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French at A2
Everything written for A2 learners (everyday French), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Everyday FrenchQuizA2
A faulty purchase in French: describe it and ask what happens next
Report a lamp that switches itself off, give the purchase details and ask about a solution. Eight practical French questions with pictures and feedback.
Reading & writingExam practiceA2
Cancel an appointment in French: write a clear message
Practise a French appointment cancellation with annuler, booking details and a confirmation request. Write your message, then compare it with a model.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesA2
Billet or ticket? French ticket words and four translation traps
Learn billet de train, ticket de caisse and billet de dix euros. Picture the documents, fix four translation traps and test your choices.
Words & expressionsVocabulary listA2
Promenade, balade or randonnée: choose your French outing
Plan a stroll, a casual bike ride or a hike in French. Explore an illustrated riverside, compare the outing words and check balade versus ballade.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookA2
At the pharmacy in French: say where it hurts and since when
Describe symptoms in French with avoir mal, body-part pictures and depuis. Practise the pharmacist’s questions and ask for a clearer explanation.
Grammar & usageDialogueA2
Donc or alors? Say so and then in a French conversation
Follow a neighbourhood clean-up conversation to use donc for a result, alors for a next step, and alors meaning then. Practise your part and take a quiz.
Culture & registerArticleA2
Bon courage or bonne chance? Encourage effort or wish someone luck
Choose bon courage for effort and bonne chance for a hoped-for result. Compare an exam week, useful pour phrases and four questions with feedback.
Grammar & usageVerb drillA2
French invitation drill: suggest a day with on peut and parce que
Build French invitations from availability cues: on peut, a specific day and a reason with parce que. Practise 12 complete suggestions with answers.
Reading & writingGap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: follow a parcel from shop to customer
Complete twelve gaps with sequence markers and clear noun references. Follow a parcel through a shopkeeper, a courier and a customer, with translation.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetA2
Passé composé with être: allé, allée, allés or allées?
Choose the right written ending with être: a four-form table, clear subjects, polite vous and five questions on agreement and auxiliary choice.
Words & expressionsPicture sceneA2
French vegetable market vocabulary: explore a grower’s stall
Explore twelve objects and produce displays at a vegetable stall, then follow the seller’s French directions to find your shopping.
DELF, DALF & examsQuizA2
DELF A2 reading practice: a summer job advert
Read a French reception job advert and answer eight questions about the work period, hours, application deadline and documents to send.
DELF, DALF & examsExam practiceA2
DELF A2 writing practice task: reply to an invitation (with model answer)
An original DELF A2-style writing task: reply to a friend’s invitation in at least 60 words, with a plan, a model answer and a self-review checklist.
Pronunciation & listeningCommon mistakesA2
French et vs est: never add a linking t after et
Keep et alors and Léa et Alice free of a linking t. Compare est ouvert, read a short meeting scene and check both pronunciation and spelling.
Everyday FrenchVocabulary listA2
Furnished flat in French: eight items to ask about
Learn eight furniture and appliance words with pictures and viewing questions. Practise which items stay, which belong to the tenant and how to ask for a list.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookA2
Taking a taxi in French: confirm the address and ask the fare
Give a precise taxi destination in French, correct a station mix-up and ask for a fare estimate. Practise short exchanges about the address, price and traffic.
Everyday FrenchDialogueA2
Collect a parcel from a neighbour: a French dialogue
Check the name on a parcel, agree a collection time and thank your neighbour in French. Practise the full exchange with a late-arrival alternative.
Everyday FrenchArticleA2
Excusez-moi, pardon or désolé: what to say in each situation
Choose a French opener or apology with short scenes. Compare excusez-moi, pardon and désolé, check tu and vous, and practise the speaker agreement.
Grammar & usageVerb drillA2
French negation with object pronouns: a word-order drill
Practise je ne le vois pas, je ne lui ai pas répondu and je ne vais pas le lire. Ten gaps help you place pronouns, ne and pas around the right verb.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: a usual commute and one day by bike
Choose imparfait or passé composé in twelve gaps about a colleague cycling to work. Contrast a usual routine, background details and one completed journey.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
Sombre or foncé? Dark rooms, dark clothes and colour agreement
Use sombre for a dim room and foncé for a dark shade. Compare colour and light, learn bleu foncé agreement and test four practical examples.
Verbs & tensesPicture sceneA2
Describe a past scene in French: explore a station square
Explore a station square and describe what was there, what the weather was like and how people felt, using the French imparfait.
Pronunciation & listeningQuizA2
French ch quiz: chat, orchestre or chimie?
Eight questions on French ch: learn the common /ʃ/ sound, check the /k/ in orchestre and technique, and sort the words with examples and pictures.
Reading & writingExam practiceA2
Ask to view a flat in French: A2 email task and model
Write a French flat-viewing email with a listing reference, two clear time windows and a question about furniture. Includes a task, model and checklist.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesA2
Descendre or baisser? Four French “down” mistakes to fix
Go downstairs, get off a train, turn down the radio or bend down. Learn descendre and baisser through four corrections, picture cards and a quiz.
Words & expressionsVocabulary listA2
French clothing fastenings vocabulary: zips, buckles and seams
Learn twelve French names for garment details and fastenings, with close-up picture cards and short clothing-repair requests to understand.
Words & expressionsPhrasebookA2
Heureux, content or ravi: French phrases for good news
Say you are happy, pleased with a result or delighted to meet someone. Practise French reactions, adjective agreement and the patterns de and pour.
Words & expressionsDialogueA2
Silencieux or calme? A quiet flat and a calm conversation
Tour a flat overlooking a peaceful courtyard. Compare silencieux for sound, calme for atmosphere and composure, then practise the conversation.
Culture & registerArticleA2
Merci or je vous remercie: how to thank someone in French
Use merci for everyday thanks and je vous remercie for a fuller thank-you. Practise tu/vous, merci de and thanking someone for a completed action.
Grammar & usageVerb drillA2
French adjective drill: make contrasting product descriptions
Combine paired product facts into contrasting French sentences. Use opposite adjectives, accurate agreement and phrases such as le bleu to avoid repeating nouns.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Fatigué or fatigant? Fill the gaps in a tiring day
Tired or tiring? Compare fatigué and fatigant, study all eight adjective forms, then complete a short French story with meaning and agreement clues.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetA2
French nationality adjectives: endings, capitals and agreement
Français or français? Anglaise or anglais? A one-page reference to French nationality words: lower-case adjectives, capitalised nouns, and the four ending patterns.
Words & expressionsPicture sceneA2
Describe a landscape in French: explore a valley scene
Explore a French valley scene with eight features. Practise foreground, background, beside and behind, then build a short landscape description.
Grammar & usageQuizA2
Ne…jamais: nine questions on never in French
Practise never, hardly ever and ever in French with nine questions on habits, experience, word order and the expression si jamais.
Reading & writingExam practiceA2
Summarise a French message: keep the proposal and the time
Read Adam’s meeting message and write a short French summary. Keep Wednesday as a proposal, preserve after three and name the room for a new reader.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesA2
Propre or sale: clean, dirty and your own things in French
Compare clean and dirty objects, then see how sa propre chambre means her own room. Four picture cards, adjective agreements and a short French quiz.
