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Grammar & usage
Build sentences that make sense: articles, negation, pronouns, word order and agreement.
Odd one outB1
Odd one out: French connectors
Mais, pourtant, cependant… donc? Find the connector with a different job in eight rows: contrast, cause, consequence, time, explanation and summary.
Verb drillB2
French negative prefixes: in-, im-, il- and ir- adjective drill
Build French adjective opposites with in-, im-, il- and ir-, then complete twelve evaluations of proposals, decisions and working methods.
Cheat sheetA1
Ce, cet, cette or ces? Point out the right thing in French
Choose ce, cet, cette and ces with a four-form sheet, furniture picture cards and questions on vowels, adjectives and this-versus-that contrasts.
ArticleB1
Assez or trop… pour: enough or too much to do something
Compare assez, pas assez and trop with useful objects, practise de before quantities and choose an infinitive or pour que with a new subject.
Gap-fillB1
French B1 relative pronouns gap-fill: a volunteer fixes the timetable
Choose qui, que, où and dont in twelve gaps about a volunteer solving a room-booking clash. Follow the timetable changes with a complete translation.
QuizB1
Pourtant and cependant: 10 questions on French contrast
Practise pourtant and cependant at the start or inside a sentence. Ten questions test placement, verb forms and the contrast between two ideas.
ReadingB2
Nullement in French: read an emphatic “not at all”
Read a short reply about a proposal and learn how nullement denies a claim. Compare pas du tout, guère and aucune, then check your reading.
DialogueB1
À condition que: say “provided that” in French
Make an agreement with à condition que, choose the subjunctive and practise a conversation about sharing work on a presentation.
Common mistakesA2
Lui or leur? Fix five French indirect-object pronoun mistakes
Choose lui or leur for a recipient, compare them with le/la/les, and fix penser à elle, pronoun position and the spelling of leur.
Practical guideB2
Write clear conditions in French: à condition que and à moins que
Write a practical French condition with a named action and requirement. Compare à condition que, à moins que and quitte à, then test three short notices.
PhrasebookB1
Quand même: saying “anyway” and “thanks anyway” in French
Use quand même when you go ahead despite a difficulty, thank someone after unsuccessful help or react with surprise. Four exchanges and a short quiz.
Sentence builderB1
Build relative clauses with qui and que
C'est l'ami qui habite à Lyon; c'est le livre que je lis: tap the tiles to build eight sentences with qui and que, and learn the subject-or-object test.
Spot the mistakeA2
Spot the mistake: son, sa, ses and leur
Marc a perdu son clé? Elle aime son mère? Tap the wrong possessive in eight sentences: in French it agrees with the thing owned, not the owner.
Sorting gameA1
Du, de la, de l' or des? Sort foods by their partitive
Du pain, de la confiture, de l'eau, des œufs: sort sixteen foods by the partitive article they take, based on gender, a vowel or the plural.
Picture sceneA1
Dans, sur and sous: explore a room in French
Find eight things in a French living room, practise inside, on and under, and answer location questions with dans, sur and sous.
Verb drillB1
Before shortening a French time clause, check who acts
Keep the same actors when rewriting avant que and après que clauses. Compare timelines, practise six verb forms and test three meaning-preserving rewrites.
Cheat sheetB1
French connector structure: noun, clause or complete statement?
Check malgré, bien que, même si, pourtant and c’est-à-dire with five compact rules, matched examples and a four-question structure check.
ArticleC1
Si tant est que: "assuming that", with doubt
Si tant est que means "assuming that" or "if indeed", while doubting it: il viendra, si tant est qu'il soit invité. Learn its meaning, subjunctive and register.
Gap-fillB1
Certains… d’autres: complete a French meeting report
Practise certains, certaines and d’autres in a short French report. Check plural agreement and see how les autres picks out the remaining members.
QuizB1
Si…que or tellement…que? A French result-clause quiz
Try eight questions on so…that in French: si lourd que, parler tellement and tellement de questions. Compare degree, quantity and condition.
ReadingB2
Who does elle mean? Read and repair ambiguous French pronouns
Read a short interview summary, trace elle and son, then compare two clear rewrites. Practise separating grammatical agreement from the person intended.
DialogueA2
Je sais pas: why spoken French drops ne
Read a casual French conversation, restore ne and n’ in writing, and keep pas, jamais and rien in the right places. Includes dialogue practice.
Common mistakesA2
Aucun or aucune? Four mistakes to fix when saying none
Say no questions, no messages and none in French. Fix four common aucun/aucune errors, then check noun gender, singular forms and en.
Practical guideA1
Asking questions in French: forms, words and examples
Learn how to ask questions in French: intonation, est-ce que, inversion, question words and polite questions, with a nine-question quiz.
PhrasebookA2
Je me lave les mains: French body-part articles in useful phrases
Use le, la and les with French body parts in daily routines and simple symptoms. Compare pronouns, avoir mal à and possessives, with pictures and practice.
Sentence builderC1
A French sentence nested three clauses deep: find each finite verb
Build nested French sentences while recovering every finite verb and pronoun antecedent. Use a parsing diagram before working through completive and relative clauses.
Spot the mistakeA2
Spot the mistake: word order in French negatives
Je pas ai mangé, il n'a mangé pas, nous n'avons pas rien vu: tap the misplaced words in eight negative sentences and learn where ne… pas goes.
Sorting gameA2
Plural in French, singular in English: sort the tricky nouns
Les vacances, les cheveux, les toilettes are plural in French; un pantalon, un jean are singular where English says trousers and jeans. Sort sixteen tricky nouns.
Picture sceneA1
Describe a room in French: find it, name it, locate it
Explore a small bedroom in French, then describe what is on, under and beside the furniture. Practise il y a, est, sont and location phrases.
Verb drillA1
French adjective agreement: practise the four forms
Make French adjectives agree with their nouns. Compare petit, petite, petits and petites, learn frequent irregulars and try eight checked descriptions.
Cheat sheetB1
Lequel after a preposition: four forms and the noun they refer to
Recognise dans lequel, pour laquelle and plural forms in French. Use a compact reference sheet, then check agreement and meaning in five questions.
ArticleA2
C’est or il est? Introduce someone, then describe them
Choose c’est, il est or elle est for introductions, jobs and descriptions. Compare examples, practise with picture cards and test the common exceptions.
Gap-fillB2
Quitte à: “even if it means…” in French
Use quitte à with an infinitive to accept a possible cost. Follow an editing decision through eight gaps and compare a trade-off with a condition.
QuizA2
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.
ReadingC1
Literary ne without pas: read je ne puis and je n’ose
Read a short French letter with negative ne alone, compare modern paraphrases, and distinguish real negation from expletive ne.
DialogueB2
Pourvu que: “provided that” or “I hope”?
Read a planning dialogue to hear both meanings of pourvu que. Practise conditions, hopeful wishes and negative wishes with the subjunctive.
