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A1
1. Singular 'to be' and indefinite articlesje suis un...
2. Singular definite articlesle, la, l'
3. Identifying vs. describingc'est vs. il est
4. Feminine adjective agreement+e
5. Plural pronouns and 'to be'nous sommes, vous êtes
6. Formal and informal youtu vs. vous
7. Plural nouns and indefinite articlesdes... -s
8. Plural definite articlesles
9. Plural adjective agreement+s
10. Stressed pronounsmoi, toi, lui
11. Saying goodbye
12. The verb "to have" singularj'ai, tu as, il a
13. The verb "to have" pluralnous avons, vous avez, ils ont
14. There is / there areil y a
15. Basic verbal negationne... pas
16. Negating "there is"il n'y a pas de
17. Regular -er verbs singularje parle, tu parles, il parle
18. Regular -er verbs pluralnous parlons, vous parlez, ils parlent
19. The verb "to be called"s'appeler
20. Yes/no questions with intonationTu parles ?
21. Yes/no questions with "Est-ce que"Est-ce que tu parles ?
22. Informal questionsqui, que, quoi
23. Standard questionsest-ce que
24. Singular possessivesmon, ton, son
25. Plural possessivesnotre, votre, leur
26. Demonstrative adjectivesce, cet, cette, ces
27. Adjective placement
28. Numbers 1 to 20
29. Numbers 21 to 100
30. Age and physical statesavoir
31. The verb to goaller
32. The preposition to/atà, au, aux
33. Question word for location
34. Prepositions for cities and countriesà, en, au, aux
35. The verb to comevenir
36. The preposition from/ofde, du, des
37. Question word for origind'où
38. The verb to do/makefaire
39. Days of the weeklundi, mardi
40. Telling timeil est... heure
41. Question words for timequand, à quelle heure
42. Months of the year
43. The verb to take or haveprendre
44. The verb to drinkboire
45. Partitive articlesdu, de la, de l'
46. Zero quantitypas de
47. Expressions of quantityun peu de, beaucoup de
48. Asking how much or how manycombien, combien de
49. Very vs. a lottrès, beaucoup
50. The verb to wantvouloir
51. Polite requestsje voudrais
52. Please, sorry and thank you
53. Everyday replies
54. The verb to be able topouvoir
55. Obligationdevoir
56. General obligationil faut
57. Why and becausepourquoi, parce que
58. Expressing purposepour
59. Reflexive pronounsme, te, se, nous, vous
60. Daily routine verbsse lever, s'habiller
61. Adverbs of frequencyparfois, rarement
62. Neverne... jamais
63. Regular -ir verbschoisir, finir
64. Regular -re verbsattendre, répondre
65. Irregular -ir verbssortir, partir, dormir
66. Informal 'we'on
67. The imperative mood
68. Direct object pronounsle, la, les, l'
69. The near futurealler + infinitive
70. The recent pastvenir de + infinitive
71. The passé composé with avoir
72. Irregular past participleseu, été, fait, pris, vu
73. The passé composé with être
74. The negative passé composéne ... pas
A2
75. Which / whatquel
76. The indefinite adjectivetout, tous
77. Irregular feminine adjectives-euse, -ve
78. Double consonant adjectives-enne, -ette
79. Feminine adjective endings-ère, -trice
80. Irregular plurals-x
81. Plurals ending in -al-aux
82. Present tense stem changese to è
83. Accent stem changesé to è
84. Double consonant verbsappeler, jeter
85. Verbs ending in -yerpayer, envoyer
86. Irregular communication verbsdire, lire
87. Irregular action verbsécrire, mettre
88. Knowing facts vs. familiaritysavoir, connaître
89. Perception and belief verbsvoir, croire
90. Irregular -ir verbs with regular endingsouvrir, offrir
91. High-frequency irregular verbsvivre, recevoir
92. Complex prepositions of locationprès de, à côté de
93. The preposition at someone's placechez
94. The preposition withoutsans
95. Adverbs of manner-ment
96. Sequence connectorsd'abord, puis...
97. Past time markeril y a...
98. Ongoing durationdepuis
99. Closed durationpendant
100. Future timeframesdans...
101. Indefinite pronounsquelqu'un, quelque chose
102. Demonstrative pronounscelui, celle...
103. Possessive pronounsle mien, le tien...
104. Indirect object pronouns 1me, te, nous, vous
105. Indirect object pronounslui, leur
106. The pronoun of placey
107. The pronoun of quantityen
108. Pronoun placement with infinitivesle faire
109. Negative adverbsne... plus
110. Negative pronounsne... rien
111. Negative pronounsne... personne
112. Commands with object pronounsfais-le
113. Commands with reflexive pronounslève-toi
114. Negative commands with reflexive pronounsne te lève pas
115. Irregular imperativessois, aie
116. Comparative adjectivesplus... que
117. Irregular comparative adjectivesmeilleur
118. Superlative adjectivesle plus, le moins
119. Comparative adverbsplus... que
120. Irregular comparative adverbsmieux
121. Comparing quantities of nounsplus de... que
122. Subject relative pronounsqui
123. Direct object relative pronounsque
124. Relative pronouns of place and time
125. Past tense of reflexive verbsje me suis…
126. Past participle agreement with the subjectelles sont allées
127. Past participle agreement with preceding objectsje l'ai vue
128. Past tense with negative pronounsje n'ai rien vu
129. The imperfect tense for regular verbs-ais, -ait
130. The imperfect tense of êtrej'étais, tu étais
131. Past impersonal verbsil y avait, il fallait
132. Past tense contrast: descriptions vs. completed actions
133. Past tense contrast: interruptions
134. The future tense for regular verbs-rai, -ras
135. The future simple-re verbs
136. Irregular future stemsser-, aur-, ir-...
137. The near vs. distant future
138. The first conditionalsi...
139. The present conditional-rais, -rait...
140. Polite requestsj'aimerais, tu pourrais...
141. Giving advicetu devrais, vous devriez
142. Formal questionsparlez-vous, a-t-il
143. Subordinating conjunctionque
144. Indefinite adjectivesquelques, plusieurs, chaque
145. Connectors of consequencealors, donc
146. Indirect object pronouns in the pastlui ai, m'a
147. Impersonal expressionsil est important de
148. The gerunden parlant
B1
149. Indefinite pronouns and adjectiveschacun, certains
150. Indefinite choice phrasesn'importe...
151. The neuter object pronounle
152. Double object pronouns with 1st/2nd personme le, te la
153. Double object pronouns with 3rd personle lui, la leur
154. Double object pronouns with adverbialsy, en
155. Double object pronouns in commandsdonne-le-moi
156. The causative constructionfaire
157. Present participles as adjectives-ant
158. Present participles replacing relative clauses-ant
159. The passive voice in the presentêtre + par
160. The passive voice in the pasta été + par
161. Emphasisc'est... qui / c'est... que
162. Possessive relative pronounsdont
163. Relative pronouns with 'de' verbsdont
164. Indefinite relative pronounsce qui / ce que
165. Indefinite relative pronouns with 'de' verbsce dont
166. Relative pronouns with prepositionslequel
167. Contracted relative pronounsauquel / duquel
168. Time clauses before an actionavant de
169. The past infinitiveaprès avoir, après être
170. The pluperfect tense formationj'avais fait
171. The pluperfect tense usage
172. The literary past tense for regular verbsil parla
173. Irregular verbs in the literary past tenseil fut, il vit
174. The second conditionalsi j'avais, je ferais
175. Reported statementsil dit que
176. Reported yes or no questionsil demande si
177. Reported wh- questionsil demande où, quand
178. Reported questions with whatil demande ce qui, ce que
179. Reported speech: present to imperfect
180. Reported speech: past to pluperfect
181. Reported speech: future to conditional
182. Regular present subjunctive
183. Present subjunctive of to be and to haveêtre, avoir
184. Irregular present subjunctivealler, faire, pouvoir, savoir, vouloir
185. Subjunctive for necessityil faut que
186. Subjunctive for emotionsêtre content que, avoir peur que
187. Subjunctive for desiresvouloir que, aimer que
188. Subjunctive for doubt and possibilitydouter que, il est possible que
189. Opinions vs. emotionspenser que, aimer que
190. Expressing concessionbien que, quoique
191. Stating a purposepour que, afin que
192. Sequencing eventsavant que
193. Expressing 'only'ne... que
194. Emphasizing 'none'ne... aucun
195. Multiple negationsne... ni... ni...
196. Proportional comparisonsplus... plus...
197. Introducing a causecomme
198. Stating evident reasonspuisque
199. Opinion and belief verbspenser que, croire que
200. Consequence connectorsc'est pourquoi, par conséquent
201. Opposition connectorscependant, pourtant
202. Concession prepositionmalgré
203. Emphasis and addition markersen effet, d'ailleurs
204. Answering negative questionssi
205. Future temporal clausesquand, dès que
206. The future perfect tense
207. Future sequence of events
208. Indirect commandsde + infinitive
209. Past recent actionsvenir de
210. The past conditional tense
211. Expressing regrets and reproaches
212. Reflexive causativese faire
213. The body and appearance
214. Nowherene... nulle part
215. Intensity with adjectivessi / tellement... que
216. Intensity with nounstellement de... que
217. Whereas and whilealors que / tandis que
218. It is better toil vaut mieux
219. Untiljusqu'à ce que
220. Provided thatà condition que
221. Third conditionalsi + plus-que-parfait
222. Doing something in vainavoir beau
223. Intensity and consequencetellement que, tant que
224. Progressive actionsêtre en train de
225. Imminent actionsêtre sur le point de
226. Formal questions with noun subjects
227. Approximative numbers-aine
228. Ordinal numbers
229. Expressing identityle même... que
230. Alternativesau lieu de
231. Contrast markerspar contre, en revanche
232. The pronoun 'en' with verbsen
233. The pronoun 'y' with verbsy
234. Plural indefinite articles before adjectivesde
235. Clothes and the wardrobe
236. Prepositions of causegrâce à, à cause de
237. Around town
238. Relative clauses with prepositionsà qui, avec qui
239. Time prepositions of durationen, dans
240. Indefinite pronouns of subsetquelques-uns, quelques-unes
241. Jobs, school and sport
242. Subjunctive for negative conditionsans que
243. The pronominal passivese
244. Progressive comparisonde plus en plus, de moins en moins
245. The journalistic conditional
246. Explicit reciprocityl'un l'autre
247. The pronoun everythingtout
248. Indefinite relative pronounsce à quoi, ce sur quoi
249. Fractional quantitiesla moitié de, le tiers de
250. Fruit and vegetables
251. Conditional alternativessinon
252. Exclusion prepositionssauf, à part
253. Adverbs of manner-amment, -emment
254. Superlative of adverbsle plus, le moins
255. Unfulfilled past intentionsallait + infinitive
256. Verbs of perception with infinitives
257. Animals and the countryside
258. Permission and non-interventionlaisser + infinitive
259. Subjunctive with superlatives and absolutes
260. Formal expressions of purposeafin de
261. Negative adverbne... pas encore
262. Ongoing durationça fait... que
263. The pronoun which onelequel
264. Meaning-changing adjectives
265. Collective quantitiesla plupart de
266. Shops and eating out
267. Precautionsau cas où
268. Verbs followed by àà + infinitive
269. Verbs followed by dede + infinitive
270. Adverb placement in compound tenses
271. Demonstrative pronouns with relativescelui qui, celle que
272. Same-subject infinitivesde + infinitive
273. Combined negationsne... plus rien
274. Agreement of the adverb touttoute, toutes
275. Negative adverbs with infinitivesne pas, ne plus
276. Adjectives followed by an infinitiveà, de
277. Degree with infinitivestrop, assez
278. Emphasis with pseudo-cleftsce qui, ce que
279. Indirect questions with infinitives
280. The indefinite stressed pronounsoi
281. Informal French
282. The impersonal expressionil s'agit de
B2
283. Past modalspouvoir, devoir, vouloir
284. Doubtful opinionsje ne pense pas que
285. Probability and improbabilityil est probable que
286. Purpose and resultde sorte que
287. Describing ideal thingsquelqu'un qui puisse
288. Third-person commandsqu'il vienne
289. The past subjunctiveque j'aie fait
290. Emotions about the pastje suis content que
291. Mixed conditionals: past to present
292. Mixed conditionals: present to past
293. Unconfirmed past eventsle conditionnel passé
294. Assuming thaten admettant que / à supposer que
295. In case ofen cas de
296. On the condition ofà condition de
297. Present participles vs. verbal adjectives
298. While doingtout en
299. Perfect participlesayant / étant
300. Absolute participle clauses
301. Past participles with quantitiesen
302. Past participles with indirect reflexives
303. Past participle agreement with perception verbs
304. Past participle agreement with causative fairefait
305. Double pronouns with causative faire
306. The passive alternativese laisser
307. The neuter object pronounle
308. The indefinite pronounquiconque
309. Inversion after initial adverbspeut-être, sans doute
310. Transforming verbs into nouns
311. Reported speech with past tenses
312. Backshifting the future perfect
313. Provided thatpourvu que
314. Unlessà moins que
315. For fear thatde peur que
316. Untilen attendant que
317. Whateverquoi que
318. Whoeverqui que
319. Whereveroù que
320. Whatever the noun may bequel que
321. Howeversi... que
322. Even if it meansquitte à
323. Emphatic caused'autant plus que
324. Dubious pretextssous prétexte que
325. Prepositions of lackfaute de
326. Cause by repetitionà force de
327. Extreme consequenceau point que
328. Concession adverbsquand même
329. Structured concessioncertes... mais
330. Correlative conjunctionsnon seulement... mais aussi
331. Alternative conjunctionssoit... soit...
332. Restrictive negationne... guère
333. The continents
334. Emphatic absolute negationne… aucunement
335. Expletive ne after conjunctionsavant que ne…
336. Expletive ne in comparisonsplus que ne…
337. End of durationau bout de
338. Short durationsen l'espace de
339. Geometric shapes
340. Among versus betweenparmi / entre
341. Regarding and as forquant à
342. Adverbial even and self pronounsmême / -même
343. Emphatic negationne... aucunement / ne... nullement
344. Concessionmême si
345. Consequence connectorssi bien que
346. Gradual progressionau fur et à mesure que
347. Cause with past infinitivespour + être / avoir
348. Negative purposede peur de / de crainte de
349. Indefinite adjectives of intensitytel / telle
350. Indefinite pronouns of choicen'importe lequel
351. Professional rolesen tant que
352. Causing a staterendre + adjectif
353. Giving examplestel que
354. Certainty and doubtil semble que / il me semble que
355. Comparing actionsplus que / moins que / autant que
356. Negative coordinationsans... ni...
357. Indirect passivese voir, s'entendre
358. Posteriority clausesaprès que
359. Intended future durationpour
360. Prepositions of timedès
361. Concession with touttout... que
362. Unreal comparisonscomme si
363. Argumentative causesétant donné que, vu que
364. Condition and extentdans la mesure où
365. Expectations and obligationsêtre censé
366. Ultimate outcomesfinir par
367. Near missesfaillir
368. Consequence and origind'où
369. Formal concessionsen dépit de
370. Verbs of hope and moodespérer que
371. Avoiding conjunction repetitionque
372. Repeating "si" with the subjunctiveque
373. Emphasizing with prepositionsC'est... que
374. Implicit conditionsÀ ta place, avec...
375. Purpose vs. contents prepositionsà vs. de
376. Abstract nouns after prepositions
377. Prepositions of characteristic and materialà, de
378. Adjectives as adverbscoûter cher, parler fort
379. Topic focusCe livre, je l'ai adoré
380. Zero article in apposition
381. Negative conditionsà moins de
382. Past ongoing durationimparfait + depuis
383. Passive voice with modal verbspouvoir / devoir être
384. Impersonal passive constructionsil est + participle
385. Subject inversion in reporting clausesdit-il
386. Stylistic inversion in relative clauses
387. Progressive changealler en + gérondif
388. Exclamationscomme / que / ce que
389. Indefinite relative phrasede quoi + infinitive
390. Modified indefinite pronounsquelque chose de beau
391. Invariable color adjectivesmarron, bleu clair
392. Douter vs. se douterdouter que / se douter que
393. Parallel comparisonsautant... autant...
394. Formal expressions of purposeen vue de
395. Paradoxical agreementplus d'un, moins de deux
396. Zero article after multiple negationni... ni...
397. Emphatic correctionnon pas... mais...
398. Addition and escalationvoire
399. Compound adjective agreement
400. Invariable adjectives before nounsdemi, nu
401. Factive clausesle fait que
402. Inanimate possessive pronounen
403. Passive infinitiveà + infinitive
404. Correlative discourse markersd'une part... d'autre part
405. Perception verbs with relative clausesqui
406. Adjective agreement with 'avoir l'air'
407. Logical connector for contradictionor
408. Distributive and reciprocal pronounsles uns... les autres
409. Concession and hypothesisquand bien même
410. The expletive 'ne' with fear and prevention
411. Literary omission of 'pas'ne
412. Concessive clauses with subjunctivequelque... que
413. Indefinite pronoun of general referenceautrui
414. Superlatives with post-nominal adjectivesle... le plus...
415. Comparative quantifiersdavantage de / plus de
416. Repeating prepositionsà, de, en
417. Agreement with collective nounsun groupe de...
418. Passive voice restrictions
419. Adjective mutations before vowelsbel, nouvel, vieil
420. Time duration nounsan / année, jour / journée
421. Prepositions for islands and regionsen, à, dans le
422. Positional adjective agreementci-joint, ci-inclus
423. Minimal condition conjunctionpour peu que
424. Emphatic independent subjunctiveque je fasse ça !
425. Noun clauses as subjectsQue + subjonctif
426. Alternative conditionsselon que, suivant que
427. Advanced concessionpour + adjective + que
428. Exclamative inversion
429. Recognizing the imperfect subjunctivequ'il fût, qu'il eût
430. Professions and nationalitiesil est / c'est un
431. Verbs taking a stressed pronounpenser à lui
432. The pronouns all and everyonetous, toutes
433. Physical dimensionsde ... de long
434. Alternative conditionssoit que... soit que...
435. Subjunctive after a past tense
436. Plural compound nouns
437. Emphasizing the subjectc'est... qui
438. Verbs that change meaning when reflexive
439. Verbs that change meaning with prepositions
440. Absolute indefinite phrasesqui que ce soit
441. Refuting a causece n'est pas que
442. Neutral demonstrative pronounsceci, cela
443. Conditional gerunds
444. Subject disambiguationlequel, laquelle
445. Essentially pronominal verbs
446. Auxiliary switch with motion verbsêtre vs. avoir
447. Relative pronoun for subsetsdont
448. Formal causesen raison de, compte tenu de
449. Future time limitsd'ici, d'ici à
450. Detached adjectival phrases
451. Parallel comparisonsde même que
452. Argumentative additionsans compter que
453. Restrictive minimum conditionsne serait-ce que
454. Discourse resumptiontoujours est-il que
455. The polite imperfectje voulais…
456. The historical present
457. Impersonal commands
458. Extreme consequenceau point de
459. Informal purposehistoire de
460. Probability with future tensesil sera
461. Passive voice with deentouré de
462. Generalizations with c'estc'est dur
463. Definite articles for body partsle dos
464. Partitive pronounsd'entre nous
465. Completed actionsune fois que
466. Exclusive actionne faire que
467. Turns and dutiesc'est à moi de