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French at A2
Everything written for A2 learners (everyday French), with explanations, practice and reading at the right level.
Pronunciation & listeningArticleA2
How to pronounce French r: a gentle /ʁ/ starting point
Find the French r sound with a back-of-tongue cue, compare it in short words and learn when a written r is pronounced or silent.
Verbs & tensesVerb drillA2
French verb practice: move from forms to useful sentences
Practise préparer, prendre and aller across present, completed past and near future. Fifteen sentence gaps test subjects, auxiliaries and infinitives.
Verbs & tensesGap-fillA2
Venir de + infinitive: a French recent-past gap-fill
Use je viens de finir and nous venons d’arriver in a station reunion story. Practise venir forms, elision and the past viewpoint je venais de.
Pronunciation & listeningCheat sheetA2
M before b and p in French: lampe, temps and simple
A practical spelling sheet for am, em, im and om. See which nasal vowel each spelling gives, keep the consonants you hear, and remember bonbon.
Words & expressionsPicture sceneA2
Monter or grimper? Explore a French hillside village
Go up stairs, climb a tree and carry a suitcase upstairs. Explore eight places and objects, then test monter, grimper and the past tense.
Grammar & usageQuizA2
A-t-il, vient-il, prend-il: French inversion spelling quiz
Ten questions on inversion hyphens and inserted t. Practise a-t-elle, prend-il, auxiliary placement and questions with a named subject.
Everyday FrenchExam practiceA2
Ask about a French course: an A2 email writing task
Write a French course enquiry that describes your learning needs, asks about the timetable and checks the next step. Includes a model email.
Words & expressionsCommon mistakesA2
Dos or dossier? A person’s back, a chair back and a folder
Match le dos and le dossier to six pictures. Learn a person’s back, a chair back, a book’s spine and the back of a sheet, then check your choices.
Words & expressionsVocabulary listA2
French mushroom vocabulary: 12 names with picture cards
Learn twelve French mushroom names from market examples and distinctive picture cards, then match caps, stems and shapes to the right labels.
Pronunciation & listeningPractical guideA2
Mark French rhythm groups by meaning: a short reading workshop
Group a French daily routine into meaningful phrases, keep short words with their partners, and compare neutral phrasing with a correction. Includes a quiz.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableA2
Répondre conjugation: réponds, répondons and répondu
Learn répondre in seven tenses and moods. Check réponds, répond, répondu and répondrai, then practise répondre à quelqu’un with pronouns and email examples.
Reading & writingReadingA2
A2 French reading: can you come to the book swap?
Read a French book-swap notice with translation and glosses. Check accepted books, free entry and the separate booking for an author reading.
Reading & writingGraded storyA2
A2 French story: the missing attachment arrives in a second email
Read an A2 French story where a form and certificate arrive in separate emails. Track the filenames, the shared reference and the final completeness message.
Words & expressionsFlashcardsA2
Frais, froid or glacé? 24 French flashcards for food and temperature
Learn frais, froid and glacé through 24 phrases with examples. Compare fresh bread, cool water, cold coffee and iced tea, then check adjective agreement.
Everyday FrenchText conversationA2
Texting a plumber about a leak, in French
Water under the sink on a Sunday. Text a French plumber: describe the leak, send a photo, ask for a price and agree a time. Pick the clearest replies.
Everyday FrenchReal documentA2
Read a French building notice: coupure d'eau and travaux
The notice in your building's hall announces a water cut and works. Read the dates, times and instructions, then know what to do and who to call.
Grammar & usageSpot the mistakeA2
Spot the mistake: du, de la, des or le, la, les?
J'aime du chocolat? Je voudrais le pain? Tap the wrong article in eight sentences and learn when French says some (du) and when it says the (le).
Culture & registerWord scaleA2
How good was it? French from nul to génial
Rate a film, a meal or a holiday like a French speaker: from nul and bof to pas mal, super and génial. Seven words, with the tone of each.
Verbs & tensesSorting gameA2
Finir or partir? Sort -ir verbs by their pattern
Nous finissons but nous partons: sort sixteen -ir verbs into the finir group (-iss-) and the partir group, then conjugate them correctly.
Culture & registerTimelineA2
A French dinner party: from apéro to digestif
The order of a French dinner at friends' home: apéritif, starter, main, cheese, dessert, coffee and digestif, with what to say and do at each stage.
Verbs & tensesSentence builderA2
Build reflexive verbs in the past: je me suis levé·e
Je me suis levée tôt, ils se sont rencontrés à Lyon: tap the tiles to build reflexive verbs in the passé composé, with être and agreement.
Words & expressionsMatching gameA2
Musical instruments in French: match instrument and musician
Le piano → le pianiste, la guitare → le guitariste, le violon → le violoniste: match twelve instruments to their players and learn jouer du / de la.
Culture & registerMyth or factA2
Myth or fact: French food and its origins
Is the croissant French? Is the baguette protected by UNESCO? Do the French eat cheese before dessert? Judge eight claims about French food.
Culture & registerPhrasebookA2
C’est gentil or c’est aimable: thank someone and answer an offer
Say “That’s kind of you” in French, accept or decline an offer, and choose de ta part or de votre part. Includes useful phrases and a short quiz.
Words & expressionsDialogueA2
Visiter or rendre visite? Plan a flat viewing and a visit to a friend
Practise a French dialogue about viewing a flat and visiting a friend. Learn visiter un appartement, rendre visite à, lui and leur with clear examples.
Culture & registerArticleA2
Enchanté or ravi de vous rencontrer: pleased to meet you in French
Choose a short or fuller French introduction, match enchanté and ravi to the speaker, and practise tu and vous in two first-meeting scenes.
Pronunciation & listeningVerb drillA2
Petit or petite: which adjective endings can you hear?
Compare petit/petite, bon/bonne and joli/jolie, then complete eight descriptions. See when gender changes the sound and when grammar supplies the answer.
Words & expressionsGap-fillA2
Ajouter or compléter? Fill the gaps in a French message exchange
Add a detail or fill a gap? Follow a French workshop registration, practise ajoute and complète, and see why extra information can leave an answer incomplete.
Culture & registerCheat sheetA2
Tu or vous: a practical French address cheat sheet
Choose tu or vous for one person or a group, ask to switch to tu, and match verbs and adjectives. Includes a workplace scene and four practice questions.
Culture & registerPicture sceneA2
Appart or appartement: explore a French flat
Appart is the familiar short form of appartement. Explore a flat, compare a friendly message with a neutral description and check the key housing words.
Reading & writingQuizA2
French spelling quiz: a or à, ou or où, et or est
Twelve questions on the French homophones a/à, ou/où, et/est and son/sont. Use a simple substitution test to choose the right spelling every time.
Reading & writingExam practiceA2
French A2 writing task: adapt a message for a new reader
Turn a message to a friend into an email to a receptionist. Keep the day, room, time and group size, then compare your French with a model and checklist.
Grammar & usageCommon mistakesA2
Quelques, plusieurs, certains: five French quantity mistakes to fix
Compare a few, several and some members of a group. Fix de after quelques, feminine certaines and the pronoun quelques-unes, then check your choices.
Words & expressionsVocabulary listA2
Repas, plat, assiette: the meal, the dish and the plate
Learn un repas, un plat and une assiette with illustrated table vocabulary, French meal examples, useful gender patterns and four practice questions.
Verbs & tensesPractical guideA2
How to write about future plans in French
Build a short French message about future plans. Adapt a weekend model, compare two future forms and check si and quand with a quiz and checklist.
Verbs & tensesConjugation tableA2
Savoir conjugation: common tenses, savoir vs connaître and sachant
Find every common tense of savoir, compare facts with familiarity, and practise je savais, j’ai su, que je sache and the participle sachant.
