a games-evening poster
Read a French games-evening poster, then answer eight questions on the date, room, hours, free entry and drinks sold separately.
Grammar & usagePractical guideA1
How to check a French noun’s gender when the article hides it
Find masculine and feminine clues in French sentences, see what l’ and les hide, and check why mon amie is feminine with pictures and a quiz.
Grammar & usageSorting gameA1
Le or la? Sort French nouns by their endings
A sorting game for French noun gender: drop each noun into le or la using its ending (-age, -tion, -ment, -ette, -eau). Learn the patterns that work 80% of the time.
Pronunciation & listeningCommon mistakesA1
French p and b: four fixes with pain, bain, port and bord
Keep the vowel steady in pain/bain and port/bord. Correct four common p/b pronunciation mistakes, use picture cards and check the lip closure and release.
Grammar & usageMatching gameA1
French question words: match each question to its answer
Où, quand, qui, pourquoi, combien, comment: match ten French questions to the answers that fit, and learn what each question word asks for.
Grammar & usageSentence builderA1
Build French questions with quel and quelle
Quelle heure est-il? Quel est ton numéro? Tap the tiles to build questions with quel, quelle, quels and quelles, and make them agree.
Grammar & usageWord scaleA1
How much? French quantity words from un peu to énormément
Pas du tout, un peu, assez, beaucoup, trop, énormément: a scale of French quantity words, with de after quantities and how to use them with verbs and nouns.
Grammar & usageSpot the mistakeA1
Spot the mistake: à le, de le and missing elisions
À le cinéma, de les billets, je aime: tap the forms French never allows in eight sentences, and fix them with au, du, des and the apostrophe.
Words & expressionsOdd one outA1
Odd one out: French time and calendar words
Lundi, mardi, mercredi… mars? Spot the intruder among days, months, seasons and time words, including the tricky annuel / annuaire pair.
Everyday FrenchTimelineA1
Making crêpes step by step: put the recipe in order
A crêpe recipe as a timeline: from mixing the flour and eggs to flipping the first crêpe. Read the steps, then shuffle them and rebuild the recipe.
Everyday FrenchReal documentA1
Read a French recipe card: crêpes for twelve
A handwritten-style French recipe for crêpes: ingredients with grams and centilitres, numbered steps, resting time and the verbs you need in the kitchen.
Everyday FrenchClockA1
Read the clock in French: et quart, et demie, moins le quart
Eight clock faces to read in French. Practise il est trois heures et quart, et demie, moins le quart and moins dix, the way people actually say the time.
Everyday FrenchText conversationA1
Meeting at the station: texting to find each other in French
You're at a busy French station and can't find your friend. Text to describe where you are: under the clock, near the exit, next to the café.
Culture & registerMyth or factA1
Myth or fact: French greetings and politeness
Do you have to say bonjour in shops? Is tu always rude? Do the French kiss everyone? Judge eight claims about greeting people in France.
DELF, DALF & examsLevel checkA1
What’s my French level? A free 20-question check (A1–B1)
A 20-question French grammar check from A1 to B1. See how each part went and which articles to read next. A guide, not a certified level.
Everyday FrenchPicture sceneA1
Find an item in a French shop: departments, floors and landmarks
Explore a French shop and ask where to find notebooks. Learn department and floor phrases, follow the assistant’s directions and check the destination.
Words & expressionsVocabulary listA1
French musical instruments: 20 names with pictures and playing examples
Recognise 20 instruments in French, learn their articles and use jouer du, de la and de l’ with examples, picture cards and four questions.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableA1
Accepter: conjugate “to accept” and use accepter de
Learn accepter with seven tense tables and the pattern accepter de plus infinitive. Separate accepting an invitation from agreeing to do an action.
DELF, DALF & examsVerb drillA1
DELF A1 form practice: nom, prénom and contact details
Read Nora’s French registration form, complete six labelled fields and answer questions about her city, email and Saturday-morning availability.
Words & expressionsFlashcardsA1
French fruit vocabulary: 20 picture cards for the greengrocer
Learn twenty French fruit names with their articles from picture cards, then buy them by the kilo, by the piece or by the punnet.
Pronunciation & listeningCheat sheetA1
French final consonants: what to say and what to leave silent
A practical French final-consonant sheet: silent endings, pronounced c, r, f and l, useful exceptions, feminine forms and liaison, with picture practice.
Everyday FrenchDialogueA1
French dialogue at the swimming pool: tickets, lockers and rules
A full French conversation at a public pool: buying an entry, renting a locker with a coin, asking where the changing rooms are. Practise your part.
Reading & writingGraded storyA1
A1 French reading: a Saturday at the flower farm
Easy French about volunteers at a flower farm: who cuts, who waters, who makes the bouquets. Glossed text, translation and a people-and-tools matching question.
