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Cheat sheets

One-page, printable summaries of a grammar point.

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Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Utile, précis, efficace: French evaluation adjectives compared
Choose French adjectives by what they assess: usefulness, necessity, precision, detail, simplicity and results. Study the examples and test your choices.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetA2
De after French negation: pas de, pas d’ and the exceptions
Learn when un, une, des and partitives become de after negation. A compact rule sheet contrasts absence, definite articles, être, quantities and only.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetB1
Compétences and expérience: a French CV cheat sheet
Use compétences for what you can do and expérience for your practical background. Build clear CV phrases with examples, a mini profile and questions.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
Chacun and chacune: each one, with singular agreement
Use chacun and chacune for each member of a group. Compare chaque, singular and plural subjects, and possessives, then practise six common traps.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
Personne or gens? A French cheat sheet for people and nobody
Count people with personnes, describe a group with gens and recognise personne meaning nobody. Study the sentence patterns, then test them in context.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetC1
Aussi convient-il: a cheat sheet for formal “therefore”
Read and write formal consequential aussi with inversion: convient-il, devons-nous and a-t-elle. Compare the everyday meaning “also” and test four choices.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA2
An or année? A French cheat sheet for ages, dates and years
Choose an or année for age, duration, calendar years and New Year wishes. Compare both ways to say last year and next year, then try five questions.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetA2
French adjective agreement and position: an eight-rule cheat sheet
Match French adjectives to gender and number, place BAGS adjectives, and choose beau, bel or belle. Eight rules, clear examples and a short quiz.
Words & expressionsCheat sheetA1
French days of the week: names, spelling and le lundi
The seven French days of the week on one page: spelling, no capital letters, and when to say lundi, le lundi or ce lundi. With a quick check.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB2
Le recours à: French action nouns and their prepositions
Keep à in le recours à and de in la mise en œuvre de. Compare complete noun frames, practise contractions and choose the right complement.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB2
Ne… guère in French: hardly, not much, not often
A compact reference for ne… guère: amount, frequency and degree, word order in two tenses, everyday paraphrases and a four-question meaning check.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB2
French percentage agreement: 30 % des personnes ont or a?
Choose French verb agreement after percentages, distinguish personnes from population and le taux, and complete data statements with a clear reference.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetA1
French questions cheat sheet: est-ce que, inversion and question words
Build French questions with eight clear rules, from everyday intonation to est-ce que, inversion, qui, quoi, quel and combien de, with a quiz.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
Bien que + subjunctive: a French concession cheat sheet
Use bien que to mean although: six concise rules, common subjunctive forms, contrasts with malgré and même si, and four questions with explanations.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetC1
Ainsi procède-t-elle: a cheat sheet for French statement inversion
Read ainsi as “in this way” or “thus”, recognise three inversion patterns and identify the subject in sentences such as ainsi nous aide-t-elle.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetC1
French statement inversion: peut-être, sans doute, ainsi and aussi
Proofread formal French statements without turning them into questions: check meaning, finite verbs, subject pronouns, hyphens and negation.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetB1
Sans in French: without a thing or without doing it
Use sans sucre, sans attendre and sans le lire. A compact reference, picture cards and questions show nouns, infinitives and pronoun placement.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetA2
Parce que, puisque and car: a French cause cheat sheet
Choose parce que, puisque or car with six compact rules, everyday examples and a four-question check. Includes clause and noun patterns.
Grammar & usageCheat sheetA1
French noun plurals: add s and change the whole phrase
Make French nouns plural with s, keep nouns ending in s, x or z unchanged, and practise articles, adjectives and verbs with illustrated home vocabulary.