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French at A2
Everything written for A2 learners (everyday French), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Reading & writingExam practiceA2
French thank-you message: name the help and add one detail
Write a warm French thank-you message with merci pour, a specific benefit and a friendly closing. Includes an A2 task, model and tu/vous comparison.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesA2
Dur or difficile? Four traps when translating “hard” into French
Compare hard bread, difficult instructions, a tough day and working hard. Practise dur, dure, durs and dures, with pictures and four quiz questions.
Culture & registerVocabulary listA2
Resto, ciné, appart: six French short forms with pictures
Learn six everyday French short forms with full words, gender and examples: resto, ciné, appart, vélo, photo and métro. Practise them in short exchanges.
Reading & writingPractical guideA2
Justify a French reading answer with the exact words that support it
Practise choosing short evidence from a French notice. Keep negatives, dates and conditions when explaining why your reading answer fits.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableA2
Se souvenir conjugation: je me souviens and je me suis souvenu
Learn se souvenir with its venir-family stems, être past forms and de complement. Seven tense tables, agreement examples, recall drills and a short quiz.
Words & expressionsReadingA2
Collègue, camarade or voisin? Meet the people in Lucie’s day
Read a short French text about a colleague, a classmate and a neighbour. Compare gender forms and check who Lucie knows from each setting.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French story: the same coat returns to the second-hand clothing fair
Read an A2 French story set at a second-hand clothing fair and track one blue coat through three neighbours and its return to the same event a year later.
Words & expressionsFlashcardsA2
French car body vocabulary: 20 exterior parts in picture cards
Name twenty exterior car parts in French, plus four extra details. Practise 24 flashcards, compare windows and lights, and locate damage from French clues.
Everyday FrenchText conversationA2
Asking a classmate for the notes, in French
You missed the Tuesday lecture. Message a French classmate you barely know: ask for the notes, offer something back and thank them properly.
Everyday FrenchReal documentA2
Read a French supermarket receipt: TVA, remise and total
A real-looking French supermarket receipt: items, a loyalty discount, deposit, VAT lines and payment. Work out what you paid and what you saved.
Pronunciation & listeningSpot the mistakeA2
Spot the mistake: accents that change the meaning
ou or où, a or à, sur or sûr, du or dû, la or là: tap the word with the wrong (or missing) accent in eight sentences where the accent changes everything.
Everyday FrenchWord scaleA2
How hungry are you? From un petit creux to je meurs de faim
A French hunger scale, from j'ai un petit creux to j'ai une faim de loup and je meurs de faim, plus the same idea for thirst and tiredness.
Pronunciation & listeningSorting gameA2
H muet or h aspiré? Sort French words that start with h
L'hôtel but le héros: sort French h-words into h muet (elision and liaison) and h aspiré (no elision, no liaison), with the most common words you'll actually meet.
Reading & writingTimelineA2
A Paris baker's day: put the hours in order
From 2 am to 8 pm in a Paris bakery: a timeline of a baker's day in simple French. Read it, then shuffle the moments and rebuild the day.
Grammar & usageSentence builderA2
Build French comparisons: plus, moins, aussi… que
Paris est plus grand que Lyon, le train est moins cher que l'avion: tap the tiles to build eight comparisons, including meilleur and mieux.
Culture & registerMatching gameA2
French school years: CP, CE1, sixième, terminale and ages
Confused by CP, CM2, sixième and terminale? Match each French school year to its age and UK/US equivalent, and see why French secondary school counts down.
Words & expressionsMyth or factA2
Myth or fact: false friends that trick English speakers
Does librairie mean library? Is actuellement 'actually'? Judge eight French words that look like English, and learn which ones you can trust.
Grammar & usageOdd one outA2
Odd one out: French noun genders
Problème, système, thème… crème? Find the noun whose gender breaks the pattern in eight rows, and learn the endings that usually predict le or la.
Everyday FrenchClockA2
Read 24-hour times on French boards and screens
Train departures, shop hours, TV listings: France writes 14 h 05 and says quatorze heures cinq. Read eight digital boards and pick how the time is said.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookA2
Wrong date on a ticket? What to say in French
Explain the wrong date on a French ticket, ask about a change, check a supplement and confirm the new ticket. Phrases for both sides of the desk.
Everyday FrenchDialogueA2
Buy a train ticket in French: a ticket-office dialogue
Practise buying a return train ticket in French. Ask about departure, arrival and changes, then confirm both journeys in a complete ticket-office dialogue.
Words & expressionsArticleA2
Femme or épouse: woman and wife in French
Compare une femme, ma femme and mon épouse through introductions, a short scene and a quiz. Learn why épouse takes mon and what sa femme tells you.
Words & expressionsVerb drillA2
Vérifier or corriger? Practise checking and correcting in French
Choose vérifier or corriger and complete present-tense sentences. Compare checking a detail, fixing an error and a teacher marking exercises.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA2
Ne…plus: a gap-fill story about habits that have changed
Complete a short French text about changing digital and shopping habits. Practise no longer, no more left, plus de and object-pronoun order.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
Lien, page or site web: the French words for sharing a webpage
Ask for the exact webpage in French. A compact guide to lien, site web, page d’accueil and adresse web, with useful verb patterns and three questions.
Words & expressionsPicture sceneA2
Quartier or banlieue? Explore a city and its neighbourhoods
Explore a French town scene to distinguish quartier and banlieue. Learn dans le quartier and en banlieue, then answer four questions about location.
Words & expressionsQuizA2
Gaspiller or consommer: eight questions on use and waste
Practise the difference between consuming resources and wasting them. Eight French questions use food, water, paper and electricity in concrete situations.
Reading & writingExam practiceA2
Request an appointment in French: email model and practice
Build a French appointment email with a clear purpose, useful availability and a polite request. Includes an A2 writing task, model and reply exchange.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesA2
Introduire or présenter? Introducing someone in French
To introduce a person in French, use présenter: je te présente Marc. Introduire means to insert or bring in. See the difference with examples and corrections.
Words & expressionsVocabulary listA2
French plumbing vocabulary: 12 pipes, taps and fittings in pictures
Name twelve visible plumbing parts in French, from a tap and trap to an elbow and washer. Compare their shapes, then match descriptions to picture cards.
Words & expressionsPractical guideA2
How to read a French dictionary entry: labels, meanings and patterns
Read n.m., n.f. and verb labels, find a word’s headword and choose a meaning from context. Practise with porter, clothing nouns and short entry clues.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableA2
Voir conjugation: vois, voyons, vu and verrai
Conjugate voir in seven essential tenses and moods. Compare voyons, voyions and verrai, then practise the tricky forms with recall drills and a quiz.
Reading & writingReadingA2
A2 French reading: which pottery class suits Lina?
Compare two French pottery classes with Lina’s availability. Read the timetable change, learn pictured workshop words and choose the right follow-up question.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French short story: the shop that closes for a family meal
Every day at noon, Monsieur Ricci closes his hardware shop for a two-hour family lunch. An A2 story about French lunch habits, with glosses and questions.
Words & expressionsFlashcardsA2
French tree vocabulary: recognise 20 trees by leaves and fruit
Learn twenty French tree names and four useful tree-part words in 24 flashcards, with leaf, fruit and whole-tree pictures and a visual-clue quiz.
Everyday FrenchText conversationA2
Asking a neighbour to take in a parcel: a French text
Ask your French neighbour to take in a delivery while you're out, explain the time slot, then thank them properly. Choose the right tone at each step.
