20 pages

Sentence builders

Rebuild French sentences from word tiles.

All page types 29

Grammar & usageSentence builderA1

Build French questions with quel and quelle

Quelle heure est-il? Quel est ton numéro? Tap the tiles to build questions with quel, quelle, quels and quelles, and make them agree.

Culture & registerSentence builderA1
A first language exchange in French: ask what to call someone
Reading & writingSentence builderC2
A French appreciation paragraph: quote the word that carries the judgement
Grammar & usageSentence builderB1
Build French verbs with à or de before an infinitive

Verbs & tensesSentence builderB1

Build reported speech in French: il m'a dit que

Il m'a dit qu'il viendrait, elle m'a demandé si j'avais faim: tap the tiles to report what people said, with que, si, ce que and the tense shift.

Everyday FrenchSentence builderA2

Build polite French requests with the conditional

Pourriez-vous m'aider ? Je voudrais un renseignement. Tap the tiles to build polite requests with pourriez, voudrais, auriez and aimerais.

Verbs & tensesSentence builderB1
Build French if-sentences: si j'avais, je ferais
Si j'ai le temps, je viendrai. Si j'avais de l'argent, je voyagerais. Tap the tiles to build real and imaginary conditions with the right tenses.
Everyday FrenchSentence builderB1
Ask for advice in French without asking someone to decide for you
Build eight French requests for useful advice: ask for an opinion, relevant experience or comparison criteria while keeping responsibility for the decision.
Grammar & usageSentence 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.
Verbs & tensesSentence builderA2
Build near-future sentences with pronouns: je vais le faire
Je vais le faire, on va lui dire, tu vas les appeler: tap the tiles to put pronouns in the right place with the futur proche (aller + infinitive).
Grammar & usageSentence 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.
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.
Grammar & usageSentence builderB1
Build French sentences with y and en
J'y vais, j'en veux, il y en a: tap the tiles to place y and en correctly in eight sentences, and learn what each pronoun replaces.
Grammar & usageSentence builderA2
Build French comparisons: plus, moins, aussi… que
Paris est plus grand que Lyon, le train est moins cher que l'avion: tap the tiles to build eight comparisons, including meilleur and mieux.
Grammar & usageSentence builderA2
Build French questions three ways: intonation, est-ce que, inversion
Tu viens ? Est-ce que tu viens ? Viens-tu ? Tap the tiles to build questions in all three French styles, from casual to formal.
Grammar & usageSentence builderB1
Build sentences with two pronouns: je le lui donne
Je le lui donne, je te le prête, il nous en parle: tap the tiles to put two French object pronouns in the right order. Eight sentences with instant checking.
Grammar & usageSentence builderA2
Build sentences with depuis and il y a
J'habite ici depuis deux ans; je suis arrivé il y a deux ans. Tap the tiles to build eight sentences about time, and learn when to use depuis, il y a and pendant.
Grammar & usageSentence builderA2
Build French noun phrases: adjectives before and after
Un petit café noir, une belle maison ancienne: tap the tiles to place adjectives correctly. Most go after the noun, but BAGS adjectives go before.
Grammar & usageSentence builderA2
Build French sentences with adverbs in the right place
J'ai bien mangé, il parle souvent de toi, nous sommes déjà partis: tap the tiles to put French adverbs where they belong, before or after the participle.
Grammar & usageSentence builderA1
Build French negative sentences: where ne and pas go
Tap the word tiles to build negative French sentences. Ne goes before the verb, pas after it, and pronouns stay inside. Eight sentences to rebuild.