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Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Prévoir or prédire: planning, allowing for and predicting
Use prévoir for plans, provisions and forecasts; use prédire for predictions. A compact French reference with present forms and four practice questions.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetB1
French conditional questions and negatives: word order at a glance
Ask Pourriez-vous… ?, use est-ce que, place ne… pas and keep object pronouns with the right verb. A conditional word-order sheet with four checks.
Pronunciation & listeningCheat sheetA2
French x pronunciation: /ks/ in taxi, /gz/ in examen
Learn the two consonant sequences in taxi and examen, sort familiar x words, and keep final x separate with a compact sheet and four questions.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Adéquat or approprié? Suitable choices, with examples
A practical French sheet on adéquat and approprié: matching needs, choosing wording, adjective agreement and four questions that allow natural synonym overlap.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetB1
Future after quand in French: quand tu arriveras, je partirai
See why French uses the future after quand, compare when with if, and practise future time clauses, habitual statements and questions.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
Sombre or foncé? Dark rooms, dark clothes and colour agreement
Use sombre for a dim room and foncé for a dark shade. Compare colour and light, learn bleu foncé agreement and test four practical examples.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetB1
French plus-que-parfait: a formation cheat sheet
Build avais fini and était partie with a compact reference: both auxiliaries, common participles, agreement and the earlier-past viewpoint.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Historical dates in French: centuries, decades and avant notre ère
Read and write French centuries, decades and historical eras, check century boundaries, and convert dated museum notes into clear time expressions.
Verbs & tensesCheat sheetB1
Reported speech and the subjunctive: wanted, needed, already done
Keep the subjunctive when reporting wishes, needs and reactions. Compare voulait que, fallait que and soit venu, then answer five short questions.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
French feminine job titles: common forms and spelling changes
Une infirmière, une directrice, une boulangère, une autrice, une médecin: a one-page guide to feminine job titles in French and how their endings change.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Sens or signification? A French meaning cheat sheet
Ask what a word means, distinguish literal and figurative senses, and use sens for direction, perception and common sense. Includes four questions.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
Juste or exact: correct, fair, precise or only?
Use juste for a correct answer, a fair decision or “only”, and exact for precise details. Compare common phrases and test the meaning in context.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
Fichier or dossier: a quick guide to French files and folders
Find, attach and organise documents in French. A practical reference for fichier, dossier, sous-dossier and pièce jointe, with a location quiz.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
French interface instructions: actions, order and status messages
Read French buttons and instructions: ouvrir, enregistrer, envoyer, puis and ne… pas. Compare action labels with status messages and practise a workflow.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Certain or sûr: a French certainty cheat sheet
Compare certain and sûr for confidence, sûre for reliability and certaines for some. A printable reference, a short exchange and five questions fix the patterns.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
Haut or élevé: a quick sheet for height, position and levels
Use haut for a high shelf and élevé for a high value. Compare agreeing adjectives with adverbial haut, explore picture cards and practise four choices.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
French -able and -ible adjectives: meanings, families and limits
Use French adjective families such as acceptable, lisible and compréhensible to infer meaning, check agreement and avoid misleading English lookalikes.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA1
French months and seasons: a beginner's calendar cheat sheet
All twelve French months and four seasons on one page, with en janvier, au printemps, en été and how to write a date like le 3 mars.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Vieux or ancien: a quick sheet for old, former and long-standing
Compare un vieil ami and un ancien ami, learn vieux and ancienne forms, then practise with an old house, former colleagues and family furniture.
Grammar & usageCheat 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.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA1
French noun gender: learn the article with the word
Learn French noun gender with short phrases: une petite table, un grand canapé, une armoire blanche. See hidden gender, useful clues and four practice questions.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
Notamment and par exemple: a French example-marker cheat sheet
Use notamment to highlight and par exemple to illustrate. Compare noun phrases, full sentences and article choices, then practise with four questions.