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Grammar & usage
Build sentences that make sense: articles, negation, pronouns, word order and agreement.
QuizB2
Plus… plus and plus… moins: eight French practice questions
Practise the more… the more and the more… the less in French. Choose plus or moins, check de before nouns and connect two changing degrees.
ReadingC1
Force est de constater que: read a firm conclusion in French
Read a short project assessment with force est de constater que. See its fixed structure, indicative verbs and stronger tone, then check what it concludes.
DialogueB2
L’un l’autre in French: each other, with the right preposition
Follow two colleagues working together, then build l’un l’autre, l’une à l’autre and les unes avec les autres from each verb’s normal construction.
Common mistakesA2
Elle est médecin or c’est une médecin? Five profession patterns
Choose between elle est médecin and c’est une médecin. Fix five common profession patterns, including plural jobs, feminine titles and specific roles.
Practical guideA2
Build a French information question from the answer you need
Build French questions from a missing person, place, time or quantity. Compare complete question frames, follow a five-step checklist and try five choices.
Verb drillA2
French ownership drill: answer whose object it is with être à
Answer À qui est ce sac ? with être à and stressed pronouns. Practise à moi, à elle, à eux and shared ownership while matching singular and plural objects.
Cheat sheetA1
French ne…pas: five rules for your first negative sentences
Build French negative sentences with ne…pas, practise n’ before a vowel, and compare pas de with the articles that stay after être and aimer.
ArticleB1
Lire aide à comprendre: make an action the subject in French
Use an infinitive as a French subject, find the conjugated main verb and practise singular agreement even when the action has a plural object.
Gap-fillA2
Nulle part in French: nowhere, anywhere and nowhere else
Use ne…nulle part to say nowhere. Follow a search for a missing key, compare rien and nulle part, then complete a short French story.
QuizA2
Which French negative? 10 questions on never, not yet and nobody
Choose the French negative for ten everyday messages: no longer, not yet, nothing, nobody, none, not all and only. Every answer explains the difference.
ReadingC2
Nonobstant in French: read it as despite or notwithstanding
Read a formal committee note with nonobstant, identify the obstacle and the decision, then compare malgré and ce nonobstant with reading questions.
DialogueA2
French questions: everyday word order, est-ce que or inversion?
Read a course-enquiry dialogue, compare three French question frames and practise inversion, est-ce qu’ and indirect questions with clear examples.
Common mistakesB2
Le fait de or le fait que? Four French patterns to keep apart
Choose le fait de + infinitive or le fait que + a full clause. Fix four common mix-ups, keep earlier actions clear and check which verb agrees with fait.
Practical guideA2
Review French grammar mistakes: one correction, one new sentence
Use a short French draft to build a useful correction log. Repair agreement and qui/que, preserve valid phrases, then try new examples in a quiz.
Verb drillB1
French active and passive voice: eight transformations to try
Change French active sentences into the passive while keeping the same tense and actor. Study three models, then practise être and participle agreement.
Cheat sheetB1
Après que takes the indicative: French timelines at a glance
See which action comes first with après que, compare past and future sequences, and choose between a full clause and après avoir or après être.
ArticleC1
Autant… autant: contrast two sides of the same thing
Build balanced French contrasts with autant… autant. Compare a plan, a presentation and two responses, then distinguish contrast from equal quantities.
Gap-fillB1
Depuis que: a French gap-fill about a new routine
Use depuis que to say what has changed since an event. Complete a short workplace story and compare a routine continuing now with a past viewpoint.
QuizA2
Quel, quelle, quels or quelles? An eight-question French quiz
Choose the four forms of quel with nouns, être and time phrases. Study the agreement table, then try eight questions on singular, plural and qu’elle.
ReadingB2
Who did what? Read agency in a French report
Read a short French handover report and separate the person acting, the person arranging and the person affected, with a role map and four questions.
DialogueB1
Le mien, la tienne, les leurs: whose belongings are these?
Practise French possessive pronouns in a lost-belongings dialogue. Includes the full forms, picture cards, notre versus nôtre and a short quiz.
Common mistakesA1
How to say "I agree" in French (not je suis agree)
"I agree" is je suis d'accord, never je agree or j'agrée. Learn d'accord, être d'accord avec, and how to agree partly or disagree politely.
Verb drillB2
De façon à and de manière à: practise “so as to”
Use de façon à and de manière à with an infinitive to express an aim. Arrange a room, compare pour que and practise eight purpose phrases.
Cheat sheetB1
Ce dont in French: follow the expression with de
Choose ce dont from avoir besoin de, parler de and se souvenir de. A compact reference sheet, clear contrasts with ce que and four practice questions.
ArticleB2
Passive, on or a named subject? Choose what the reader needs
Compare three French versions of the same event, keep a known actor visible, and practise passive agreement without changing who did what.
Gap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: the flat with the blue shutters
Camille must choose between two flats. Fill comparatives (plus… que, moins… que, aussi… que, meilleur, mieux) and adjective forms in this short French story.
QuizC1
De or par with French action nouns: who does what?
Eight questions on French action nouns: identify who arrives, what is checked and who evaluates. Resolve ambiguous de phrases with clear par complements.
ReadingC1
Toujours est-il que: the fact remains that
Read a committee update and follow toujours est-il que back to the point that matters. Includes glosses, translation and four reading questions.
DialogueB1
Oui, si or non? Answering negative French questions
Practise answering Tu ne viens pas ? with si or non. A conversation and three checks show how to correct a negative assumption and confirm your plans.
Verb drillB1
French relative-clause drill: describe one place with qui, que and où
Combine three facts about a place using two different French relative pronouns. Keep the visitor, activity and location clear in ten guided rewrites.
Cheat sheetA2
Tout, tous, toute, toutes: a French agreement cheat sheet
Choose the four forms before nouns, compare all day with every day, and separate everything from everyone. Includes picture cards and five questions.
ArticleC1
À cela près que: "except that", one difference
À cela près que means "except that", "with the one difference that": les deux plans sont identiques, à cela près que… Learn its meaning, register and alternatives.
Gap-fillB2
French passive infinitives: what must be read, sent or revised
Complete a short editorial checklist with être plus a participle. Practise agreement and distinguish a requirement from a completed action.
QuizB2
Tout intelligent qu’il est: French concessive clauses quiz
Ten questions on tout… que concessions: interpret the contrast, agree the adjective and tout, and recognise indicative and subjunctive choices.
ReadingC1
À la lumière de: read a decision revised after new information
Read a short French planning note, see how à la lumière de introduces new information, and practise de, du and des with this formal phrase.
Verb drillB2
La liste des noms: French noun-chain agreement drill
Find the head of a French noun chain, then agree its verb and adjective. Practise la liste des noms est complète and distinguish internal adjective agreement.
