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French at A2
Everything written for A2 learners (everyday French), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceA2
TCF writing task 1 practice: ask for photos for a farewell album
A TCF-style short message: ask colleagues for photos for a leaving album, give a deadline and explain how to send them. Model answer and checklist.
Pronunciation & listeningCommon mistakesA2
Fille or ville? Five French ill pronunciation traps
Keep fille /fij/ and ville /vil/ apart. Work through five spelling traps, compare mille and tranquille, and test the endings in bouteille and travail.
Words & expressionsVocabulary listA2
Poignée or anse: French handles, a handful and a small bay
Name a door handle, cup handle and bag handles in French. Picture cards and short examples also explain une poignée de and the coastal meaning of anse.
Verbs & tensesPractical guideA2
The passé composé in French: forms, uses and examples
Learn the passé composé in French: avoir or être, past participles, agreement and word order, with examples and a nine-question quiz.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableA2
Dormir conjugation: dors, dormons and dormi
Learn dormir in seven tenses. Compare dors with dormons, use avoir + dormi for the past, and practise dormais, dormirai and dorme in context.
Reading & writingReadingA2
A2 French bus notice: find the temporary stop
Read a French bus-stop notice and follow directions past a bakery to a pharmacy. Practise direction, dates and temporary changes with four questions.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French story: three neighbours try a quieter morning routine
Read an A2 French story about three neighbours negotiating quieter mornings. Track the rejected later-departure idea and the two smaller changes they agree to try.
Pronunciation & listeningPhrasebookA2
Live French listening: phrases to clarify and confirm
Prepare for a French appointment call with phrases for a missed time, an unfamiliar word and a final confirmation, plus two practice questions.
Pronunciation & listeningDialogueA2
French list intonation: let your listener know when you’ve finished
Read a breakfast-planning dialogue, keep each food phrase together, and practise signalling an open or finished list with picture cards and three questions.
Grammar & usageArticleA2
Chaque or tous les? Every, each and all in French
Compare chaque jour with tous les jours, keep singular and plural agreement straight, and distinguish every day from the whole day with a routine scene.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillA2
Futur proche: build aller + infinitive, then try the drill
Learn the six forms of aller and build French plans with an infinitive. Practise negatives, object pronouns and reflexive verbs in fourteen gaps.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Jour or journée: practise “every day” and “all day”
Choose jour or journée in a short French gap-fill story. Compare calendar days, time spent, tous les jours, toute la journée and Bonne journée.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetA2
Spell an email address in French: point, arobase and tiret
Learn the French names for email symbols, spell a surname and correct a dot or hyphen. A printable sheet and short practice check the whole address.
Pronunciation & listeningPicture sceneA2
French station announcements: find the train, change and action
Explore a station and read four short French announcements. Check the updated platform, departure time, ticket-office hours and requested exit.
Verbs & tensesQuizA2
What did you do yesterday?
Ten passé composé questions on helpers, participles and agreement, each with an explanation of the right answer.
Reading & writingExam practiceA2
Fix conflicting details in a French message: an A2 editing task
Repair a French travel message with conflicting days, times and ticket information. Compare a fact sheet, rewrite the draft and check the model.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesA2
French adjective pairs: tired or tiring, kind or friendly?
Choose between fatigué and fatigant, ennuyé and ennuyeux, gentil and sympa. See how the meaning changes, then practise five contextual questions.
Words & expressionsVocabulary listA2
Morceau or pièce? French words for portions, parts and pieces
Name a piece of cake, a puzzle piece, a coin and a piece of music. Learn morceau and pièce through pictures, useful phrases and a short quiz.
Pronunciation & listeningPractical guideA2
French r practice: a short session with useful feedback
Build a comfortable French r session from port, porte and train, then ask a partner precise questions about the words and phrase rhythm.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableA2
Mettre conjugation: mets, mettons, mis and mettrai
Study mettre in seven tenses: singular mets and met, plural mettons and mettent, the past participle mis and the future stem mettr-. Includes practice.
Everyday FrenchReadingA2
What does a French breakfast set include? Read the menu and ask
Read a French breakfast offer, then follow a customer checking the drink choices and an extra croissant. Includes glosses, food pictures and questions.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookA2
Buying a SIM card in French: data, activation and top-ups
Choose a prepaid SIM in French: ask about data and calls, check validity, activate the card and find out how to top up. Four translated shop scenes.
Words & expressionsDialogueA2
Fermer or éteindre: close the app, switch off the computer
Practise a short end-of-day dialogue: save a document, close an app and switch off a computer. Compare fermer, éteindre and mettre en veille.
Grammar & usageArticleA2
Quel or lequel? Ask “which” and “which one” in French
Compare quel with lequel using clothes, colours and sizes. See all eight forms, make a choice in a shop and test singular and plural agreement.
Everyday FrenchVerb drillA2
French restaurant quantities: count, order and correct
Practise French restaurant quantities with a three-person order, pictures and ten gaps. Keep the number, serving and customer together.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Cru, cuit, cuire or cuisiner? A French food gap-fill
Describe raw and cooked ingredients, compare cuire and cuisiner, then fill eight gaps in a dinner scene. Includes food picture cards and adjective agreement.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetA2
French superlatives: le plus, la moins and the best option
Build French superlatives with le, la or les. Compare three workshop options, check meilleur versus mieux and practise adjective and quantity patterns.
Words & expressionsPicture sceneA2
Large or vaste: explore a house and describe its space
Explore a French house to compare large, meaning wide, with vaste, meaning spacious or extensive. Practise doors, rooms, gardens and width measurements.
Everyday FrenchQuizA2
French second-hand adverts quiz: disponible, réservé, à débattre
Ten questions on French classified-ad wording: à débattre, à récupérer sur place, réservé, très bon état, envoi possible. Read Leboncoin-style ads with confidence.
Reading & writingExam practiceA2
Damaged parcel email in French: describe the damage and ask for a replacement
Write an A2 French damaged-parcel email with an order reference, precise damage, attached photos and a clear replacement request. Model and practice included.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesA2
Identifiant or mot de passe? Read a French login form
Separate a French account identifier from its password. Read login fields, distinguish signing in from signing up and practise common form messages.
Words & expressionsVocabulary listA2
Parts of objects in French: lids, handles, bases and openings
Name the parts of everyday objects in French: couvercle, bouchon, anse, poignée and more. Learn the part–whole pattern and test your choices.
Reading & writingPractical guideA2
Write a French complaint: facts, consequence and a clear request
Build a short French complaint about the wrong item in a delivery. Compare useful facts with guesses, follow a model email and practise the final request.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableA2
Vendre conjugation: vends, vendons, vendu and vendrai
Conjugate vendre in seven useful tenses and moods. Practise regular -re endings, vendu after avoir, vendrai in the future and selling something to someone.
Reading & writingReadingA2
Read a French notice: find the right time, room and condition
Scan a cultural-centre notice and its room update. Find the meeting time, check which activity needs booking and explore the places named in the notice.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookA2
Airport check-in in French: phrases for each next step
Check in, ask where to leave a suitcase and confirm the next step in French. Practise both sides of an airport-counter exchange with a short quiz.
