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French: grammar in English
Learn French with 78 grammar topics: clear explanations in English, examples and available podcasts from A1 to B2.
Verbs & Tenses
20 Topics
- Être and avoir in the present tenseA1Essential
- Present tense of regular verbsA1Essential
- Common irregular verbs in the present tenseA1Essential
- Pouvoir, vouloir, devoir and savoirA1Essential
- Reflexive verbsA1Essential
- The imperativeA1Important
- The near future with allerA1Essential
- Passé composé with avoirA2Essential
- Passé composé with être and reflexive verbsA2Essential
- The imparfaitA2Essential
- Passé composé or imparfait?A2Essential
- The futur simpleA2Important
- The plus-que-parfaitB1Important
- The present conditionalB1Essential
- The present subjunctiveB1Important
- The passive voiceB1Important
- Infinitive constructions after verbs and prepositionsB1Important
- The gérondif and present participleB1Further study
- The past conditionalB2Important
- Agreement of the past participleB2Important
Nouns & Articles
8 Topics
- Noun gender and definite and indefinite articlesA1Essential
- Plural forms of nounsA1Essential
- Partitive articlesA1Essential
- Quantities and the use of deA1Important
- Possessive determinersA1Essential
- Demonstrative determinersA2Important
- Using and omitting articlesA2Important
- Indefinite determiners: chaque, quelques, plusieurs and toutB1Important
Pronouns
10 Topics
- Subject and stressed pronounsA1Essential
- Direct object pronounsA2Essential
- Indirect object pronounsA2Essential
- Reflexive and reciprocal pronounsA2Important
- The pronoun yA2Essential
- The pronoun enA2Essential
- Ce, ceci, cela and çaA2Important
- Order of multiple object pronounsB1Important
- Possessive and demonstrative pronounsB1Important
- Indefinite pronounsB1Further study
Adjectives & Adverbs
7 Topics
Sentence Structure
6 Topics
- Basic word order in statementsA1Essential
- Presenting people and things with c'est, ce sont and voiciA1Essential
- Position of time, place and manner expressionsA2Important
- Object pronouns with affirmative and negative commandsB1Important
- Choosing subjects in infinitive clausesB2Further study
- Formal and stylistic inversionB2Further study
Questions & Negation
5 Topics
Prepositions
6 Topics
Clauses & Connections
9 Topics
- Linking clauses with common conjunctionsA2Essential
- Relative clauses with qui, que and oùA2Essential
- Relative clauses with dontB1Important
- Expressing cause and consequenceB1Important
- Expressing purposeB1Important
- Conditional sentences with siB1Essential
- Reported speech and sequence of tensesB2Important
- Expressing opposition and concessionB2Important
- Compound relative pronounsB2Further study