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French grammar lessons, from A0 to C2

14 complete lessons from the course, with their explanations, examples and practice questions. In the app, each lesson is taught in short steps with audio, then brought back for review until you've mastered it.

Sample lessons

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A0 · 22 lessons

  • Subject pronouns (Pronouns)
  • Tu vs vous (Pronouns)
  • Être (to be) (Verbs)
  • Avoir (to have) (Verbs)
  • Aller (to go) (Verbs)
  • Faire (to do, to make) (Verbs)
  • Reflexive verb s'appeler (Verbs)
  • Contractions (Verbs)
  • Definite articles (Nouns)
  • Indefinite articles (Nouns)
  • Nouns (Nouns)
  • Zero article with professions (Nouns)
  • Feminine adjectives (Adjectives)
  • Adjective position: after the noun (Adjectives)
  • Plural adjectives (Adjectives)
  • Agreement with nationality (Adjectives)
  • C'est = it is, this is, that is (Idioms)
  • Il y a = there is, there are (Idioms)
  • Avoir faim, soif, chaud, froid, … ans (Idioms)
  • J'habite à… = I live in… (Prepositions)
  • Je voudrais vs je veux (Idioms)
  • Numbers 0–20 (Numbers)

A1 · 39 lessons

  • Regular -er verbs (Verbs)
  • Regular -ir verbs (Verbs)
  • Regular -re verbs (Verbs)
  • Semi-regular -cer and -ger verbs (Verbs)
  • -eler and -eter verbs (Verbs)
  • Venir, tenir (Verbs)
  • Pouvoir, vouloir, devoir (Verbs)
  • Prendre (Verbs)
  • Reflexive verbs (Verbs)
  • Near future (Verbs)
  • Recent past (Verbs)
  • Present tense usage (Verbs)
  • Negation (Negative Words)
  • Negation (Negative Words)
  • Indefinite articles after negation (Negative Words)
  • Partitive articles (Nouns)
  • Contracted articles (Nouns)
  • Possessive adjectives (Adjectives)
  • Possessive adjectives (Adjectives)
  • Demonstrative adjectives (Adjectives)
  • Adjectives before the noun (BAGS) (Adjectives)
  • Irregular adjectives (Adjectives)
  • Adjectives (Adjectives)
  • Stress pronouns (Pronouns)
  • Subject pronoun (Pronouns)
  • C'est vs il est / elle est (Pronouns)
  • Yes / no questions (Questions)
  • Question words (Questions)
  • Quel, quelle, quels, quelles (Questions)
  • Prepositions with countries (Prepositions)
  • Chez (Prepositions)
  • Pour + infinitive = in order to (Prepositions)
  • Numbers 21–100 (Numbers)
  • Telling time (Numbers)
  • Days, months and dates (Numbers)
  • Ordinal numbers (Numbers)
  • Il fait… (Idioms)
  • Avoir besoin de, avoir envie de, avoir peur de (Idioms)
  • Jouer à vs jouer de (Idioms)

A2 · 28 lessons

  • Passé composé with avoir (Verbs)
  • Passé composé (Verbs)
  • Passé composé with être (Verbs)
  • Pronominal verbs (Verbs)
  • Negation with the passé composé (Negative Words)
  • Imparfait (Verbs)
  • Imparfait usage (Verbs)
  • Passé composé vs imparfait (Verbs)
  • Imperative (Verbs)
  • Direct object pronouns (Pronouns)
  • Indirect object pronouns (Pronouns)
  • Adverbial pronoun y (Pronouns)
  • Adverbial pronoun en (Pronouns)
  • Comparisons (Adjectives)
  • Meilleur vs mieux (Adjectives)
  • Superlatives (Adjectives)
  • Adverb formation with -ment (Adjectives)
  • Tout, toute, tous, toutes (Adjectives)
  • Negation (Negative Words)
  • Depuis, il y a, pendant (Prepositions)
  • Savoir vs connaître (Idioms)
  • Plaire à and manquer à (Idioms)
  • Il faut = it is necessary (Idioms)
  • Large numbers (Numbers)
  • Partir, sortir, dormir (Verbs)
  • Qui, que, qu'est-ce qui, qu'est-ce que (Questions)
  • Quelqu'un, quelque chose, personne, rien (Pronouns)
  • Avant de + infinitive (Prepositions)

B1 · 24 lessons

  • Simple future (Verbs)
  • Simple future (Verbs)
  • Quand + future (Verbs)
  • Present conditional (Verbs)
  • Si clauses (Verbs)
  • Plus-que-parfait (Verbs)
  • Gerund (Verbs)
  • Past participle agreement with a preceding direct object (Verbs)
  • Relative pronouns (Pronouns)
  • Relative pronoun (Pronouns)
  • Relative pronoun (Pronouns)
  • Ce qui, ce que (Pronouns)
  • Demonstrative pronouns (Pronouns)
  • Possessive pronouns (Pronouns)
  • Adverbial pronoun y (Pronouns)
  • Adverbial pronoun en (Pronouns)
  • Negation (Negative Words)
  • Adjective position (Adjectives)
  • Adverb position (Adjectives)
  • Ça fait … que, il y a … que, depuis (Prepositions)
  • Passer, se passer, passer un examen (Idioms)
  • Partir, sortir, quitter, laisser (Idioms)
  • Pendant que vs pendant (Prepositions)
  • Fractions, percentages and approximate numbers (Numbers)

B2 · 20 lessons

  • Subjunctive (Verbs)
  • Subjunctive (Verbs)
  • Subjunctive after necessity and wishes (Verbs)
  • Subjunctive after emotions (Verbs)
  • Subjunctive after doubt (Verbs)
  • Subjunctive after conjunctions (Verbs)
  • Past conditional (Verbs)
  • Si + plus-que-parfait → conditionnel passé (Verbs)
  • Futur antérieur (Verbs)
  • Past infinitive (Verbs)
  • The passive voice (Verbs)
  • Causative faire (Verbs)
  • Reported speech (Verbs)
  • Double object pronouns (Pronouns)
  • Relative pronouns (Pronouns)
  • Indefinite pronouns (Pronouns)
  • Avant de, sans, au lieu de + infinitive (Prepositions)
  • Negation (Negative Words)
  • Devoir (Idioms)
  • Emphasis (Idioms)

C1 · 12 lessons

  • Passé simple (Verbs)
  • Past subjunctive (Verbs)
  • Ne explétif (Negative Words)
  • Concession (Prepositions)
  • Inversion after peut-être, sans doute, aussi, à peine (Questions)
  • Present participle vs verbal adjective (Adjectives)
  • Le temps que, jusqu'à ce que, en attendant que (Prepositions)
  • Au cas où + conditional (Idioms)
  • Subjunctive in relative clauses (Verbs)
  • Demonstrative pronouns (Pronouns)
  • Si, tellement, tant … que (Adjectives)
  • Advanced idioms (Idioms)

C2 · 10 lessons

  • Imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive (Verbs)
  • The passé antérieur (Verbs)
  • Ne on its own: ne… point, je ne saurais (Negative Words)
  • Advanced concession: quelque… que, si… que, tout… que (Idioms)
  • Tricky past-participle agreement (Verbs)
  • Registers: familier, courant, soutenu (Idioms)
  • Formal connectors: or, néanmoins, dès lors, partant (Prepositions)
  • Nominalisation: the noun-heavy style of formal French (Nouns)
  • Advanced hypotheses: quand bien même, pour peu que, à supposer que (Verbs)
  • Proverbs and set expressions (Idioms)