French Grammar for Elementary LearnersCEFR A2 Level
Build on the basics with past tenses and more complex structures.
Build on your French foundations with A2 elementary grammar. Master past tense, future tense, comparative forms, and more complex sentence structures. Ideal for learners ready to expand their French grammar knowledge beyond the basics.
Past Tenses
Master French past tenses: passé composé for completed actions and imparfait for descriptions and habits.
Past Tense (Simple Past)
Learn the French imparfait (imperfect) tense for describing past habits, ongoing states, and background actions. Understand how it differs from passé composé, master its regular formation, and know when to use each past tense for natural storytelling.
Present Perfect Tense (Passé Composé)
Master the French passé composé, the most common past tense for describing completed actions. Learn to form it with avoir and être, understand past participle agreement, and know which verbs take être. This tense is essential for talking about past events, experiences, and completed actions in everyday French.
Object Pronouns
Use French direct and indirect object pronouns (le, la, les, lui, leur) and understand their placement in sentences.
Possessives
Express ownership in French using possessive adjectives (mon, ma, mes) and possessive pronouns (le mien, la mienne).
Prepositions (Location & Direction)
Master French prepositions for expressing location, direction, and movement. Learn when to use à, de, dans, sur, sous, chez, and more. Understand how prepositions combine with articles to form contracted forms like au, aux, du, and des.
Comparatives and Superlatives
Compare things in French using plus...que, moins...que, aussi...que, and superlatives with le/la/les plus.
Modal Verbs
Express ability, obligation, and desire in French using modal verbs pouvoir, devoir, vouloir, and savoir.
Reflexive Verbs
Use French reflexive verbs with pronouns se/me/te for actions done to oneself, daily routines, and reciprocal actions.
Reflexive Verbs
Master French reflexive verbs (verbes pronominaux) that use reflexive pronouns like me, te, se. Learn common reflexive verbs for daily routines, understand pronoun placement, and conjugate reflexive verbs in present tense and passé composé with être.
Coordinating Conjunctions
Master French coordinating conjunctions to connect words, phrases, and clauses naturally. Learn et (and), mais (but), ou (or), donc (so/therefore), car (because), ni...ni (neither...nor), and or (now/yet). These small but essential words help you build more complex sentences and express relationships between ideas.
Subordinate Clauses (parce que, que, quand)
Learn to create complex sentences in French using subordinate clauses. Master parce que (because), que (that), quand (when), si (if), comme (as/since), and pendant que (while). Understand how these conjunctions introduce dependent clauses and how they differ from coordinating conjunctions in sentence structure.
Object Pronouns (Direct & Indirect)
Master French direct and indirect object pronouns to make your sentences more natural. Learn me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les (direct) and me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur (indirect). Understand where to place these pronouns in sentences and how to use them with different verb tenses.
Imperative (Commands)
Master the French imperative mood for giving commands, instructions, and suggestions. Learn the three imperative forms (tu, nous, vous), irregular imperatives, and how to use pronouns with commands. The imperative is essential for giving directions, recipes, and everyday instructions.
Adjective Endings
Master French adjective agreement for gender and number. Adjectives must agree with the nouns they modify, changing endings based on masculine/feminine and singular/plural. Learn regular patterns, common irregular adjectives, and special forms like beau/bel/belle. Essential for accurate description in French.
Temporal Prepositions
Master French temporal prepositions for expressing time relationships. Learn depuis (since/for), pendant (during/for), pour (for), il y a (ago), avant (before), après (after), and jusqu'à (until). Understanding the difference between depuis and pendant is especially important for French learners.