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French at A2
Everything written for A2 learners (everyday French), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetA2
Check French commands: endings, pronouns and hyphens
A practical French imperative cheat sheet: tu, nous and vous forms, irregular commands, negative order and vas-y, followed by eight questions.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookA2
French consultation questions: ask, clarify and check the next step
Prepare French questions for a consultation: where to go, what to bring, how to ask for simpler words and how to check the next appointment.
Words & expressionsDialogueA2
Commander or réserver? Book a table, then order your meal
Practise two short French restaurant exchanges: réserver for the table and commander for the meal, with picture cards and a quick check.
Words & expressionsArticleA2
Acheter, payer or dépenser: buying, paying and spending in French
Acheter is what you buy, payer is what or who you pay, dépenser is how much you spend. Compare them with shopping examples and common mistakes.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillA2
Nous and vous in the imparfait: practise -ions, -iez and double i
Practise nous and vous in the French imparfait. Compare present and past forms, keep the double i in étudiions and criiez, and check faisions.
Everyday FrenchGap-fillA2
When is the washing machine free? French laundry gap-fill
Arrange a shared washing-machine slot, ask before moving clothes and confirm a start time. Complete a short French flatshare story with nine gaps.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
Haut or élevé: a quick sheet for height, position and levels
Use haut for a high shelf and élevé for a high value. Compare agreeing adjectives with adverbial haut, explore picture cards and practise four choices.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookA2
Start a phone call in French: greetings, transfers and repair phrases
Find the right French phone phrase for introducing yourself, asking for a department, explaining your purpose or handling a poor connection.
Words & expressionsDialogueA2
Travailler or fonctionner? Explain what is working at a hotel
Practise a hotel dialogue with travailler, fonctionner and ça marche. Say where you work, explain a faulty device and agree on a suitable time.
Pronunciation & listeningArticleA2
French accent marks: sounds, spellings and useful examples
Read é, è, ê, ë and ç in familiar French words. Compare pronunciation clues with meaning changes in a/à and ou/où, then check your choices.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillA2
French negative commands: turn ferme into ne ferme pas
Change twelve French commands into full written negatives. Practise ne… pas, elision and pronouns while keeping the same tu, nous or vous addressee.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: indirect object pronouns in a group message
Fill twelve French indirect-object pronoun gaps after a message reaches the wrong group. Track each sender and recipient, with an English translation.
Pronunciation & listeningCheat sheetA2
French liaison sounds: z, t, n and the v in neuf heures
Use a phrase-based sound map for les amis, grand arbre and mon oncle, plus the special v in neuf ans and neuf heures. Check the sounds with five questions.
Pronunciation & listeningPhrasebookA2
French voicemail: hear the caller, the reason and the next step
Read three French voicemail messages and prepare a reply. Spot a missing document, a changed appointment and a callback window, then check the details.
Words & expressionsDialogueA2
Avancer or progresser: a conversation about getting things done
Practise a French conversation about moving a chair, making headway on a project, improving your French and bringing a meeting forward to an earlier time.
Grammar & usageArticleA2
De or des before a plural adjective in French?
Compare de belles maisons with des maisons blanches. Practise adjective order, d’ before vowels, fixed expressions and des meaning de + les.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillA2
Reflexive verbs in the imparfait: practise je me levais
Build past routines with je me levais, nous nous couchions and je m’habillais. Twelve gaps practise pronouns, endings, elision and negatives.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Describe a sound in French: loudness, pitch and rhythm
Separate fort from aigu and grave, describe short or repeated sounds, and complete a French sound diary with pictured sources and six vocabulary gaps.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetA2
French imperative formation: tu, nous and vous on one sheet
Form French commands with tu, nous and vous. Compare regular verbs, aller, être, avoir and savoir, then choose instructions for three situations.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookA2
Is my online booking confirmed? Ask in French
Read French booking statuses and ask whether your appointment is confirmed. Practise received, under review and confirmed messages with useful replies.
Culture & registerDialogueA2
Après vous or allez-y: after you and go ahead in French
Let someone go first with après vous, or invite them to act with allez-y. Practise a doorway exchange, a speaking turn and the familiar tu forms.
Verbs & tensesArticleA2
J’ai été or je suis allé? States, visits and French agreement
Compare j’ai été and je suis allé with clear examples of states and visits. Check été, allée and allées, then practise choosing the form the sentence needs.
Grammar & usageVerb drillA2
À quelle heure or combien de temps? French question-building drill
Build a French question from a supplied answer. Choose à quelle heure for a clock time and combien de temps for a duration in twelve guided transformations.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA2
French futur simple gap-fill: a letter about next summer
Complete 12 futur simple gaps in a summer-holiday letter. Practise regular and irregular stems, then check the English translation and explanations.
Everyday FrenchCheat sheetA2
Before a French phone call: a fact note you can use
Make a compact French phone note with a name, reference, purpose and question. Practise a code check and record the answer beside your next action.
Pronunciation & listeningPhrasebookA2
How to pronounce huit: eight, eight books and eight o’clock
Practise huit /ɥit/, huit livres /ɥi livʁ/ and huit heures /ɥit œʁ/ in short exchanges. See when final t stays, drops or names a number.
Everyday FrenchDialogueA2
Make an appointment in French: choose a time and confirm it
Practise a full French appointment call: decline one time, choose another, spell your name and confirm the date, time and place.
Words & expressionsArticleA2
Lever or soulever: raise a hand, lift a lid, raise a question
Choose lever or soulever with gestures, objects and questions. Compare present forms, read a short scene and test the phrases that change meaning.
Grammar & usageVerb drillA2
French obligation drill: change il faut into tu dois or vous devez
Rewrite positive rules and prohibitions with tu dois or vous devez. Twelve French transformations keep the instruction, person and negative meaning clear.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Casser or tomber en panne: a French gap-fill about a difficult morning
A cup breaks, a lift stops and a car breaks down. Complete eight gaps to practise casser, cassé and en panne, with pictures, a reference table and translation.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
Personne or gens? A French cheat sheet for people and nobody
Count people with personnes, describe a group with gens and recognise personne meaning nobody. Study the sentence patterns, then test them in context.
Everyday FrenchPhrasebookA2
First dental appointment in French: what to ask on the phone
Ask whether a dental practice takes new patients, book a check-up and confirm forms and documents. A2 French phrases, pictures and a short quiz.
Words & expressionsDialogueA2
Changer or échanger: exchange a jumper in French
Practise a shop dialogue about exchanging a jumper, then compare changing your mind, swapping seats and exchanging ideas. Pictures and three questions included.
Verbs & tensesArticleA2
Finir de or finir par? Finish an activity or eventually do it
Finir de lire means finish reading; finir par lire means eventually read. Compare one novel, a book-club exchange and four questions on de and par.
Pronunciation & listeningVerb drillA2
French silent endings drill: group words by the sound you say
Sort French word endings into spoken vowels, nasal vowels and consonants, then write simple sound cues in everyday phrases. Includes 18 practice items.
Grammar & usageGap-fillA2
French A2 cause and contrast gap-fill: the picnic moved indoors
Complete twelve gaps with cause, result and contrast links as rain moves a picnic indoors. Includes picturecards, an English translation and a short quiz.
