French

Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they) are often used to avoid repetitions. Marie est belle. Marie est aussi gentille. – Marie is beautiful. Marie is also nice. Marie est belle. Elle est aussi gentille. – Marie is beautiful. She is also nice.   They indicate who is doing the action and influence the […]

In French, accents are really important, they can influence the meaning and the pronunciation of a word.   For example: ‘ou’ means ‘or’ ‘où’ means ‘where’.     The acute accent (l’accent aigu) ‘é’   It is only used on ‘e’ and changes its pronunciation to a more high-pitched sound.   Examples un éléphant an

The perfect tense, also called ‘la passé compose’ in French, is used to describe an action in the past that is completely finished.     The perfect tense with ‘avoir’   The majority of verbs in the perfect tense use ‘avoir’ and their past participle. To conjugate verbs in the perfect tense, you need to

Know when to use each one     The comparative   In French, all the adjectives use the comparative structures below. French doesn’t differentiate between short and long adjectives so the equivalent of ‘bigger than’ is ‘plus grand que’ (‘more big than’)   ► more + adjective + than ► plus + adjective + que

Know when to use a French Direct object Pronoun     (me, you, him, her, it, us, them) It replaces nouns and can be used to avoid repetitions.   J’aime ton livre. Je veux ton livre. I like your book. I want your book. J’aime ton livre. Je le veux. I like your book. I want

  Position Some prepositions indicate the position of an object.   devant in front of derrière behind à côté de next to sous underneath dans in sur on entre between   Examples   La bouteille est sur la table. The bottle is on the table.   Je suis devant le magasin Next. I am in

Let’s practise! In French, they have three different types of verbs in the infinitive (er-ir-re). Learn off by heart the conjugation pattern and the endings for each subject pronoun and you will be able to conjugate any regular ‘ir’ verbs in the present tense.     1) Add the appropriate ending   a) Vous approfond

Let’s practise! In French, they have three different types of verbs in the infinitive (er-ir-re). Learn off by heart the conjugation pattern and the endings for each subject pronoun and you will be able to conjugate any regular ‘er’ verbs in the present tense.     1) Add the appropriate ending!   a) Nous part

Let’s practise! The verb ‘avoir’ (to have) is one of the most important verbs in French as it is used a lot. It is irregular in the present tense so keep practising until you know it off by heart!     1) Multiple choice   a) J’ – – un très bon pressentiment. b) Il

Let’s practise! The verb ‘être’ (to be) is one of the most important verbs in French as it is used a lot. It is irregular in the present tense so keep practising until you know it off by heart!     1) Multiple choice!   a) Je – – en pleine forme aujourd’hui. b) Il