357 pages
Grammar & usage
Build sentences that make sense: articles, negation, pronouns, word order and agreement.
Cheat sheetC1
French parallel change: plus…plus, à mesure que and d’autant plus
Choose the right French pattern for paired degrees, gradual change, a reinforcing reason or contrast. Includes a reference sheet and four editing questions.
ArticleB2
Se faire + infinitive: get something done or have something happen
Compare a service you arrange with an event you undergo. Practise se faire in present and past forms, and keep fait unchanged before the infinitive.
Gap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: le, les and en at a food festival
Choose object pronouns and quantity words in twelve gaps at a food festival. Volunteers serve the final meals after the last disposable plates are used.
QuizA2
Ne…jamais: nine questions on never in French
Practise never, hardly ever and ever in French with nine questions on habits, experience, word order and the expression si jamais.
Verb drillC1
À peine… que: practise “had barely… when” with inversion
Build French statements with à peine… que, place the subject after the auxiliary and practise a short sequence of near-immediate events.
Cheat sheetA2
French irregular noun plurals: journaux, bateaux and exceptions
Compare French noun plurals in -aux, -x and -s with illustrated pairs, useful exceptions and a short spelling quiz. Includes œil and yeux.
ArticleA2
Chaque or tous les? Every, each and all in French
Compare chaque jour with tous les jours, keep singular and plural agreement straight, and distinguish every day from the whole day with a routine scene.
Gap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: quantifiers in a café customer survey
Fill 12 quantifier and agreement gaps in a twenty-person café survey. Check what the numbers support, with food picture cards and an English translation.
QuizA2
French -ment adverbs: eight questions on spelling and use
Practise lentement, poliment, prudemment and other French -ment adverbs. Study the spelling patterns, then check eight answers with clear explanations.
Verb drillA2
French comparative drill: rewrite facts with plus and moins
Use size, price and speed data to write paired plus and moins comparisons. Reverse the subjects while keeping the same relationship and adjective agreement.
Cheat sheetA2
French country articles: le Canada, la France, les Pays-Bas
Learn country names with le, la, l’ or les, recognise masculine names ending in -e, and practise article-free Cuba and Israël with a compact reference.
ArticleA2
Quel or lequel? Ask “which” and “which one” in French
Compare quel with lequel using clothes, colours and sizes. See all eight forms, make a choice in a shop and test singular and plural agreement.
Gap-fillA2
Pendant que in French: a kitchen story with gaps
Practise pendant que for overlapping actions in a short kitchen story. Compare pendant plus a noun, see four picture cards and complete eight gaps.
QuizB2
Expletive ne quiz: read je crains qu’il ne vienne correctly
Eight questions on optional expletive ne after fear, avant que and à moins que, with contrasts that show when pas changes the meaning.
Verb drillB2
Du fait que or du fait de? Practise the French reason pattern
Turn a reason clause into a noun phrase with du fait que and du fait de. Practise six transformations and check indicative verbs, articles and contractions.
Cheat sheetA2
French superlatives: le plus, la moins and the best option
Build French superlatives with le, la or les. Compare three workshop options, check meilleur versus mieux and practise adjective and quantity patterns.
ArticleB1
French passive or on? Put the topic first
Compare on a adopté la proposition with la proposition a été adoptée. Practise choosing a subject, keeping the tense and retaining a named actor.
Gap-fillA2
French articles gap fill: a crêpe recipe with 12 gaps
Complete a French crêpe recipe with du, de la, des, de and le. Practise quantities, ingredients and known items, with hints and an English translation.
QuizB1
French indefinite pronoun agreement: 10 questions with explanations
Choose singular and plural verbs with chacun, certains and tout le monde, then check adjectives after quelque chose and hidden feminine references.
Verb drillB1
French ordinal agreement drill: premier, deuxième and dernier
Rewrite rankings and floor descriptions with premier, deuxième and dernier. Practise gender, plural endings and au premier étage in 14 transformations.
Cheat sheetA2
French country prepositions: à, en, au, aux and coming from
Eight rules for cities and countries in French: à Paris, en France, au Canada, aux États-Unis, and the matching de, d’, du and des forms.
ArticleB1
Ce livre se vend bien: when French se has a passive meaning
This book sells well, this fabric washes easily: read the French pronominal passive, match the verb to its subject and compare it with a completed event.
Gap-fillB2
What follows a French connector? Complete a project update
Practise noun, infinitive and finite-clause complements in a French project update, with sans, faute de, quitte à and à condition que.
QuizA2
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.
Verb drillA2
French negative word order: a sentence repair drill
Repair twelve French negatives with verbs, auxiliaries, pronouns and infinitives. Compare rien and personne, then keep the intended negative meaning.
Cheat sheetA2
Bienvenue or bienvenu: a welcome spelling cheat sheet
Write Bienvenue ! on arrival, then choose bienvenu, bienvenue, bienvenus or bienvenues in full sentences. A compact rule sheet and seven practice gaps.
ArticleB2
La mise en œuvre: which noun controls French agreement?
Find the head noun in la mise en œuvre des mesures. Practise singular verbs, feminine participles and plural mises en place with examples and a quiz.
Gap-fillA2
French A2 gap-fill: quantities and en at a refill shop
Practise en, de and measured quantities in a French refill-shop story. Twelve gaps follow jars, rice and lentils from the counter to the kitchen.
Verb drillA1
French address order: build a delivery label
Put French address details in the right order: name, number, street, building, postcode, town. Rebuild five delivery labels and check your answers.
Cheat sheetC1
Advanced French ne: negative, restrictive or expletive?
Read six uses of French ne with plain translations, a compact reference sheet and five questions on negation, restriction and formal constructions.
ArticleB1
Il reste or il manque? What's left and what's missing in French
Il reste means there is some left; il manque means something is missing. Learn both impersonal patterns with stock, time and money examples, then practise.
Gap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: choosing a village noticeboard location
Fill 12 opinion and concession gaps as residents weigh three noticeboard sites. Includes a location comparison, picture cards and an English translation.
Verb drillB1
French double-negation drill: personne, jamais and rien
Build French sentences meaning nobody ever does anything. Practise personne, jamais and rien together in the present and passé composé.
Cheat sheetB1
Auquel and duquel: a French relative-pronoun cheat sheet
Recognise auquel, à laquelle, auxquels and auxquelles, then compare dont with près duquel. Includes contraction tables, source sentences and four checks.
ArticleA2
Qui est-ce qui or qui est-ce que? Ask who does what
Ask who is calling and who someone is calling. Compare qui est-ce qui with qui est-ce que through an outing scene, role pairs and four questions.
Gap-fillB1
C’est pourquoi in French: give the reason, then the result
Use c’est pourquoi for “that is why”. Compare it with parce que and c’est pour cela que, then complete a short announcement and check the meaning.
