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French at A2
Everything written for A2 learners (everyday French), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Pronunciation & listeningQuizA2
French consonant minimal pairs: check the sounds, then try 8 questions
Learn to check a French minimal pair with chou/joue, cage/cache and poisson/poison. Compare complete sound labels, then answer eight questions.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookA2
French menu questions: what is in the dish and the sauce?
Read three French menu descriptions, then ask about ingredients, accompaniments and sauce. Includes food picture cards and short restaurant exchanges.
Words & expressionsDialogueA2
Prêter or emprunter: lend a book, borrow it, give it back
Follow one dictionary from Nora to Samir and back. Practise a French borrowing dialogue, compare prêter and emprunter, then check who has the book.
Words & expressionsArticleA2
Essuyer or sécher? Wiping, drying and letting things dry
Choose essuyer or sécher for dishes, hands and laundry. Compare wiping with air drying, check the present forms and try four questions.
Grammar & usageVerb drillA2
French verb prepositions: practise the whole pattern
Practise French verbs with à, de or a direct object. Twelve gaps test people, topics and activities after the verb, with a reference table first.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillA2
A2 French gap-fill: pause a newsletter for June
Complete a French newsletter request and reply. Practise the pause period, the July restart and the difference between keeping registration and receiving emails.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
Fichier or dossier: a quick guide to French files and folders
Find, attach and organise documents in French. A practical reference for fichier, dossier, sous-dossier and pièce jointe, with a location quiz.
Words & expressionsPicture sceneA2
French hospital room vocabulary: explore the bedside and ward
Explore twelve hospital-room fixtures and bedside objects in French, then identify what patients, visitors and staff mean in short exchanges.
Grammar & usageQuizA2
French questions with object pronouns: ten placement questions
Practise le vois-tu, est-ce que tu lui parles and peux-tu le vérifier. Ten questions cover object placement, past tenses, negatives, y, en and infinitives.
Pronunciation & listeningPhrasebookA2
French phrase stress: café phrases with clear group endings
Practise French phrase stress through café requests. Follow the last full syllable as a phrase grows, then try the lines with their English hidden.
Words & expressionsDialogueA2
Réparer or remplacer: a French conversation at the repair shop
Ask to have a lamp repaired, distinguish a part from the whole object and practise réparer versus remplacer in a French repair-shop dialogue.
Words & expressionsArticleA2
Fleuve or rivière: follow the water to its destination
Learn fleuve and rivière with a coastal landscape, riverbank vocabulary and map questions. Follow the outlet rather than judging the waterway’s size.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillA2
French future stems: eight verbs, then a mixed drill
Learn ser-, aur-, ir-, fer-, viendr-, pourr-, verr- and saur-. Practise the stems first, then add future endings in eight short sentences.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Matin or matinée? Fill the gaps in a French morning
Choose ce matin, tous les matins and toute la matinée in a short French story. Compare a morning plan, a daily habit and a whole morning spent on an activity.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetA2
Prepare journey details in French: dates, stations and the last leg
Build a clear French journey note with departure and arrival dates, a final address and one useful question. Includes an overnight journey check.
Grammar & usagePicture sceneA2
À côté de, près de, loin de: find your way around a French town
Explore a small French town, distinguish next to, near and far from, and practise du, de la, de l’ and des with places.
DELF, DALF & examsQuizA2
DELF A2 reading practice: follow a recipe adjustment note
Read a fruit-salad recipe and Nora’s update, then answer ten questions on quantities, replacement ingredients and instructions. Includes glosses and a recap.
Words & expressionsPhrasebookA2
Ce soir or toute la soirée? Plan and describe an evening in French
Use soir to say when, soirée for time spent or an evening event. Practise invitations, toute la soirée, tous les soirs and friendly goodbyes.
Grammar & usageDialogueA2
French questions with ou: practise offering a choice
Offer tea or coffee, choose a table and agree a day in French. Practise a café dialogue, useful replies and the spelling difference between ou and où.
Words & expressionsArticleA2
Vrai or véritable: true statements and genuine descriptions
Use c’est vrai for truth, une histoire vraie for a true story, and vrai or véritable for genuine friends and real successes. Includes agreement practice.
Everyday FrenchVerb drillA2
Study a French dialogue transcript: follow, cover and adapt
Work through a café transcript, trace each question and reply, then complete eight gaps. Reuse the request patterns with clear English cues.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA2
Relative où in French: the place where, the day when
Use où for places and moments during a flat viewing. Explore six places, compare où with que, then complete a moving-day story.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
French interface instructions: actions, order and status messages
Read French buttons and instructions: ouvrir, enregistrer, envoyer, puis and ne… pas. Compare action labels with status messages and practise a workflow.
Words & expressionsPicture sceneA2
Pièce, chambre or salle? Explore the rooms in a French flat
Explore a French flat and learn when room means pièce, chambre or salle. Practise complete room names, useful questions and feminine agreement.
Words & expressionsPhrasebookA2
Message, courriel or texto: choose the channel in French
Ask for an email, send an arrival text and mention an attachment in French. Practise message, courriel, mail, texto and répondre à in three short exchanges.
DELF, DALF & examsDialogueA2
A2 French counteroffers: respond when the plan changes
Practise a photography-workshop dialogue: keep a €15 budget and a home-before-one limit while the partner offers different times and prices.
Words & expressionsArticleA2
Ouvrir or allumer? Open an app, switch on a device
Choose ouvrir or allumer for files, apps, devices and lights. Follow a desk-side conversation, study paired examples and try a short French quiz.
Grammar & usageVerb drillA2
French pronoun drill: le, la, les with shopping
Replace shopping items with le, la, les in short exchanges: Tu as acheté le pain ? Oui, je l'ai acheté. Present, near future and passé composé, with checking.
DELF, DALF & examsGap-fillA2
DELF A2 speaking: recount a change of plan with a gap-fill story
Complete Adam’s French account of a missed exhibition and an afternoon drawing in a garden, then answer follow-up questions about the outing.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetA2
French adjective agreement and position: an eight-rule cheat sheet
Match French adjectives to gender and number, place BAGS adjectives, and choose beau, bel or belle. Eight rules, clear examples and a short quiz.
Words & expressionsPicture sceneA2
Vent or courant d’air? Explore a windy room and garden
Explore an illustrated room opening onto a garden. Learn il y a du vent and un courant d’air, spot moving objects and practise describing the scene.
Words & expressionsPhrasebookA2
Maison, chez moi or chez soi: what to say for “home” in French
Say you are at home, invite someone over and describe feeling at home in French. Practise maison, à la maison, chez moi and chacun chez soi in short exchanges.
Culture & registerDialogueA2
French greetings in context: one café visit from hello to goodbye
Follow a café conversation from bonjour to bonne journée. Practise your part, explore the café scene and match each greeting to its moment.
Words & expressionsArticleA2
Mieux or meilleur? Choose the right French word for better
Compare mieux and meilleur with clear examples, all four adjective forms, a short conversation and four questions on better and best.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillA2
French reflexive verbs: present-tense drill for se lever, s’appeler and se coucher
Practise reflexive pronouns and present forms in 24 answers. Check je me lève, nous nous levons, je m’appelle and negative sentences.
Pronunciation & listeningGap-fillA2
French -er, -é and -ez: choose the spelling in a gap-fill
Parler, parlé and parlez share /e/. Use the sentence to choose infinitives, past participles and vous forms in an eight-gap French story.
