357 pages
Grammar & usage
Build sentences that make sense: articles, negation, pronouns, word order and agreement.
Verb drillB1
Pour or afin de? Say what an action is for in French
Explain a goal with pour or afin de, make it negative with ne pas, and switch to pour que when another person carries out the intended action.
Cheat sheetC1
Encore faut-il: the requirement still to meet
Use encore faut-il with an infinitive or que + subjunctive. Check the fixed inversion, object pronouns and the more tentative encore faudrait-il.
ArticleB2
Quand bien même: "even if" for a hypothetical concession
Quand bien même means even if, even supposing: quand bien même il pleuvrait, je sortirais. Learn its conditional pattern, register and difference from même si.
Gap-fillA1
French beginner gap-fill: a new employee's badge
Complete a short A1 story about a first day at work: personal pronouns, the verb être and basic introductions, with instant checking and a translation.
Verb drillB1
C’est…que in French: focus the person or thing you choose
Build French object-emphasis sentences with c’est…que. Practise elision, people as objects and past-participle agreement with a transformation drill.
Cheat sheetC1
Aussi difficile soit-il: French concessive inversion explained
Build formal French concessions with aussi or si plus an adjective and subjunctive inversion. Practise agreement, pronouns and degree.
ArticleB2
Ce sur quoi in French: what you work on, agree on or base an idea on
Build ce sur quoi from travailler sur, se mettre d’accord sur and reposer sur. Compare named relatives and check agreement in a short project scene.
Gap-fillA2
French y in context: a place, an idea and an eight-gap story
Follow a morning of errands to practise y for a place or an à complement. Explore six stops, then choose y, en and person forms in an eight-gap text.
Verb drillB2
On estime or est estimé à: French estimate reporting drill
Rewrite eight numerical estimates between on estime and est estimé à. Keep the source, approximate amount, tense and passive agreement intact.
Cheat sheetA2
French negation cheat sheet: ne … pas, jamais, rien, personne (printable)
A one-page printable summary of French negation: ne … pas, other negatives, compound tenses, infinitives, pronouns, de after a negative and spoken French.
ArticleB2
De sorte que: result or purpose? Compare the French verb forms
Compare de sorte que + indicative for a reported result with the subjunctive for a purpose. Follow a speaker’s preparation, then choose the right reading.
Gap-fillA2
Relative où in French: the place where, the day when
Use où for places and moments during a flat viewing. Explore six places, compare où with que, then complete a moving-day story.
Verb drillB1
Dès que + future: practise “as soon as” in French
Practise dès que in routines, past events and future plans. Change the verbs, check future perfect forms and compare as soon as with since.
Cheat sheetA2
French compound noun plurals: des choux-fleurs, des tire-bouchons
How do French compound nouns take the plural? Noun + noun, verb + noun, adjective + noun: une fiche pour des choux-fleurs, des tire-bouchons, des grands-parents.
ArticleA1
Why French uses j’ai faim for “I’m hungry”
Understand the avoir faim construction and the related expressions for thirst, feeling hot and feeling cold.
Gap-fillB1
French B1 gap-fill: whose meal is in the shared freezer?
Fill 12 ownership gaps as flatmates identify unlabelled meals. Practise le mien, la tienne, les nôtres and à qui with picture cards and a translation.
Verb drillA1
French subject pronouns: je, tu, il and the right verb
Pair French subject pronouns with être, distinguish tu from vous and practise il, elle, ils and elles in short sentences with clear references.
Cheat sheetA2
French adjective position: a before-and-after cheat sheet
See where common French adjectives go, how grand and ancien change meaning, and when to use bel, nouvel and vieil. Includes picture examples and a quiz.
ArticleB1
D'ici vendredi: a French deadline, not just a day
D'ici vendredi means "by Friday", not "on Friday". Compare d'ici, avant, dans and pour with timelines, workplace examples and a short check.
Gap-fillB1
Une fois que: once one step is complete
Follow a French baking plan with une fois que. Compare present, past and future stages, then fill eight gaps in a short text with tense hints.
Verb drillA2
De quoi, à quoi, avec quoi: French question practice
Keep the French preposition when asking about a thing. Study de quoi, à quoi, sur quoi and avec quoi, then complete ten questions with hints.
Cheat sheetB1
Si bien que in French: a result-clause cheat sheet
Use si bien que to connect a situation to its result. Compare it with bien que and si, then practise the connector and verb forms in short sentences.
ArticleC1
What does parce que explain? Check the scope of a French reason
Separate an event’s cause, evidence for a belief and a reason for speaking. Compare French rewrites and test which claim each reason explains.
Gap-fillB1
Jusqu’à ce que: practise “until” with a French cloze
Use jusqu’à ce que + subjunctive for an event that ends an action. Study the forms, complete a rehearsal scene and compare until with a fixed time.
Verb drillB1
Dont in French: join sentences with a de relationship
Build French sentences with dont from parler de, avoir besoin de and possession. Study five models, then try eight transformations and a short quiz.
Cheat sheetC1
French noun chains: find the head, then recover the action
Unpack long French noun groups with four worked rules, five sentence choices and three checks on agreement, agents and ambiguous complements.
ArticleC1
Il s’ensuit que: “it follows that” in French
Link a premise to a conclusion with il s’ensuit que, then compare il ne s’ensuit pas que. Worked schedules and four questions keep the inference precise.
Gap-fillB2
Parce que, en effet or donc? Follow the reason and the result
Complete a French committee update with reason and result links. Compare a claim followed by support with a circumstance followed by a consequence.
Verb drillB2
C’est à Nora que…: French focus sentences with prepositions
Keep à, de, dans, en and pour when highlighting a recipient, place, time or purpose. Build c’est…que sentences in a guided transformation drill.
Cheat sheetA2
French nationality adjectives: endings, capitals and agreement
Français or français? Anglaise or anglais? A one-page reference to French nationality words: lower-case adjectives, capitalised nouns, and the four ending patterns.
ArticleA2
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.
Gap-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.
Verb drillB1
French d’entre drill: one of us, several of them, none of you
Build group-membership sentences with d’entre nous, vous, eux and elles. Practise singular and plural subjects, negative aucun and feminine agreement.
Cheat sheetB1
French connectors by meaning: reason, result, contrast or purpose?
A compact French connector sheet with paired examples, noun and clause patterns, and four questions on the relationship between ideas.
ArticleB1
French passive without par: focus on what happened
Build French passive sentences without naming the actor. Compare present, past and future forms, check agreements and practise with a short notice.
Gap-fillB1
Celui, celle, ceux, celles: choose the one you mean
Replace a repeated noun with celui, celle, ceux or celles. Read a book-club gap-fill and practise identifying the one you mean.
